Brief Life History of Forest Harry
When Forest Harry Chellis was born on 6 October 1898, in Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Herman Green Chellis, was 39 and his mother, Jennie Ada Flanders, was 34. He married Hattie M. Caswell on 2 November 1919, in Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Grafton, New Hampshire, United States for about 15 years and Kittery, York, Maine, United States in 1940. He died in May 1972, in Franklin, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 73.
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- Forrest H. Chellis, "United States 1950 Census"
- Unknown, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Forrest H. Chellis, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1905 · Squaw Mountain Fire Lookout
In 1905, a fire lookout tower (among the first of its kind) was constructed in Piscataquis County on Squaw Mountain. Due to Maine's abundance of lumber and paper mills, it was essential that a system be developed to help spot fires as quickly as possible.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
Shortened form of Italian De Chellis .
English: variant of Challis .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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