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WILLIAM FORE
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Fore family ?????
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William Amos Fore
- Son of John Fore
24 Jul 1834 - Grundy, Pulaski, Kentucky
7 Mar 1917 - Phelps, Missouri, USA |
William Fore was with the Confederate Army
during the Civil War. He was captured &
held as a prisoner in the prison at Alton, Ill.
One night he & another prisoner managed to
escape by floating across the Mississippi River
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Wife #1: Nancy Baker
Children:
Mary Frances
John William
James W.
Alvin
Levi
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Wife #2: Mary Ann Kitchen - daughter of Geo. P.
Kitchen & Elizabeth Adams
Children:
Christopher C.
Martha E.
Francis Marion
Sarah Jane
Samuel Joseph
Amos David
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William Fore donated the land for the
Cedar Hill Baptist Church in Edgar Springs, Phelps Co., Mo.
He & his family are buried in the cemetery next to the
church.
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Cedar Hill
Baptist Church - Late 1800's or early 1900's
Submitted by:
Garrett
Gabel - gr. gr. gr. grand
nephew of William Fore, founder of the church |
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Cedar Hill Baptist Church
- Edgar Springs, Mo. - Rudy Foree sitting in
doorway. Rudy's grandfather, William Fore,
donated the land for this church.
Photographed: 1992 |
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William Fore -
grandfather of Rudy
Foree
Photographed By: Esther
Carroll - 7 Sept. 1992 |
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Foree section of
cemetery at Cedar Hill
Baptist Church, Edgar
Springs, Phelps County,
Mo. - Photographed:
7 Sept. 1992 |
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Civil War
Rudy's grandfather
William Fore was a Confederate Soldier
who was captured & held as a
prisoner-of-war at this
notorious prison in Alton Illinois.
He & a friend managed to escape by
floating across the Mississippi River at
night on a board or a log.
Esther M. Ziock Carroll
(pictured at left) visited the ruins of
this prison in the 1980/90's. The
same day I attempted to locate records
of this escape event at the Alton
Library but there were 8 reels of
micro-film of Civil War prison records &
it would take a forever to go through
them all.
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DEDICATION CEREMONY HELD 11
JULY 2009
Cedar Hill Baptist Church Cemetery ~ Edgar
Springs, Mo.
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Elliott's Scouts, Ninth Missouri
Cavalry Battallion, CSA
Garrett
Gabel
gr. gr. gr. grand nephew of
William Fore is at far left, back
row
Photographed: 11 July 2009 at
Cedar Hill Baptist Church
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Scouts, Ninth Missouri Cavalry
Battallion, a Confederate
re-enactment group held a dedication
ceremony at the grave site of
William Fore honoring him & the new
military tombstone that had been
placed there. Below is a
eulogy that was written by William
Fore's gr. gr. gr. grand nephew,
Garrett
Gabel, & read by the
re-enactment unit's Chaplain at the
ceremony: |
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Elliott's Scouts firing a weapons
salute at the ceremony 11 July 2009 |
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A member
of Elliott's Scouts
playing the harmonica. |
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William
Fore's new military
tombstone |
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Thank you to
Garrett
Gabel of Elliott's Scouts & gr. gr.
gr. grand nephew
of William Fore for submitting this
information.
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FRANCIS MARION FOREE
& LURISSA BARROW
(I was told that Francis is the
one that changed the spelling from Fore to Foree.
Don't know why.) |
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Francis &
Lurissa Foree |
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?Francis Foree? |
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Foree coon hunt |
Francis Marion Foree - 31 December 1871, Phelps Co.,
Mo. - died: 13 Feb. 1961 of house on Kaes Rd., Sherman,
St. Louis Co., Mo., buried: Bethel Cem., Pond, Mo.
Lurissa Adelade Barrow b: 29 March 1894 D: 14 Dec. 1973
(From Ancestry.com)
Children:
Ruby/Rudy Foree - b: 7 Oct. 1913 - Edgar Springs,
Phelps, Mo. - Died: 19 April 1997 - St. FranCoMo. - buried:
Red Bud Memorial Gardens,
Hwy. 8, Potosi, WashCoMo.
Sidney Maxine - 10 July 1918 - Edgar Springs,
Phelps, Mo. - Died: 1992
Samuel Ralph - Feb. 1920 - Died: May 1983 -
Ralph had a wooden leg. He cut his
foot while swimming in the river, it got infected & his leg had to
be amputated.
August Francis - 2 August 1925 - Licking, Texas
Co., Mo. - Died: June 1997
James Henry - 27 May 1927 - Died: Oct. 1991
Nancy Ann - 30 Dec. 1940 - St. Louis, Mo. - Died:
May 1997
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The
Francis Foree family resided for many years (approx.
1947 to 1980)
in this
beautiful antebellum home (believed to have been built by Philip
Kaes in the 1850's).
When
you go in the front door of the house the first room on the right was Rudy's room (this
was after his parents were gone.)
To the left was the kitchen.
Off & on over the years other Foree relatives lived in the house too.
This
St. Louis County Landmark home has been vacant sicne 1980 &
is
now endangered: http://carrollscorner.net/Endangered_Antebellum_Landmark_Home.htm
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RUDY FOREE
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Rudy Foree was born
in Edgar Springs, Phelps County, Missouri in 1914. His parents were Francis Marion
Foree (originally spelled Fore) & Lurissa Adelade Barrow.
Rudy's service record states that he was a S/Sgt. with
Co.E, 6th Range Inf. Bn. He entered the service 1 October 1941 at Jefferson Barracks,
Missouri. He was a Gun Crewman, light Artillery. He had a Combat Infantry Badge. Was
listed as a rifle expert 8 May 1944. He participated in the following battles &
campaigns: New Guinea, Southern Philippines & Luzon. He was awarded 3 Bronze Stars
& a Good Conduct Medal. A Lapel Button was issued & he was entitled to wear
Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Campaign Ribbon, American Defense Service Ribbon & Philippine
Liberation Ribbon w/2 Bronze Stars. When he was stationed in the Philippines at New
Guinea he had a pet wallaby. When he got shipped out he had to leave it
behind.
Rudy worked for many years for
General Motors without missing a day of work. Even when the tractor turned over on him
& crushed his foot he still didn’t miss any work. In 1986 Rudy married
Pearl Martin Ziock. They resided in Cadet, Washington County, Missouri. Rudy
passed away in April 1997 & is buried in
Redbud Memorial Gardens, Potosi, Missouri. |
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Francis, Rudy,
Lurissa Foree |
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Rudy's WWII Medals |
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Rudy Foree |
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Rudy Foree at the house in Sherman, Mo.
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Rudy with one of his pigs |
Rudy & ? with a big fish |
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Rudy Foree of Potosi caught 4
channel catfish on Tuesday, May 4th at favorite fishing place. The largest weighed 5
1/2 lbs. thru to 5 1/4, 2 & 1 1/2 lbs. Independent Journal 13 May 1982 |
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Rudy & Pearl Foree |
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Pearl & Rudy Foree-
Christmas 1989
at Esther & Gene Carroll's |
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Above: Pearl & Rudy Foree &
Esther Carroll
Father's Day - 17 June 1990 - Sunnen Lake
Below: Gene Carroll, Rudy Foree, Esther Carroll |
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Gene Carroll, Rudy Foree, Esther
Carroll
Rudy's birthday 1992 - Cadet, Mo. |
Rudy & his dog Rastus at his
home on John Smith Rd.
Potosi, Mo. 1993 |
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Rudy Foree at
his home on John Smith Rd. |
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Esther Carroll
with her step-father Rudy Foree - Cadet, Mo. |
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Pearl & Rudy Foree &
Esther Carroll - Cadet, Mo. - |
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