"Wednesday evening, the 4th inst., Charles Forrester left his home on the East side of the valley, between Oakville and Yountville, telling his family upon parting that he was going to kill himself. As he had made such a remark during the past two or three months, Mrs. Forrester paid little attention to it.
As the night wore on and Mr. Forrester did not return, the family became alarmed and started a search for him. Later the neighborhood joined in the search for the missing man, and the hills and vales were scoured without success.
Tuesday morning about 8 o'clock, two boys, one the son of Mrs. Bors and the other a son of William Turner, both neighbors of the Forresters, were on their way to the field to plant corn and stumbled onto the body of Forrester lying in a ditch only a quarter of a mile from his house. He had shot himself through the head.
Mr. Forrester had been working for Bert Rossi, a neighbor, and the day before his disappearance had drawn $48 of his wages. The money was found in his pocket undisturbed.
Forrester owned a farm on the East side of the valley about eight miles from St Helena. He was a native of California [sic], aged about 50 years, and is survived by a wife and five children. There are also left three sisters, Mrs. C. I. Mayfield of Napa, Mrs. Malcolm Lees of Newark, California, and Mrs. Ed Crochet of Oakland; and a brother, Henry Forrester of Lodi, California. The family has resided in Napa county many years.
The funeral took place Wednesday, the remains being interred in the Yountville cemetery." The St Helena Star (St Helena, California), May 1921
As the night wore on and Mr. Forrester did not return, the family became alarmed and started a search for him. Later the neighborhood joined in the search for the missing man, and the hills and vales were scoured without success.
Tuesday morning about 8 o'clock, two boys, one the son of Mrs. Bors and the other a son of William Turner, both neighbors of the Forresters, were on their way to the field to plant corn and stumbled onto the body of Forrester lying in a ditch only a quarter of a mile from his house. He had shot himself through the head.
Mr. Forrester had been working for Bert Rossi, a neighbor, and the day before his disappearance had drawn $48 of his wages. The money was found in his pocket undisturbed.
Forrester owned a farm on the East side of the valley about eight miles from St Helena. He was a native of California [sic], aged about 50 years, and is survived by a wife and five children. There are also left three sisters, Mrs. C. I. Mayfield of Napa, Mrs. Malcolm Lees of Newark, California, and Mrs. Ed Crochet of Oakland; and a brother, Henry Forrester of Lodi, California. The family has resided in Napa county many years.
The funeral took place Wednesday, the remains being interred in the Yountville cemetery." The St Helena Star (St Helena, California), May 1921
"Wednesday evening, the 4th inst., Charles Forrester left his home on the East side of the valley, between Oakville and Yountville, telling his family upon parting that he was going to kill himself. As he had made such a remark during the past two or three months, Mrs. Forrester paid little attention to it.
As the night wore on and Mr. Forrester did not return, the family became alarmed and started a search for him. Later the neighborhood joined in the search for the missing man, and the hills and vales were scoured without success.
Tuesday morning about 8 o'clock, two boys, one the son of Mrs. Bors and the other a son of William Turner, both neighbors of the Forresters, were on their way to the field to plant corn and stumbled onto the body of Forrester lying in a ditch only a quarter of a mile from his house. He had shot himself through the head.
Mr. Forrester had been working for Bert Rossi, a neighbor, and the day before his disappearance had drawn $48 of his wages. The money was found in his pocket undisturbed.
Forrester owned a farm on the East side of the valley about eight miles from St Helena. He was a native of California [sic], aged about 50 years, and is survived by a wife and five children. There are also left three sisters, Mrs. C. I. Mayfield of Napa, Mrs. Malcolm Lees of Newark, California, and Mrs. Ed Crochet of Oakland; and a brother, Henry Forrester of Lodi, California. The family has resided in Napa county many years.
The funeral took place Wednesday, the remains being interred in the Yountville cemetery." The St Helena Star (St Helena, California), May 1921
As the night wore on and Mr. Forrester did not return, the family became alarmed and started a search for him. Later the neighborhood joined in the search for the missing man, and the hills and vales were scoured without success.
Tuesday morning about 8 o'clock, two boys, one the son of Mrs. Bors and the other a son of William Turner, both neighbors of the Forresters, were on their way to the field to plant corn and stumbled onto the body of Forrester lying in a ditch only a quarter of a mile from his house. He had shot himself through the head.
Mr. Forrester had been working for Bert Rossi, a neighbor, and the day before his disappearance had drawn $48 of his wages. The money was found in his pocket undisturbed.
Forrester owned a farm on the East side of the valley about eight miles from St Helena. He was a native of California [sic], aged about 50 years, and is survived by a wife and five children. There are also left three sisters, Mrs. C. I. Mayfield of Napa, Mrs. Malcolm Lees of Newark, California, and Mrs. Ed Crochet of Oakland; and a brother, Henry Forrester of Lodi, California. The family has resided in Napa county many years.
The funeral took place Wednesday, the remains being interred in the Yountville cemetery." The St Helena Star (St Helena, California), May 1921
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There is no marker for these Forrester graves; however they are recorded at the Yountville Pioneer Cemetery.
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