Fideller Demetrius Forester was born in Wilkesboro (Wilkes County), North Carolina, on August 30, 1870. Forester was a merchant and banker in North Wilkesboro, where he owned a dry goods store under the name F.D. Forester & Co. and served as director for the Deposit & Savings Bank. He died in North Wilkesboro (Wilkes County) on April 2, 1925.