Source Transcript; Gilcrest, Robert A. From Gille Chriosd to Gilcrest; John Smith Gilcrest

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I. Jacob Kirk Gilcrest; Born January 28th, 1832, in Wayne County, Ohio. Educated at Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio. Moved to Iowa in 1856 and started a lumber business with his brother William H. He married Julia S. Williams January 7th, 1858. Julia was born in Summit County, Ohio, August 2d, 1833. She died September 8th, 1913, in Des Moines, Iowa. Jacob Kirk is still an interested member of the Gilcrest Lumber Company at the age of eighty-nine, and has been doing business in Des Moines for sixty-five years. The most of his family still reside in Des Moines. [next handwritten] Died Nov: 27: 1925, nearly 94.

1. Mary Belle Gilcrest; Born December 17th, 1858, in Des Moines, Iowa. Died November 12th, 1867.

2. Nellie Grace Gilcrest; Born July 30th, 1861, in Des Moines, Iowa. Married Charles S.

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Worth April 21st, 1887, in Des Moines, where they still reside.

(1) Philip Worth; Born November 3d, 1888, in Des Moines, Iowa. Married Marie Flose, of Alton, Illinois, in Des Moines, June 8th, 1918. Manager of Gilcrest Lumber Company at East Des Moines.

(a) Philip Gilcrest Worth, born June 28, 1921 in Des Moines, Iowa.

3. John Smith Gilcrest; Born April 3d, 1863, in Des Moines Iowa. Married Ella V. Bare in Des Moines, September 30th, 1891. Founded the Des Moines Incubator Company in 1894.

4. William Kirk Gilcrest; Born May 3d, 1865. Married Stella Kirkham in Des Moines April 20th, 1888. She Died May 11th, 1889. Married Estella May Warwick in Des Moines, January 2d, 1907.

(1) Stella Kirk Gilcrest; Born February 27th, 1889. Married Harold K. Wells in Des Moines, December 31st, 1907.

(a) Harold Gilcrest Wells; Born August 9th, 1910, in Des Moines, Iowa.

5. Bertha Julia Gilcrest; Born November 3d, 1868, in Des Moines Iowa. Married Frank J. Macarthy in Chicago, May 4th, 1904. Mr. Macarthy died in 1915.

6. Christine Gilcrest; Born June 25th, 1871. Married Martin Halstead Hartung in Des Moines, November 23d, 1896. At present their home is Cheyenne, Wyoming.

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(1) Kirk Gilcrest Hartung; Born in Des Moines, August 17th, 1898.

7. Anna Stella Gilcrest; Born in Des Moines, November 30th, 1873. Married George E. Carpenter in Des Moines, November 23d, 1898. Mr. Carpenter died December 21st, 1914.

(1) Virginia Gilcrest Carpenter; Born June 18th, 1903, in Des Moines, Iowa.

(2) Julia Gilcrest Carpenter; Born in Des Moines, February 11th, 1906.

II. William H. Gilcrest; Born in Wayne County, Ohio, June 26th, 1834. Educated at Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio. He came to Des Moines, Iowa, with his older brother J. K. in 1856, and was interested with him in establishing the Gilcrest Lumber Company, with which he was connected until his death in 1898. His name is still retained in the style of the company. He was unmarried.

III. John Smith Gilcrest; Born February 16th, 1836. Died January 13th, 1840.

IV. Sarah Ann Gilcrest; Born March 3d, 1838. Died January 13th, 1840.

V. Margaret Jane Gilcrest; Born March 3rd, 1840. Died at Des Moines, Iowa, in 1891. Unmarried.

VI. Ann Marie Gilcrest; Born March 2d, 1842, in Summit County, Ohio. Was pupil of Garfield in 1856. Married Jacob Lichty May 1st, 1867, in Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Lichty was born in Wayne County, Ohio. Served in the Civil War from 1862

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to the close, in the 107th Ohio Volunteers, infantry. Was promoted by several advancements to the office of Division Quartermaster. Was dealer in building materials for several years at Sandoval, Illinois. His last years of active business was in the Gilcrest Lumber Company, Des Moines, Iowa. His home in Des Moines for many years has been at Twenty-eighth and Forest Drive. At the present date, 1923, he has been an invalid from apoplexy for several years. [next is handwritten and hard to read] Died Oct 30 [?] 1924 Mrs [?] L. Dec. 2: 1925,

1. John Benjamin Lichty; Born May 24th, 1868 at Sandoval, Illinois. Married Harriet Fitts, daughter of Captain Francis M. Fitts, in North Carolina, December 23d, 1897. He is at present connected with the Gilcrest Lumber Company, Des Moines.

(1) Ann Marie Lichty; Born July 26, 1901. Junior in Iowa State University, 1921.

2. Bessie Christine Lichty; Born January 2d, 1870, at Sandoval, Illinois. 1923, unmarried.

3. Carlie Florence Lichty; Born July 16th, 1871, at Sandoval, Illinois. 1923, unmarried.

4. Anna Belle Lichty; Born May 3d, 1873, at Sandoval, Illinois. 1923, unmarried.

5. William Gilcrest Lichty; Born May 27th, 1876, at Sandoval, Illinois. married Lucy Allbach, daughter of Edward W. and Eliza T. Allbach, of Des Moines, June 26th, 1914. Lucy, in preparing to teach German in the Des Moines high schools, spent one year in Germany. William, at present, is connected with the Gilcrest Lumber Company, in Des Moines.

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VII. Caroline Amanda Gilcrest; Born January 11th, 1844. Died December 1st, 1906, in Des Moines. Unmarried.

VIII. Thomas Joseph Gilcrest; Born August 9th, 1849. Died September 4th, 1849.

IX. Daniel Scott Gilcrest; Born May 5th, 1852. Died September 29th, 1852.

X. Cyrus Newton Gilcrest; Born May 8th, 1852. Died September 30th, 1852.

XI. Clara Ida Gilcrest; Born January 4th, 1855. Died March 12th, 1860.

XII. Mary Belle Gilcrest; Born May 28th, 1857. Educated at Iowa State University. Taught in the Des Moines high school and Drake University a number of years. She, with her sister Caroline and her nieces, the Misses Lichty, made tours to Europe at different times, once to the Passion Play. In 1920, with her brother C. L. she spent a couple of months visiting in England and the Low Countries. Unmarried.

XIII. Charles Liggett Gilcrest; born October 13th, 1859. He was with his brothers in the Gilcrest Lumber Company for many years, and was the directing head of the concern. He was unmarried and he and his sister, Mary Belle, had their home at 2814 Forest Drive, Des Moines, Iowa. Died September 2d, 1922.

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