When Forrest Gaither was born on 26 May 1800, in Iredell, North Carolina, United States, his father, Burgess Gaither, was 42 and his mother, Amelia Martin, was 25. He married Lamira Lemish Caldwell in 1819, in Iredell, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Austin, Travis, Texas, United States in 1850 and Fayette Land District, Texas, United States in 1860. He died on 19 May 1876, in Lee, Texas, United States, at the age of 75.
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English: occupational name from Middle English gaytere ‘goatherd’, an agent derivative of Middle English gayte ‘goat’ (a northern spelling of Old English gāt, or from the related Old Norse word geit).
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