FOREST, D.D.

The death of this honored servant of God, January 27, at his house in
Talladega, Ala., was sudden and unexpected. Although he has suffered for
several years past under impaired health, yet on the day preceding the
accident he appeared unusually well. He had performed his usual college
duties, attended and spoken at the memorial services for Dr. Cutler on
the afternoon of Friday, and was present at the college social on Friday
night. The accident occurred on Saturday. He arose early in the morning,
as was his custom, and made preparations for his usual bath. On crossing
the hall at the head of the stairway he fell down the entire flight and
was found stretched out, face downward, on the lower floor. The family
came speedily to his relief. Help was summoned from the neighborhood and
medical attendance secured. It was the doctor's opinion that the fall
was due to an apopleptic stroke, which seized him while in the upper
hall and rendered him powerless to either prevent the fall or hinder its
continued progress. Funeral services were held on Tuesday forenoon,
which were attended by many of the best citizens of Talladega, two of
the pastors of the Talladega churches speaking warmly and
sympathetically of Dr. De Forest and of the institution over which he
had presided. Mrs. De Forest and her daughter, accompanied by one of the
professors of the institution, attended the remains to their last
resting place in Sherburne, N. Y.

Dr. De Forest was of Huguenot descent; was born in So. Edmeston, N. Y.,
March 17, 1833, was graduated from Yale College in 1857, and obtained
his theological education at Yale and Union theological seminaries. He
was ordained in New Haven, August 2, 1863, and served as chaplain in the
Eleventh Connecticut Volunteers during the civil war. He was called to
the pastorate of Plymouth Congregational Church, Des Moines, Iowa.,
October 17, 1866, where he remained until October, 1879, when he
accepted the call to the Presidency of Talladega College, Talladega,
Ala., a position he has filled with great acceptance to the day of his
death. He was married August 25th, 1869, to Miss Anna M. Robbins,
daughter of Rev. Alden B. Robbins, D.D., of Muscatine, Iowa.

Dr. De Forest was a man of fine personal presence, affable in manner,
gifted as a speaker, a scholar, and a man of practical affairs. His life
has been varied, but in whatever position he has been employed he has
soon won the confidence and est