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Uriah Forrest

Uriah Forrest was born in St. Mary, Maryland in 1756. In his youth he was commissioned a lieutenant in one of the Maryland regiments and soon gained the reputation of a brave and skillful officer. He rose rapidly to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He acted a brilliant part in the battle of Germantown where he lost a leg which closed his active military career. A man of strong intellect improved by a good store of useful knowledge. He was a man of unbounded popularity and influence, and filled various public stations in his native State, and was a member of the Continental Congress of the Legislature of Maryland and a member of Congress under the Federal Constitution. He was for many years Major-General of the Maryland militia. In all his public stations he acquitted himself nobly; in private life he had the esteem of a large concourse of friends. The time of his final exit is not upon the record.

Source: The Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson