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Family Sheet
HUSBAND
Name: James K. GilchristMale Note
Born: 10 May 1863 1863-5-10 at Fulton County, Indiana Fulton County, Indiana [2]
Married: 3 Jul 1889 1889-7-3 at Muskingum County, Ohio Muskingum County, Ohio
Died: 20 Feb 1906 1906-2-20 at Muskingum County, Ohio Muskingum County, Ohio [4]
WIFE
Born: Sep 1864 at Ohio [6]
Died: at Muskingum County, Ohio [7]
Father: John Miller
Mother: Elinor Miller"
CHILDREN
Born: 25 Aug 1886 at Ohio
Died: 29 Mar 1959 at Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio
Husband: Ernest Painter
Name: Clyde Nafe Gilchrist
Born: 27 Jul 1891 at Muskingum County, Ohio
Died: 14 Jun 1966 at Muskingum County, Ohio
Name: Ralph Gilchrist
Born: Abt 1893 at Ohio
Died: Abt 1902 at Muskingum County, Ohio
Name: Letha Gilchrist
Born: Abt 1902 at Muskingum County, Ohio
Died: Abt 1903 at Muskingum County, Ohio
SOURCES
2). Elizabeth Ann Gilchrist Jun 1998 Andersn.GED
4). Elizabeth Ann Gilchrist Jun 1998 Andersn.GED
6). Elizabeth Ann Gilchrist Jun 1998 Andersn.GED
7). Elizabeth Ann Gilchrist Jun 1998 Andersn.GED
NOTES
1). bobspu.ged BIO Until Oct. 1995, little was known about this grandson of James and Mary GILCHRIST. His nephews, Byron and Virgil GILCHRIST had reported that he was a bit of a wanderer. He taught school for a short time, probably in the Fulton or Marshall Co. areas of Northern INDIANA. In 1997, Mary GILCHRIST, daughter of Byron, James K. s nephew, wrote in a letter to compiler that Jim had also spent a time as a sheep herder out west. Sometime between 1880 and 1889, Jim relocated to Muskingum County, OH, near Zanesville. In that county, in 1889, Jim married the woman who would become known to her husband s nephews as Aunt Beecy. Theresa MILLER was, per family tradition, a widow with one daughter. The daughter, Cecile D., apparently took her stepfather s last name as her own. Compiler has not found adoption documentation. The GILCHRISTs had two sons, Clyde Nafe, born in July, 1890, and Ralph, born in Sept., 1893. Clyde never married and lived in the same OHIO area all of his life. Cecil , whose real name was discovered to be Cecile, married Ernest Painter who, according to family stories, was killed in a construction accident in the 1940 s. Cecil never remarried. Ralph, whose existence was unknown until compiler discovered him on census records, was thought for a time to have been the last of James K. GILCHRIST s children. Ralph died in 1902, four years prior to his father s death. Clyde, probably named for a neighbor of the GILCHRISTsin Fulton County, IN, received his father s share of his grandfather s estate, and was, until research on this family began, thought to be the only natural child of James K. GILCHRIST. Ralph was never mentioned in the family stories as compiler was growing up, and more recent visits with Byron GILCHRIST, the nephew of James K., have revealed that Byron did not know of Ralph s existence nor did he know of the younger child, Letha, who is buried in the family plot in Muskingum County, OH. Apparently, she lived only about one year. As of Oct. 7, 1995, compiler has not found documentation that James GILCHRIST legally adopted Theresa s daughter, Cecil however, her death certificate Cecile D. PAINTER gives her father s name as James K. GILCHRIST. Earlier research of the 1910 Miracode listed her in the home of Howard PAINTER as Cecil D. GILCHRIST. Census and the death certificate give Cecile s birthdate as 25 August 1886 this would have been about three years before James and Theresa were married. Data copied from death records in Muskingum County, OH, by Hilda E. YINGER, C.G., states that James K. GILCHRIST s age was 42 9 10 at the time of his death. Cause of death recorded was gall stones. His occupation was recorded as engineer. Although there has been no evidence revealing what James K. GILCHRIST s middle initial represented, compiler suspects his middle name may have been Keely , the maiden name of his mother. REF 1. Virgil J. GILCHRIST, dec d father of compiler nephew of James K. GILCHRIST. 2. Byron GILCHRIST, nephew of James K. Indianapolis, IN Interview 3. U.S. Census 1870, IN Fulton Co. Rochester Twp. p 34 257 257. Microfilm 593 316. 4. U.S. Census 1880, IN Fulton Co. Rochester Twp. E.D. 42 p 43 445 445. Microfilm T9 278. 5. U.S. Census 1900, OH Muskingum Co. Muskingum Twp. E.D. 25 Sheet 6 123 123. Microfilm 623 1310. 6. Will Book F, pp 364 365 Fulton Co. Recorder s Office Rochester IN. Copy of Will owned by compiler. 7. Probate File Thomas GILCHRIST Fulton Co. Recorder s Office Rochester, IN. Copy owned by compiler. 8. Muskingum County Marriage Book II photocopy of p. 10 via Hilda Yinger Muskingum Gen Soc Lib., Zanesville, OH 9. GRANGER Cemetery , Muskingum County, OH. Photocopy of p. 70 via same as 8 above Source Elizabeth Ann Gilchrist Jun 1998 Andersn.GED 11 8 1999
2). bobspu.ged BIO GILCHRIST family stories tell of James K. GILCHRIST leaving the family home in Fulton Co., IN to relocate in the Zanesville OH area to join a bridge construction project sometime after the 1880 census. The family reports were that James had settled in OHIO, met and married a widow woman who had a young daughter. The only name James s nephews could remember for this new wife of James s was Aunt Beecy. Neither of them knew her real name, but they reported that the daughter s name was Cecil and that James andAunt Beecy later had a son named Clyde. Compiler remembers Clyde GILCHRIST and his sister Cecil visiting our home many years ago. Compiler attempted to locate documentation for this marriage, for the birth and the deaths of the James GILCHRIST family in OHIO by writing to the Probate Court in Muskingum County, OH and to the Division of Vital Statistics for the State of OHIO. Letters sent to these agencies in 1990 failed to provide the desired documents. The Court of Common Pleas Probate Division in Muskingum Co. did conduct a search of birth records for Clyde and of Marriage Records from 1881 1899 and from 1928 1940 for Cecil , but found nothing. 1900 Census Records revealed Aunt Beecyto be Theresa rather than Beatrice as compiler had assumed. In 1900, there was a child, Ralph, in the home that the nephews had never known about. There were also a nephew, Hugh MENDENHALL, and John and Elienor MILLER census very hard to read , who were categorized as mother in law and father in law. The nephew was probably a child of one of Theresa GILCHRIST s siblings, and not really James s nephew. Contact with a volunteer from the Muskingum Co. Historical Soc. in Sept. 1995, provided documentation for the marriage of James and Theresa MILLER , as well as the later marriage of Theresa to Howard PAINTER. This same source provided the burial data for James GILCHRIST in the Granger Cem., in Muskingum Township. Theresa s name, and wife of James GILCHRIST is included in the inscription, but there is no date of death for her. It is not known at this time whether Theresa was buried in the GILCHRIST plot or elsewhere possibly with her second husband. Along with James s grave in Granger Cem. are the graves of not only the child, Ralph, but also that of another child named Letha who was born in 1902 and died in 1903. Compiler has not found the burial place of the GILCHRIST s son Clyde, but he is believed to have been living as late as 1970. Death records for Cecile Cecil PAINTER, Theresa s daughter, state that she was born in 1886. Her death certificate gives her father s name as James K. GILCHRIST, yet she would have been born 3 years before James and Theresa were married. Compiler suspects that Theresa was unmarried at the time of Cecil s birth, and that James either legally adopted Cecil or that she simply grew up using the GILCHRIST name as her own. REF 1. US Census 1900 Ohio, Muskingum Co. E.D. 25 p.7711123 123 Microfilm 623 1310. 2. US Census 1910 MiracodeG426 Muskingum Co., OH 143 0071 0146 3. Byron B. GILCHRIST, nephew of James GILCHRIST III & uncle of compiler Indianapolis, IN. Interview 4. Muskingum County OHIO Marriage Book Book ll 1889 1893 photocopy of p. 10 via Hilda Yinger, Muskingum Co. Gen Soc. Lib. P.O.Box 3066, Zanesville, OH 43702 5. Muskingum County OHIO Marriage Record Book 18 1907 1908 photo copy of p. 12 via same as 4 above 6. Granger Cemetery, Muskingum Twp., Muskingum Co.,OHIO, p. 70, via as 4 above Source Elizabeth Ann Gilchrist Jun 1998 Andersn.GED 11 8 1999
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