Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, jeweler. Native of Bavaria, Germany. Married to Carolina Reiss Forst in Hamilton County, Ohio on October 10, 1845. Father of Emaline Forst, Abram Forst, Rachel Forst, Bernhard Forst, Herman Forst, and Aaron Forst. Resident of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1850. Jeweler in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1860. Employed Louise Immele as a domestic in Louisville in 1860. Fined for assaulting Elisabeth Sidle in Louisville in 1861.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati Ward 6, p. 25B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 62.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Ward 8, p. 117A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994040, Jefferson County Births.

Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Hamilton County Marriages, Film 000344457, p. 190.

Citation

Forst, David. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281393 (November 12, 2026).

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Legal/Financial
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. David Forst, Judgment
1861-01

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