Wilmer Eyr FORTE 2 3 4 5
Wilmer Forte, 1st child of Henry Lincoln Forte & his spouse, was a private in the Spanish American War, Co. F, First Regt., Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was married to an Irish girl, but left his wife. He was an actor in the early Vaudeville shows. He was taken to drink, but his niece, Doris Dudick, remembers that he was great fun to be with. He was known by Walter Winchell, news broadcaster and broadway columnist. His unexpected death in New York City was even announced on Walter Winchill's radio program.
• Occupation. Actor Wilmer married Mary A. A. VINCENT on 12/29/1908 in , , RI, USA.1 (Mary A. A. VINCENT died in Aft 1908.) |
1 Rhode Island Vital Records. [database online] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 2000. (www.ancestry.com).
2 Norman Leroy Forte Erie, PA interviewed by Linda Coate Dudick, grand-daughter by marriage July 17, 1979 In Linda Coate files (F-17).
3 1900 Federal Census Philadephia, Philadelphia Co., PA.
4 1910 U.S. Census Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA.
5 Wilmer Forte Cemetery Information Long Island National Cemetery Pinelawn, Long Island.
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