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A Gilcrest Family
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In designating the different generations of the family I have used capital letters after the first and second generation, assuming these to be A. and B. So following "The Branches" are C., D., E., and F., the third, fourth, fifth and sixth generations respectively.
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A Gilcrest Family The Family of James Gilchrist
James Gilchrist; Born probably prior to 1765 in York County, Pennsylvania. Married Elizabeth, daughter of Patrick Scott. Elizabeth was born in York County, Pennsylvania, May 2d, 1765. James, at an advanced age, was killed by a runaway accident. They were members of the Presbyterian church, as indicated by an old church letter sent me by one of their descendants.
There were three sons of whom I have learned incidentally:
- Branches
- Robert Gilchrist; Born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, September 22d, 1794.
- James Scott Gilchrist; Born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1802.
- Andrew Gilchrist; Born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1804. Of this one I have had no further information.
Branch I - Robert Gilchrist
The record of this branch will be found on a following page in connection with the record of the Fleming family, a leaf of which is reproduced.
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Of this family I have had correspondence with William Murray Gilcrest, the second son of Samuel Fleming Gilchrist, the second son of Robert Gilchrist. This was in 1894. At that time he located all the others at Oakland, California, except himself. He was in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
You can notice here the change in the spelling of the name, for he signed his name "Gilcrest" It was the same way with Robert Scott, who was practicing medicine in Ottumwa, Iowa, and died there about 1893. I discovered the name on his office sign as I passed by. I called in to see him but he was then away for treatment for what proved to be his fatal illness. This I learned from his partner, Dr. Brockman. I afterwards called on his widow at her home, and at this time she gave me the record of the Flemings. This was published in 1868 by a minister of the Fleming name.
[note: the following is a different format than the rest of the book, as it came from the aforementioned Fleming record]
- III. Jane, born Hanover, Washington County, Pa., May 22, 1794; married Robert Gilchrist, March 12, 1816; died Knox county, O., November 30, 1843. Mr. Gilchrist removed to Knox county, O., in 1822; thence to Vernon Springs, Howard county, Iowa, in 1857, where he now resides; for several years an Elder in the Presbyterian church.
- 1. James Gilchrist, born Washington county, Pa., Dec. 29, 1816; was instantly killed in his father's saw mill in Knox county, Ohio, April 6, 1831.
- 2. Hon. Samuel Fleming Gilchrist, Attorney, born Aug. 8, 1819, in Washington county, Pa.; married Mary Ann Blackman, Dec. 25, 1843. He was educated in Kenyon College, O., and Washington College, Pa.; studied and practiced law in Mt. Vernon, O., was a member of the Ohio Legislature in 1849-50; subsequently Probate Judge Knox county,
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Ohio.; removed to Howard county, Iowa, in 1835; thence to San Francesco, [sic] Cal., where he is not practising [sic] his profession.
- (a) Frances Marion Gilchrist, born October 10, 1844.
- (b) Inez Augusta Gilchrist, born August 10, 1847.
- (c) Wm. Murray Gilchrist, born June 19, 1849.
- (d) John Halder Gilchrist, born Aug. 21, 1851.
- (e) Frederick Gilchrist, died in infancy.
- 3. Robert J. Gilchrist, born in Washington county, Pa., Feb. 5, 1822; died Oct. 12, 1822.
- 4. Robert Scott Gilchrist, M. D. born in Knox county, O., Aug. 5, 1823; married Philena H. Brooks of Columbus, O., Aug. 31, 1852, who died in DeGraff, O., Nov. 18, 1854; married Annie M. Brooks, of DeGraff, O., May 15, 1856. Dr. G. was educated at Kenyon College, O. ; studied Medicine with Prof. H. L. Thrall, Gambier, O. ; graduated from Cleveland Medical College, 1853; established practice in DeGraff, O., April 1, 1853, where he now resides.
- (a) Mary Gilchrist, born March 7, 1854; died November 15, 1854.
- (b) Fay H. Gilchrist, born Aug. 23, 1862.
- 5. Elizabeth Gilchrist, born Sept. 12, 1826; died March 2, 1845.
- 6. Sarah Jane Gilchrist, born Sept. 12, 1830; died Aug. 20, 1845.
- 7. Mary E. Gilchrist, born July 6, 1836; married Rev. A. Nichols, of M. E. Church in Granville, O., Aug. 4, 1855.
- (1) Inez Nichols
- (2) William Nichols.
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- (3) Gura Nichols.
Branch II - James Scott Gilchrist
C.
- 1. Virgil Gilcrest; a merchant at Hamilton, Ohio, in 1894. He reported three children:
D.
- (1) Henry W. Gilcrest; Born March 26th, 1883.
- (2) Edwin H. Gilcrest; Born October 6th, 1884.
- (3) Lelia S. Gilcrest; Born May 27th, 1887.
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- 2. Della Gilcrest; Chicago, Illinois. She visited us at Centerville, Iowa, in 1894. At that time she was a traveling sales woman. She had a sister, also living in Chicago.
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