Excerpt from American Biography and Genealogy, California Edition, Vol. 2<br><br>Mr. Forrester married, May 17, 1882, in Santa Barbara county, Cali fornia, Melinda Wells, and to them eleven children have been born, namely: Jerome, George W., Everett, Emma, Anna, Elmer, James, Wil liam, Edward, Arther and Lena. Active in the management of public affairs, Mr. Forrester has served as county administrator since the for mation, in 1907, of Imperial county; he is one of the directors of the high school, and was instrumental in having the first schoolhouse of his district erected. He is one of the directorate of the First National Bank of El Centro and a director in the Cantaloupe Association, of which he was one of the organizers. A man of sound judgment and of excellent business tact and ability, Mr. Forrester has been exceedingly fortunate in his undertakings, the family having accumulated a property amount ing to from to while his sons, who inherit to a marked degree the enterprise, energy and progressive spirit of their father, own four hundred and eighty acres of rich and valuable land, all of which will soon be under a good state of cultivation.<br><br>The, home ranch consists of three hundred and ninety acres and is of the best land in the valley, on which are grown all kinds of stock.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.