Forrest Adair was born 24 March 1864 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States to George Washington Adair (1823-1899) and Mary Jane Perry (1832-1936) and died 28 April 1936 Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States of unspecified causes. He married Anna Blanche Greene (1863-1945) 16 October 1883 in Fulton County, Georgia, United States.
Forrest Adair (standing), 1922
Forrest Adair (1865 – 1936) was a real estate dealer. He was the son of real-estate and streetcar developer Col. George Washington Adair and lived in Atlanta, Georgia He served as Fulton County (Georgia) Commissioner from 1895 until 1903.[1] A member of the Yaarab Temple, he served as Potentate and was instrumental in the founding of the Scottish Rite Children's Hospital and the Shriners Hospitals for Children. Along with his brother, George Adair, Jr., he developed neighborhoods throughout what is the Atlanta, Georgia, area, including Adair Park, West End Park (now known as Westview), and, in conjunction with Asa Candler, Druid Hills.[2][3][4]
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Elizabeth Adair (1885-1968) | 30 January 1885 Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States | 9 January 1968 Alachua County, Florida, United States | Robert Gregg (1885-1978) |
| Frank Adair (1886-1940) | |||
| Forrest Adair (1888-1947) | |||
| Robin Adair (1893-1932) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Mary Adair (1855-1927) | |||
| Robin Adair (1859-1891) | |||
| Jack Adair (1861-1901) | |||
| Forrest Adair (1864-1936) | 24 March 1864 Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States | 28 April 1936 Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States | Anna Blanche Greene (1863-1945) |
| Sallie Ann Adair (1866-1912) | |||
| Annie Adair (1869-1934) | |||
| George Washington Adair (1873-1921) | 11 September 1873 Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States | 5 November 1921 Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States | Sarah Glenn McBride (1878-1905) Thelma Howell McBride (1882-1946) |
Residences
See Also
- Forrest Adair
- Adair Family
- Adair in Fulton County, Georgia
- wikipedia:en:Forrest Adair
- Forrest Adair's 1920 "Bubbles" speech calling for the establishment of Shriners Hospitals for Children.
References
- ^ "Fulton County Online - Chronological List of Members of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners". 2007-08-04. http://ww2.co.fulton.ga.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=668&Itemid=343.
- ^ Melish, William B. (2017-11-22) (in en). The History of the Imperial Council, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America: 1872-1921 (Classic Reprint). Fb&c Limited. pp. 237–238. ISBN 978-0-331-67508-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=QLPjswEACAAJ.
- ^ Deventer, Fred Van (1959) (in en). Parade to Glory: The Story of the Shriners and Their Hospitals for Crippled Children. Morrow. pp. 97–100, 109, 180–182, 186, 190. https://books.google.com/books?id=WrVTRiSn4LUC&q=Parade+to+Glory:+The+Story+of+the+Shriners+and+Their+Hospitals+for+Crippled+Children.
- ^ Unit (S.C.), Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children Greenville; Unit, Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children Greenville, South Carolina (1948) (in en). " ... Unto the Least of These": A Story of the Shriners' Hospitals for Crippled Children. The Hospital. pp. 20–27. https://books.google.com/books?id=n0Z6GgAACAAJ.
- Chronological List of Members of the Fulton County Board of Commissioner [1]
- "Scottish Rite Hospital", from masonicinfo.com [2]
- "Emory Village", from emoryvillage.org [3]
- W. O. Saunders, "Let's Stop Blowing Bubbles," Collier's Weekly, 13 Sept. 1924; reprinted in The Builder, vol. X, No. 10.
- Orient of Georgia, Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, "The Georgia Scottish Rite Charities" [4]
- Noble Forrest Adair (Yaarab Shriners, Atlanta, Georgia), "The Bubbles Speech" (argument presented at the annual meeting of the Imperial Council of the Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, in Portland, Oregon on 22 June 1920), reprinted in Hart, supra, 20–24.
- John D. McGilvray, The Shriners Finest Hour (San Francisco, California: Board of Governors, Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, 1955)
- W. Freeland Kendrick, "Echoes of the Past," Shrine News, [publishing information unknown, presumably in the early 1940s], see Hart, supra, 25–27.