Christian Gish
Birth 1735
White Oak, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death May 1796 (aged 60–61)
Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Daleville Cemetery
Daleville, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA
HE WAS MY GREAT GRANDFATHER OF MY 4TH COUSIN, 3 TIMES REMOVED.
HIS RELIGION WAS DRUNKARDS (CHURCH OF THE BRETHERN
Christian moved southward to Clumberland co. Pa, then after 1790 moved to Va. His will was dated May 22, 1796. He was sick at this time and died shortly afterwards. Religion: Dunkards (Church of the Brethren). Souce: Book "A seed-bed of the republic", By R.D. Stoner.
Moved southward to Clumberland Co., Pa. then after 1790 moved to Virginia. His will was dated May 22, 1796, He was sick at this time and diedshortly afterwards. He was a blacksmith, the Gish's were dunkards andbelonged to the church of the brethren. Christian built a substantialhouse of logs on hisland, approximately 1/4 mile north of the site of Robert Breckinridge's house which stood to the rear of the Dr. R. Boaz home in Daleville. The land on which this house was built was conveyed in later years to Peter Nininger, eventually coming into the possession of Ben. F. Nininger who was one of the builders of Botetourt Normal School, later known as Daleville College.
The Christian Gish house still stands on what is left of the Daleville College Campus and is in good repair. The house has been weatherboardedand some years ago repaired and modernized; becoming an apartment house. The president of Daleville College lived in the house while the college was in operation. The circular limestone rock columns on the frontporch are very unique.
A permit was granted Christian Gish to build a mill on Tinker Creek in 1797, apparently after his death. In any event, it is an accepted fact that the Gish family built a mill on Tinker Creek, thought to have been on the site where Daleville Mill was later built and operated by the Nininger family. Records show that Peter Nininger's son, William, operated Daleville Mill for many years.
Father Gish, Matthias [I0891]
Mother Bauer, Katherine (Boyer-Bourin) [I0530]
Siblings 1.Gish, Anna [I0899]
2.Gish, John L. [I0531]
3.Gish, Katherine [I0900]
4.Gish, Abraham [I0901]
5.Gish, Jacob [I0532]
6.Gish, David [I0533]
7.Gish, Anna Maria
Married Wife Hock, Sophia (Hogue) [I0062]
Marriage Marriage of Gish, Christian and Hock, Sophia (Hogue), about 1754 at Pennsylvania
Children 1.Gish, Katharine [I0537]
2.Gish, Christian [I0536]
3.Gish, John G. [I0063]
4.Gish, George McHenry Sr. [I0065]
5.Gish, Elizabeth [I0535]
6.Gish, Jacob B. [I0064]
7.Gish, Abraham [I0067]
8.Gish, David [I0068]
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