Nell was born and raised in Shelbyville, KY and eloped as a young woman - marrying one Edward Murray (in Clarksville, Indiana - across the river from Louisville) in 1904. They had a stillborn male infant who is buried between his Sherwood grandparents in Grove Hill Cemetery at Shelbyville. Nell and Edward divorced in 1912.
She married her second husband, Virgil Duke, in Kentucky in 1914. He died in a work-related accident (in Owensboro, KY) just a few months later.
By June 1920, Nell Sherwood had married John (Jack) W. Forrester (her third and final husband) and they were living in Louisville with their infant son, J. Sherwood Forrester. By 1930 this young family had moved to Chicago, Illinois where they remained for the rest of their lives. John W. Forrester had been born in Delavan, Wisconsin and members of his family were in Chicago and also in Southern Wisconsin.
She married her second husband, Virgil Duke, in Kentucky in 1914. He died in a work-related accident (in Owensboro, KY) just a few months later.
By June 1920, Nell Sherwood had married John (Jack) W. Forrester (her third and final husband) and they were living in Louisville with their infant son, J. Sherwood Forrester. By 1930 this young family had moved to Chicago, Illinois where they remained for the rest of their lives. John W. Forrester had been born in Delavan, Wisconsin and members of his family were in Chicago and also in Southern Wisconsin.
Nell was born and raised in Shelbyville, KY and eloped as a young woman - marrying one Edward Murray (in Clarksville, Indiana - across the river from Louisville) in 1904. They had a stillborn male infant who is buried between his Sherwood grandparents in Grove Hill Cemetery at Shelbyville. Nell and Edward divorced in 1912.
She married her second husband, Virgil Duke, in Kentucky in 1914. He died in a work-related accident (in Owensboro, KY) just a few months later.
By June 1920, Nell Sherwood had married John (Jack) W. Forrester (her third and final husband) and they were living in Louisville with their infant son, J. Sherwood Forrester. By 1930 this young family had moved to Chicago, Illinois where they remained for the rest of their lives. John W. Forrester had been born in Delavan, Wisconsin and members of his family were in Chicago and also in Southern Wisconsin.
She married her second husband, Virgil Duke, in Kentucky in 1914. He died in a work-related accident (in Owensboro, KY) just a few months later.
By June 1920, Nell Sherwood had married John (Jack) W. Forrester (her third and final husband) and they were living in Louisville with their infant son, J. Sherwood Forrester. By 1930 this young family had moved to Chicago, Illinois where they remained for the rest of their lives. John W. Forrester had been born in Delavan, Wisconsin and members of his family were in Chicago and also in Southern Wisconsin.
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