The Fore Family in Virginia:Information about Milton Lee Fore


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Milton Lee Fore (son of John W. Fore and Elizabeth B. Cunningham) was born July 16, 1818, and died October 27, 1899 in Appomatox County, VA.He married (2) Elizabeth W. Farrar on December 07, 1852 in Campbell County, VA, daughter of Ezekiel B. Farrar and Judith A. Wilkes.
 Includes NotesNotes for Milton Lee Fore:
Was a Pvt. in Company A ("Red House Volunteers"), 21st Virginia Infantry during the Civil War.He was recruited in Appomattox County andmustered in on 4/1/1862 at New Market .Apparently this unit was made up of men from all over Virginia.Present 3/4/1862 to 11/12/1862.Bounty.Sick at home 1/2/1863 to 3/4/1863.AWOL 7/8/63 to 11/12/1864.
Other Fores in this unit included: William S. Fore enlisted 4/1/1862 at New Market, died 5/8/1862 in Staunton hospital; Hezekiah Ford b. 1822? enlisted 6/20/1861 at Red House, absent as nurse,sick and AWOL, discharged for being over 40 on 1/2/1863;Charles P Ford b. 1836? enlisted 6/20/1861 at Red House as Cpl, promoted to Sgt 9/10/1861, sick in Staunton and at home 11/12/1861 to 3/4/1862, reduced to Cpl, present 5/6/1862 to 4/8/1864, POW 9/22/1864.
This unit took serious casualties at Kernstown, Cedar Mountain, Gettysburg and Spotsylvania Court House.
All of the information about this family is recorded in the Milton Fore family bible.
More About Milton Lee Fore and <Unnamed&gt:
Marriage: September 21, 1840, Campbell County, VA.11
More About Milton Lee Fore and Elizabeth W. Farrar:
Marriage: December 07, 1852, Campbell County, VA.
Children of Milton Lee Fore are:
  1. John Lloyd Lafayette Fore, b. May 24, 1842, d. date unknown.
  2. Leonidus Pewlaski Fore, b. June 16, 1845, d. date unknown.
  3. Cleopatra Josephine Fore, b. October 19, 1847, d. November 01, 1870.

Children of Milton Lee Fore and Elizabeth W. Farrar are:
  1. Julia Elizabeth Fore, b. December 19, 1853, d. March 24, 1934.
  2. William Baker Fore, b. June 14, 1855, d. October 25, 1934.
  3. Daniel Witt Fore, b. April 02, 1858, d. February 01, 1940.
  4. Stephen Bell Fore, b. November 21, 1859, d. March 26, 1937.
  5. Milton Edgar Fore, b. October 17, 1861, d. January 05, 1940.
  6. Bentan Garnet Fore, b. February 28, 1863, Appomattox county, VA, d. December 01, 1906, Lynchburg, Va..
  7. Herman Baxter Fore, b. February 24, 1865, d. August 28, 1928.
  8. Mary Frances Fore, b. July 23, 1866, d. June 12, 1943.
  9. Lelia Ora Fore, b. April 18, 1870, d. September 21, 1945.
  10. +Beaser Gibbs Fore, b. May 09, 1877, Appomatox County, VA, d. August 21, 1920, Campbell County, VA.