John Horace Forrest, M. D., one of the experienced and favorite physicians and surgeons of Marion, Grant county, Indiana, was born in Logansport, Indiana, August 27, 1858, and is a son of John M. and Rebecca (Longstreth) Forrest.

        John M. Forrest was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, grew to manhood in that state and began life on his own account by milling in Ohio until 1850, when he went to Logansport and followed the same calling in the old Forrest mills; lived in that city until 1885, when he moved to Swayzee, Indiana, and was engaged in the grain trade until his death. To his marriage, which took place in Darke county, Ohio, there were born seven children, namely: William Henry; Harriet; Daniel; Franklin; Eva, wife of Samuel Gray, of Cass county, Indiana; Virginia, wife of J. H. Thomas, of Galveston, Indiana; and John Horace, the subject of this sketch. The father of this family was a member of the M. E. church, a Freemason, and in politics a republican; his death took place April 15, 1890. Mrs. Forrest resides in Galveston, a devout Methodist, and financially is in comfortable circumstances.

        John Horace Forrest was educated in the city schools of Logansport until eighteen years old, and was then employed by Dr. J. B. Schultz as an office assistant; and while thus employed read medicine under the doctor, and was thoroughly prepared for entering the Cincinnati Medical College, where he studied two years; then attended Bennett Medical College in Chicago one year, where he graduated in April, 1880, and has met with a success that has fully satisfied his most sanguine expectations.

        Dr. Forrest was married, in Anderson, Indiana, November 24, 1880, to Miss Mattie D. Cain. She was born in Muncie, Indiana, June 5, 1862, and is a daughter of John and Rebecca (Barns) Cain, and she has borne her husband four children, viz.: Justin; Horace, Jr., a student at Purdue; and Mary and Elsie, at home.

        Mrs. Forrest is a member of the M. E. church. The Doctor is in politics a Republican. He was a member of the first City Council of Marion and was twice re-elected; he is a member of the State Board of Health, now serving his second term; for eighteen years was surgeon for the Pan Handle Railroad, at one time having charge of all the surgical work from Anoka to Bradford; has been City Health Officer and County Health Officer; and has been a member of the City School Board since 1898. He is a thirty-second-degree Mason, and is a member of the Knights of Pythias. As a medical man he has no superior in the county of Grant, and his name as such is well and favorably known throughout this section of the state. The Doctor has a pleasant home at the corner of Spencer and F streets, where he and his estimable wife dispense a warm and generous hospitality to a host of friends.