 In the early spring of 1876, word came back to Forester that his ship had gone down in the Great Lakes of Michigan.Minnie was torn, as her parents had not allowed her to say goodbye the last time he had left town.A few days later, on April 27, her parents gave her charge to watch her younger brother, James Jr. As the infant was sleeping, Minnie walked into town, and passed by the town inn, the Tanner House.