THOMAS R. FORREST.
Thomas R. Forrest, Democrat, Representative from Stanly County, was born in that county. Son of James D. and Katherine (Mann) Forrest. Educated in the Albemarle High School, 1894-1896. Farmer and merchant. Sheriff of Stanly County, 1911-1914. Representative in the General Assembly in 1917. Mason; Royal Arcanum. Methodist. Married, January, 1899, to Miss Daskie E. Pennington. Five children. Address: Albemarle, N. C.
(Source: North Carolina Manual. 1919. Published by the North Carolina Historical Commission.)