Forrest Shropshire^{[1, 2]}

1923 - 1997  (73 years)

• Name	Forrest Shropshire
  Born	5 Jul 1923	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940	District 6, Cocke County, Tennessee   [3]
  Died	28 Feb 1997	Cocke County, Tennessee   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I208585	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	William H. Shropshire,   b. 25 Jan 1891, Tennessee ,   d. 22 Aug 1973  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Lillie Stuart,   b. 5 Jun 1900, Tennessee ,   d. 28 Nov 1970  (Age 70 years)
  Married	31 Jan 1915
  Family ID	F79505	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Monota Fish,   b. Abt 1918,   d. 3 Jul 1990, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Married	31 May 1947	Cocke County, Tennessee   [6]
  Children	1. John M. Shropshire,   b. 7 Mar 1948,   d. 8 Sep 2017  (Age 69 years) + 2. James Shropshire
  Family ID	F49253	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 5 Jul 1923 - Tennessee Married - 31 May 1947 - Cocke County, Tennessee Died - 28 Feb 1997 - Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos

  a0208585.jpg Rev. Forrest Shropshire was among the pastors of Basinger Chapel Missionary Baptist Church.

  
  

• Sources

  [S120] A Place Called Home: Our Story, David L. Popiel, Duay O'Neil, et. al., (2006, The Newport Plain Talk / Jones Media Inc.), dpopiel@xtn.net., 86. [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 31 Jan 2013. Basinger Chapel’s first building was log structure . . . Tillman Holt pastored the church for sixteen years. Other ministers included John Collins, Forest Shropshire, Doug Messer, Bill Ball, Darrell Stultz, Beecher Lane, and J. L. Sutton. . . . [S112] Census, 1940. name: Forrest Shropshire titles & terms: event: Census event year: 1940 event place: Civil District 6, Cocke, Tennessee, United States gender: Male age: 16 marital status: Single race (original): race (standardized): White relationship to head of household (original): relationship to head of household (standardized): Son birthplace: Tennessee estimated birth year: 1924 residence in 1935: Same House enumeration district number: 15-16 family number: 134 sheet number and letter: 8A line number: 4 nara publication number: T627 nara roll number: 3881 digital folder number: 005461287 image number: 00469 Household Gender Age Birthplace head Will Shropshire M 44 Tennessee wife Lillie Shropshire F 44 Tennessee daughter Ella May Shropshire F 23 Tennessee son Edward Shropshire M 19 Tennessee son Forrest Shropshire M 16 Tennessee daughter Nola Shropshire F 13 Tennessee daughter Bertie Shropshire F 10 Tennessee son Charles Shropshire M 6 Tennessee daughter Carolyn Shropshire F 3 Tennessee [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 414-28-3370. Issued in Tennessee, residing in Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee [S87] Death Certificate. Name Date of Death / Age County of Death County / State of Residence Marital Status Gender Race File # SHROPSHIRE FORREST 02-28-1997 / 73 COCKE COCKE / TN WIDOWER M WHITE 09964 [S58] Marriage Certificate. name: Forest Shropshire titles & terms: event: Marriage event date: 31 May 1947 event place: Cocke, Tennessee, United States age: 23 estimated birth year: 1924 father: father's titles & terms: mother: mother's titles & terms: spouse: Monota Fish spouse's titles & terms: spouse's age: 29 spouse's estimated birth year: 1918 spouse's father: spouse's father's titles & terms: spouse's mother: spouse's mother's titles & terms: reference number: 92 film number: 1928652 digital folder number: 004485967 image number: 00085