Robert Keach (Rob) Gilchrist
Husband Robert Keach (Rob) Gilchrist (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Robert Allen (Bob) Gilchrist
Mother: Patricia Sue (Patti) McAllister
Marriage:
Wife (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Sarah Ann Gilchrist
Husband (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Sarah Ann Gilchrist 1
Born: 27 Jun 1830
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: William M. Gilchrist ( - ) 1
Mother: Elizabeth Beach (1806-1860) 1
Sideny M. Gilchrist
Husband Sideny M. Gilchrist 2
Born: 10 Mar 1876 - Fulton County, Indiana 2
Christened:
Died: 28 Oct 1876 - Fulton County, Indiana 2
Buried:
Father: Thomas Gilchrist (1839-1926) 3
Mother: Phoebe Keely (1846-1895) 2
Marriage:
Noted events in his life were:
• Baptism 2, Leiters Ford, Fulton County, Indiana
• Adoption, May 1994 - Leiters Ford, Fulton County, Indiana
Wife
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
General Notes (Husband)
[bobspu.ged]
REFERENCES: 1. Tombstone: "Sideny M.; Mar 10, 1876 - Oct 28, 1876" 2. "Fulton County Cemetery Inscriptions", Vol 3; p. 86; Fulton Co. Pub. Lib. Rochester, IN
BIO: Family tradition has not included Sideny or two other children whose names appear on tombstones close to those of Thomas and Phoebe (KEELY) GILCHRIST. The stones of Sideny, Nellie I. and Edward L. have no last name, nor any thing to identify their parents. Researchers, in recording the graves, have assumed these three children belonged to the GILCHRISTs. It is possible that they were born to Phoebe...she would have been about 44 at time of Edward's birth. Source: Elizabeth (Ann) Gilchrist-Jun 1998-Andersn.GED-11/8/1999
Terry Gilchrist
Husband Terry Gilchrist (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: David Gilchrist
Mother: Gladys Willis
Marriage:
Wife (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Thomas Gilchrist and Phoebe Keely
Husband Thomas Gilchrist 3
Born: 14 Apr 1839 - Jefferson County, Indiana 4
Christened:
Died: 26 Apr 1926 - Richland Township, Fulton County, Indiana 3
Buried:
Father: James Gilchrist (1839-1926) 5
Mother: Mary Anderson (1799-1877) 4
Marriage: 11 Jun 1862 - Fulton County, Indiana 3
Noted events in his life were:
• Baptism 3, Leiters Ford, Fulton County, Indiana
• Adoption, 1870 - Leiters Ford, Fulton County, Indiana
Wife Phoebe Keely 2
Born: 4 Nov 1846 - Marion County, Indiana 3
Christened:
Died: 4 Dec 1895 - Rochester Township, Fulton County, Indiana 2
Buried:
Father: James Keely (1812-1891) 2
Mother: Mary A. McKee (1818-1892) 2
Noted events in her life were:
• Confirmation 2, Leiters Ford, Fulton County, Indiana
• Adoption, 1870 - Leiters Ford, Fulton County, Indiana
Children
1 M James K. Gilchrist 2
Born: 10 May 1863 - Fulton County, Indiana 2
Christened:
Died: 20 Feb 1906 - Muskingum County, Ohio 2
Buried: - Engineer 2
Spouse: Theresa E. (Beecy) Miller (1864- )
Marr: 3 Jul 1889 - Muskingum County, Ohio 2
2 M William Jefferson (Will\Bill) Gilchrist 3
Born: 31 Mar 1869 - Richland Township, Fulton County, Indiana 3
Christened:
Died: 20 Dec 1943 - South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana 3
Buried:
Spouse: Millie Artiemicia (Artie) Mow (1880-1920) 3
Marr: 31 Dec 1898 - Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana 3
3 F Mary Anderson Gilchrist 2
Born: 13 Sep 1875 - Fulton County, Indiana 2
Christened:
Died: 5 Jul 1949 - In Her Home In Culver, Marshall County, Indiana 2
Buried:
Spouse: John (S.O. Joseph A.) Ault (1869-1960) 2
Marr: 26 Feb 1893 - Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana 2
4 M Sideny M. Gilchrist 2
Born: 10 Mar 1876 - Fulton County, Indiana 2
Christened:
Died: 28 Oct 1876 - Fulton County, Indiana 2
Buried:
5 F Nellie I. Gilchrist 2
Born: 17 Mar 1888 - Fulton County, Indiana 2
Christened:
Died: 13 May 1889 - Fulton County, Indiana 2
Buried:
6 M Edward L. Gilchrist 2
Born: 11 Jan 1890 - Fulton County, Indiana 2
Christened:
Died: 25 Feb 1890 - Fulton County, Indiana
Buried:
General Notes (Husband)
[bobspu.ged]
BIO: Thomas was the last of four children known to be born to James and Mary (ANDERSON) GILCHRIST while the family lived in Jefferson Co., IN. An entry in the Fulton Co. Atlas, 1883, p 29, states that he was born in 1845; however, his tombstone and notes found in his son's farm accounts ledger give his birth date as 1839. The GILCHRIST family left Jeffer- son Co. about 1846 and appear in Fulton Co.'s 1850 census. About 1860, James GILCHRIST conveyed nearly all his farmland to his three surviving children. At this time, both Thomas and his older brother, James, were living with their parents. Their sister, Jennet, had married and appears in the home of her husband, Christopher CAMPBELL in the 1860 census. In Nov., 1881, the two brothers divided their 180 acres into two equal shares. Thomas married in 1862 and with his wife, Phoebe, remained in the family home in Rochester Twp. even after James's and Mary's deaths. Phoebe died in 1895 and the couple's younger son, William, brought his bride, Artiemicia MOW, into the home in 1898. In 1890, Thomas's older brother, James, conveyed his share of their father's property to Thomas and Phoebe "for one dollar plus love and affection...reserving for himself a life estate in the...land". Although Wm. GILCHRIST's notes include the death of Thomas's brother, James, in 1897 in Fulton Co. there is no other record of when or where James died. Thomas maintained the original GILCHRIST farm in Rochester Twp. until 1902, when he sold the farm to Clyde NAFE, a neighbor and seem- ingly a close friend of Thomas's son, James K., who named his son "Clyde Nafe GILCHRIST". Later in 1902, Thomas bought 122 +/- acres on the north side of the Tippecanoe River in Richland Twp. There Thomas lived until his death with his son, William, daughter-in-law, Artiemicia, and two grandsons, Virgil (compiler's father) and Byron. Thomas's will was written 04 May 1918, naming William as executor and leaving his estate to be divided among his son, William; his daughter, Mary AULT; and his grandson Clyde. (James K. GILCHRIST, the oldest son of Thomas and Phoebe, had died four years earlier in Muskingum County, OHIO.) Sometime after Thomas had written this will, William was appointed his father's legal guardian. Thomas died in the family's home in Richland Twp. in 1926. Cause of death per the death certificate reads "Decompensation of the heart". Pictures of Thomas after his three children were grown show him as a man of small to average build with brownish-gray hair and beard. His hands appear to be large with thick, somewhat short fingers... much like the hands of his grandson, Virgil GILCHRIST. ************************************* The following item appeared on page 160 of "Newspaper Excerpts" from Rochester/Fulton County (name and date of publication unknown)
"RICHLAND TOWNSHIP NOTES by Cicero Thomas Gilchrist was grubbing last week. His mattock caught on a limb and he grubbed himself in the top of the head. Loss, a small tuft of hair." ************************************** The following is quoted from a letter written to compiler by Emma (PFEIFFER) GILCHRIST, wife of Byron, Thomas GILCHRIST's grandson and compiler's uncle:
"Dear Ann & Ernie, ... Thomas died in 1926 while Byron was in Fla. While Thomas lived an agreement was made for Wm. to care for his father and Aunt Mary and Clyde to get a share if anything was left. In the meantime the barn burned in 1921, Artie died in 1920, Thomas 1926. The farm was sold to the Boy Scouts during the depression. Al Campbell was the attorney in the case as Byron remembers. Al Campbell was Wm's cousin...."
(Compiler's note: "Al CAMPBELL" should be "C.C. CAMPBELL", son of Christopher and Rebecca ZUCK CAMPBELL. C.C. was an attorney, and his signature appears in several places in the probate file of Thomas GILCHRIST. "Al" CAMPBELL was a school superintendent, per the Christopher CAMPBELL histories in Fulton Co. History references at the F.C. Pub. Library in Rochester.) ****************************************
School enumeration in 1896 shows Thomas GILCHRIST as guardian of Jessye FELTY, a 7-year-old female, and Susan FELTY, 6 years old. These probably were the children of one of Phoebe (KEELY) GILCHRIST's siblings. Phoebe died in 1895; the reason Thomas would have been acting as guardian for these children is unknown.
REF: 1. Tombstone: I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Leiters Ford, Fulton Co., IN 2. Death Certificate: Thomas GILCHRIST; Book C21, p.4; Fulton Co. Dep't of Health, Rochester, IN (copy owned by compiler) 3. Marriages Certificates: Thomas and Phoebe GILCHRIST (copy owned by compiler) Marriage record on file at Fulton Co. Clerk, Rochester, IN 4. Probate File: Thomas GILCHRIST; Fulton Co. Court House, Rochester, IN (Copies of entire file owned by compiler) 5. U.S. Census 1850, IN; Fulton Co.; Rochester Twp.; p (?); Dw. #103/ Fam. #103. Microfilm #432-146. 6. U.S. Census 1860, IN; Fulton Co.; Rochester Twp.; p 181; #1131/ #1135. Microfilm #653-260. 7. U.S. Census 1870, IN; Fulton Co.; Rochester Twp.; p 34; #257/#257. Microfilm #593-316. 8. U.S. Census 1880, IN; Fulton Co.; Rochester Twp.; E.D. #42; p 43; #445/#445. Microfilm #T9-278. 9. U.S. Census 1900, IN; Fulton Co.; Rochester Twp.; E.D. #41; p 9; #195/#195. Microfilm #623-372. 10. U.S. Census 1910, IN; Fulton Co.; Richland Twp.; E.D. #56; Sheet 12-B; #219/#219. Microfilm #624-350. 11. "Fulton County Indiana Will Excerpts", p. 207: Gilchrist, Thomas, (WR "F" p.364) 04 MAY 1918; Probate 01 MAY 1926, Fulton Co., IN exr: son, William Gilchrist. Wits: William Mohler, C.C. Campbell 12. "Fulton County 1883 Atlas", p.29; "Thomas Gilchrist", Fulton Co. Pub. Lib., Rochester, IN 13. "Fulton County Cemeteries", p.86: Leiters Ford IOOF Cemetery, Section 1, Row 15. Fulton Co. Lib., Rochester, IN 14. "Newspaper Excerpts, Rochester/Fulton Co., IN" p. 160; Fulton Co. Lib., Rochester, IN (Photocopy via Wilma FOLTZ; 1049 E. 450 N; Rochester, IN 46975; desc. of David B. MOW and geneal. researcher.) 15. "1896 School Enumeration, Fulton County, IN" p.115; Fulton Co. Lib., Rochester, IN 16. Deed Book 37, p. 329; Fulton Co. Recorder; Rochester, IN (Jan. 1902). 17. Deed Book 38, p. 358; Fulton Co. Recorder; Rochester, IN ( Mar. 1902). 18. U.S. Census 1920 IN; Fulton Co.; Richland Twp.; ED #71; Sheet #4B; #84/#87. MF #T625-433. 19. M/M Victor CASTENS, 525 E. Washington, Pittsburg, KS 66726-5344.
Source: Elizabeth (Ann) Gilchrist-Jun 1998
General Notes (Wife)
[bobspu.ged]
BIO: Phoebe is thought to be the fifth of ten children born to James and Mary (McKEE) KEELY. Both of her parents were children of early residents of Butler Co., OHIO. Her father was a brick mason and the son of Samuel KEELY, a pioneer settler in Shelby Co., IN. Phoebe's maternal grandfather, Anthony Wayne McKEE was born in Butler Co., OHIO, and is reported to have been a soldier in the "western department" of the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. ("History of the U.S., Indiana and Fulton Co." Peattie, 1896, p 93) As of Jan. 1996, compiler has not been able to document this elsewhere. According to the "The Fulton County Atlas,1883", Phoebe was born in Indianapolis; however, typewritten information on the back of a copy of her death certificate says that she was born in "Miami Co.". (Compiler suspects the source may have misread the original death certificate) The 1860 census for Fulton County shows Phoebe to be 12 years old, but Thomas and Phoebe were married in June 0f 1862. In 1870, Phoebe was in the GILCHRIST home at age 24. Her tombstone gives vital dates as 1846-1895, yet her death certificate reads "Age of death, 50 years". At the time of Phoebe's death, she and Thomas were living on the land first owned by James and Mary GILCHRIST. Thomas sold this property to the NAFE family about a year later. The only photograph of Phoebe owned by this compiler was taken after her three children reached adulthood. In this family picture she appears to be nearly the same height as her husband (both are seated); of average weight with a somewhat long, narrow face and deep-set eyes. She appears to have been a very attractive woman. Most documents indicate that Phoebe had given birth to only three children, however, an article in the "Fulton County Cemetery Inscriptions" for the IOOF Cemetery at Leiters Ford indicates there is reason to believe the graves of three young children in the same area as the graves of Thomas and Phoebe are those of Phoebe's children. The graves of "Sideny M." (7 mos.), "Nellie I." (14 mos.), and "Edward L." (1 mo.) are located very close to Thomas' and Phoebe's grave. There is no surname on the stones, but no other adults are buried close enough to be associated as the parents of the three. After the listing of the three children's names, the cemetery inventory states, "(Note: This and the preceding two stones had no other identification on them. However, they are presumed to have been children of Thomas GILCHRIST who married 11 June 1862, Phoebe KEELY...Census records 1870 and 1880...indicate there were other children: James...,William...and Mary..." None of compiler's family was aware of the existence of the three young children buried near Thomas and Phoebe. ********************************************* Page 29, "Fulton County 1883 ATLAS" carries the following article: "Thomas GILCHRIST, farmer, P.O. Rochester, born in Jefferson County, Ind., in 1845, is the son of James and Mary ANDERSON GILCHRIST, who were natives of Scotland. The subject of our sketch became a resident of this county when six years old. He was educated in the district schools. The event of his marriage took place June 11, 1862, to Phoebe KEELY, who was born in Indianapolis, Ind., November 4, 1846. She is the daughter of James and Mary McKEE KEELY, who were natives of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. GILCHRIST have had born to them three children- James, May 10, 1863; William, March 31, 1869; and Mary, September, 1875. Mr. GILCHRIST owns a fine farm of ninety acres in Section 29, on which he resides. He is an enterprising citizen and is highly respected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances".
REF: 1. Death Certificate: Phoebe GILCHRIST (copy owned by compiler); Fulton County Health Dept.; Rochester, IN. 2. Marriage License: Thomas GILCHRIST and Phoebe KEELY (copy owned by compiler) Fulton Co. Clerk, Rochester, IN. 3. Tombstone: I.O.O.F. Cem., Leiters Ford, Fulton County, IN. 4. "Fulton Co. Atlas 1883"; p 29 (copy owned by compiler); Fulton Co. Pub. Lib., Rochester, IN. 5. U.S. Census 1860, IN; Fulton Co.; Rochester Twp.; p 179; #1222/ #1226. Microfilm #653-260. 6. U.S. Census 1870, IN; Fulton Co.; Rochester Twp; p 34; #257/#257. Microfilm #593-316. 7. U.S. Census 1880, IN; Fulton Co.; Rochester Twp.; E.D. #42; p 43; #445/#445. Microfilm #T9-278. 8. "Fulton County Indiana Cemetery Inscriptions", p.86; Leiters Ford IOOF Cemetery (Section 1, Row 15); Fulton Co. Lib., Rochester, IN (copy of page owned by compiler) 9. M/M Victor CASTENS, 525 E. Washington, Pittsburg, KS 66726-5344 Source: Elizabeth (Ann) Gilchrist-Jun 1998-Andersn.GED-11/8/1999
General Notes for Child James K. Gilchrist
[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 GILCHRISTs' in 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
General Notes for Child William Jefferson (Will\Bill) Gilchrist
[bobspu.ged]
BIO: William J. GILCHRIST was called "Will" by some people, "Bill" by others. His middle name was unknown, in fact compiler and her siblings were unaware that he had a middle name, until Byron, his youngest son, reluctantly reported it to compiler about 1996. Byron made is clear, however that his father did not let many people know that his name was William "Jefferson". "Bill" GILCHRIST was the second of three known children born to Thomas and Phoebe (KEELY) GILCHRIST. There are three young children buried very near the GILCHRIST graves near Leiter's Ford, IN, but only their first names and vital statistics are recorded. It has been assumed that these children were additional siblings of Bill's, but there is no confirmation of these births to Phoebe. Little is known of Bill's childhood. He was apparently of a more settled nature than his brother, James, who has been described by Bill's youngest son as somewhat of a wanderer..for a time a school teacher... went to Zanesville (Muskingum) Ohio to work on bridge construction on a major highway... Bill, however, remained in the family home after his marriage and apparently assumed the role of "loyal son". Bill's mother died in 1895, three years before Bill's marriage to Artiemicia MOW. When the young couple married, they stayed in Thomas' home in Rochester Twp. until Thomas sold that property in 1902. By this time, Bill's oldest son, Virgil, was nearly 2 years old. Later in that same year Thomas purchased property north of the Tippecanoe River in Richland Twp., and he, Bill, Artiemicia, and Virgil moved into a two-story log house before the birth of Byron, the couple's only other child, in January, 1903. Family stories tell that Bill was a responsible, strong, and loving man, although his wife's family did not approve of him. Bill was an humble and mild-mannered man who adored his lovely wife, but could not provide her with a luxurious life style. The bride's family had hoped for a more affluent marriage for their eldest daughter. In 1996, compiler questioned Bill's son, Byron, concerning the reasons for Bill's lack of acceptance by the MOW family. Per Byron, it was the men of the MOW family who did not approve of "Artie's" choice for a husband. It was their feeling that Bill was a "poor excuse for a farmer." Byron went on to explain that Bill did not prove to be a very successful farmer, but this was due in part to the fact that he had no desire to spend his life farming! Because of his father's senility and poor health after Phoebe's death, Bill was forced to assume the running of the family farm. He was much more interested in construction work (carpentry) than in farming. Consequently, he never seemed to be very efficient as a fulltime farmer. (The irony here was that the MOW men, for the most part, spent their working years in construction; most of them did not farm until they had retired from their construction jobs.) Bill never owned his own land. It is thought that he intended to buy his father's land, but before he could do so, Thomas became mentally incompetent and Bill was appointed his father's legal guardian. "Artie", Bill's beloved wife died at the age of 40, leaving Bill bereaved and burdened with an ailing elderly father and a 17-year-old son. Virgil, the eldest son, was working away from home at the time of his mother's death. Bill GILCHRIST attended the old Burton Evangelical Church until the family moved to Richland Township. Then he became very active in the Grand View Evangelical Church in the Whippoorwill Community, serving in the capacity of Sunday School Supterintendent of that church for many years. Bill was described as "the sweetest-tempered, most gentle man in the world," by one sister of Elizabeth (O'DELL), Bill's daughter-in-law. William was a handsome man, probably just under 6' tall and of a sturdy build, but not heavy. Pictures of him as a young man closely resemble his grandson, Bob GILCHRIST. Both of his sons showed a strong resemblance to him as they aged. Compiler had noticed that William always seemed to be standing at a distance from other people in snapshots, and most usually, he would be positioned to the right side of the photo. After considering this for some time, compiler recalled hearing that "Bill" had one bad eye. This raised the question of "Did he position himself this way for photographs because of his eye problem?" While visiting with Byron GILCHRIST, in June, 1996, compiler asked him whether he had noticed this and if there could be a connection to the eye problem his father had. (Compiler also remembered having seen a large photograph of a hospital ward and William GILCHRIST being examined by a physician. That photograph had been explained as "the eye clinic in MICHIGAN where Grandpa went to have eye surgery.") Byron gave this report, "That eye was injured from a severe bump Dad received and the bone deterioration that the injury caused. As a boy, he hit himself in the eye with the leg of a milking stool. He had reached across the back of one of the cows to get the stool down from where it was hanging on the barn wall. The cow shifted her stance; he lost his grip on the stool and a leg of the stool hit him in the eye. The clinic in that picture was part of the medical school in Michigan where Dad spent several weeks in treatment. He lost the sight in that eye, and maybe he did position himself that way in pictures to hide it or so that he could best see the others people in a group." Studying the wedding picture of William and Artiemicia (MOW) GILCHRIST after it had been copied to compiler's computer screen some time later, computer suddenly realized that William's right eye was noticeably different from the left. When others were asked to look for this, they supported this observation. William GILCHRIST died while living with his youngest son and family at 412 Woodside, South Bend, IN. He had visited in the home of his elder son, Virgil, for a time and also that of his sister, Mary A.(GILCHRIST) AULT in Culver, IN, prior to making his home with Byron and Emma in South Bend. ******************* Wilma MOW FOLTZ located and hand-copied the following obituary:
William J. Gilchrist, aged 74, died at 4 a.m. today in the home of his son, Byron, 412 East Woodside Avenue. He had been in ill health since November. Born in Fulton County, Ind., March 31, 1869 he came here five years ago from Culver, Ind. His wife, Artiemicia Mow, of Richland Center, Ind. died in 1920. He leaves two sons, Byron, with whom he made his home, and Virgil, of Jeffersonville, Ind.; seven grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. John Ault, of Culver. Friends may call in the Hay funeral home from Tuesday noon until Wednesday noon when the body will be sent to Grandview Evangelical Church, west of Argos, Ind. to lie from 1 p.m. until services at 2 p.m. Rev. Edward M. Sausoman, pastor of Ewing Avenue Evangelical Church, South Bend will officiate, and burial will be in Richland Center cemetery. **************************
After her father's death in January, Mary Alice GILCHRIST sent compiler a few of her memories concerning her grandfather. In her letter, written on Byron's birthday, 27 Jan. 1998, Mary wrote, "A couple of recollections which you may or may not know... *William Gilchrist was called "Will" by family and friends. *I remember him rocking Janet as a baby and singing "In the Sweet By and By" to her. It must have been one of his favorites as I associate it with him when I think of him. *I believe he served as Sunday School Superintendent in his church for many years.
The latter was known before Mary's letter, and was reconfirmed just a few days before Mary's letter arrived by another letter. Margarett (STICHLER) STEININGER, in her letter to compiler wrote that she had found her own certificates of baptism, "Cradle Roll" membership and another document. She made a photocopy of the Cradle Roll Certificate and enclosed it in her letter. This document was signed, "Wm. Gilchrist, Superintendent." Margarett had been "born into" membership of the Grandview EUB Church. Compiler had noted, in interviewing Margarett and her brother, Theodore in Indianapolis, IN on 10 January 1998, that while Margarett referred to William as "Uncle Bill", Theodore called him "Uncle Will."
REF: 1. Claudia (GILCHRIST) DEEN, 4790 Union Chapel Road, Corydon, IN 47112 grand daughter 2. Byron GILCHRIST, 219 E. 54th St., Indianapolis, IN 46220, son. (Dec'd 07 January 1998.) 3. Callie (O'DELL) WILLIAMS, 501 Pennsylvania Ave., Plymouth, IN 46563 compiler's aunt. 4. Cemetery Inscription, IOOF Cem., Richland Ctr., IN 5. Obituaries: William J. Gilchrist, 1943 Mrs. William Gilchrist, 1920 6. Virgil J. GILCHRIST, dec'd, son of William; father of compiler. 7. Marriage License: William Gilchrist to Artemicia Mow; 31 Dec. 1898. (Copy owned by compiler.) 8. Notes from the farm accounts ledger of William GILCHRIST (ledger owned by compiler's brother, on loan to compiler, Mar. 1997.) 9. U.S. Census 1870 IN, Fulton Co., Rochester Twp., p. 34; #257/#257 MF #593-316. 10. U.S. Census 1880 IN, Fulton Co., E.D.#42; Rochester Twp., p. 43; #445/#445 MF #T9-278. 11. U.S. Census 1900 IN, Fulton Co., E.D.#41; p. 9; #195/#195; MF #623-372 12. U.S. Census 1910 IN, Fulton Co., E.D.#56; Richland Twp., Sheet 12-B, #219-#219. 13. U.S. Census 1920 IN, Fulton Co.; Richland Twp.; ED #71; Sheet #4B; #84/#87. MF #T625-433. 14. GenServ.COM; database - hasp7ga: William HASSENPLUG, 1314 Kenilworth, Lansing, MI 48917. (Downloaded 05 Dec. 1997) 15. Mary Alice GILCHRIST, grand daughter, 3830 East 75th St., Indianapolis, IN 46240. 16. Margarett (STICHLER) STEININGER and her brother, Theodore STICHLER, Jr., interview with compiler, Indianapolis, IN, 10 Jan. 1998. 17. Cradle Roll Certificate: Margaret A. STICHLER, GrandView EUB Church, Fulton County, IN. Photocopy provided to compiler by Margarett, 30 Jan. 1998.
Source: Elizabeth (Ann) Gilchrist-Jun 1998
General Notes for Child Mary Anderson Gilchrist
[bobspu.ged]
REF: 1. Bonine Funeral Home Records, Culver, IN (Apr. 1994) 2. Notations in Farm Ledger of Wm. GILCHRIST, owned by compiler. 3. Wilma (MOW) FOLTZ, 1049 E-450N, Rochester, IN 47975 4. U.S. Census 1880 IN, Fulton Co.; Rochester Twp.; E.D. #42; p. 43; #445/#445, Microfilm # T9-278 5. Obit: Mrs. John AULT; "Plymouth Pilot", July 1949 6. Marriage License; copy owned by compiler Fulton Co. Clerk, Rochester, IN Book F-30 7. "Marshall Co. Cemeteries"; (Culver Masonic Cem.; Union Twp.; Sect. 5) 8. Obit: John Ault, Husband (1960) "Plymouth Pilot", Plymouth, IN 9. Interview : Byron Gilchrist; 12 AUG 1990; Argos, IN, Nephew 10. U.S. Census 1920 IN; Fulton Co.; Richland Twp.; ED #71; Sheet 5A; #104/#106. MF #T625-433.
BIO: Mary Anderson GILCHRIST was the only daughter of Thomas GILCHRIST known to have survived until adulthood. There are reports among county histories that the GILCHRISTs had at least one other daughter who died in infancy. The grave marker for that child stands near Thomas and Phoebe's graves at Leiter's Ford, IN, but the inscription does not give a surname. Historians have assumed this child as well as two other infants in the same area belonged to the GILCHRISTs. Family tradition has made no mention of these three children. Mary was obviously named for her paternal grandmother, who came from SCOTLAND to Jefferson County, IN as "Mary ANDERSON" about 1818. In 1826, Mary ANDERSON married James GILCHRIST, another immigrant from SCOTLAND. Mary A. GILCHRIST married John AULT when about 18 years of age; she had the first of her six sons within the first year of marriage. She lived her entire life in Fulton and Marshall Counties in IN; she died in Culver, IN at the age of 73. From pictures owned by compiler, Mary appears to have been quite short. In pictures taken in her youth, Mary's face looks round and soft-featured; her hair was dark, but was worn pulled back from her face probably with a braid or a twist at the back of her head. She was rather plump as a young lady, but not obese. In middle-aged pictures, Mary had become quite a bit heavier and her facial features had started to take on a more sharply defined appearance. In later years, Mary's nose and chin were rather prominent; she remained heavy-set until the last time compiler saw her, just a year or two before her death. The following obituary was supplied by Wilma MOW FOLTZ, from "The Plymouth Pilot", July 1949: "MRS. JOHN AULT" "Mrs. Mary Anderson Ault, age 73, wife of John Ault, died in her home in Culver, Tuesday afternoon after an illness of nine months. She was born in Fulton county, six miles northwest of Rochester September 13, 1875 and spent her entire life in Fulton and Marshall county. She was the daughter of Thomas and Phoebe Gilchrist. Surviving are her husband, John Ault, six sons, Herman and Howard of Argos, Clarence of Tippecanoe, Ralph and Eldon of Plymouth, Harry of Chicago, 21 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. Mrs. Ault was a member of the Culver E.U.B. church where services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday. Rev. E.D. Mast of Urbana will be in charge and burial will be in the Culver cemetery. Friends may call at the residence in Culver."
Per the 1920 census for Fulton County, IN, John and Mary A. AULT were enumerated in Richland Township. Mary's age was recorded as "44"; five of the couple's six sons were enumerated in their household on 10 January. Two days later, however, Howard and Harry were enumerated a second time in the household of Arley JONES. On the later record, the two young men were classified as "Hired Hands". Source: Elizabeth (Ann) Gilchrist-Jun 1998-Andersn.GED-11/8/1999
General Notes for Child Sideny M. Gilchrist
[bobspu.ged]
REFERENCES: 1. Tombstone: "Sideny M.; Mar 10, 1876 - Oct 28, 1876" 2. "Fulton County Cemetery Inscriptions", Vol 3; p. 86; Fulton Co. Pub. Lib. Rochester, IN
BIO: Family tradition has not included Sideny or two other children whose names appear on tombstones close to those of Thomas and Phoebe (KEELY) GILCHRIST. The stones of Sideny, Nellie I. and Edward L. have no last name, nor any thing to identify their parents. Researchers, in recording the graves, have assumed these three children belonged to the GILCHRISTs. It is possible that they were born to Phoebe...she would have been about 44 at time of Edward's birth. Source: Elizabeth (Ann) Gilchrist-Jun 1998-Andersn.GED-11/8/1999
General Notes for Child Nellie I. Gilchrist
[bobspu.ged]
Individual note: 1. Tombstone: "Nellie I.; Mar.17, 1888 - May 13, 1889" 2. "Fulton County Cemetery Inscriptions; Vol.3; p. 86; Fulton Co. Pub. Lib. Rochester, IN There has been no confirmation that this is the child of Thomas and Phoebe KEELY GILCHRIST. (See bio: Sideny M. GILCHRIST) Source: Elizabeth (Ann) Gilchrist-Jun 1998-Andersn.GED-11/8/1999
General Notes for Child Edward L. Gilchrist
[bobspu.ged]
Individual note: 1. Tombstone: "Edward L.; Jan.11,1890 - Feb. 25,1890 2. "Fulton Coumty Cemetery Inscriptions", Vol. 3; p. 86; Fulton Co. Pub. Lib. Rochester, IN There has been no confirmation that this was the child of Thomas and Phoebe KEELY GILCHRIST. (see bio: Sideny M. GILCHRIST) Source: Elizabeth (Ann) Gilchrist-Jun 1998-Andersn.GED-11/8/1999
Virgil James Gilchrist and Alcie Elizabeth O'dell
Husband Virgil James Gilchrist 3
Born: 28 Mar 1900 - Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana 3
Christened:
Died: 8 Apr 1971 - Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana 3
Buried:
Father: William Jefferson (Will\Bill) Gilchrist (1869-1943) 3
Mother: Millie Artiemicia (Artie) Mow (1880-1920) 3
Marriage: 25 Oct 1927 - South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana 3
Noted events in his life were:
• Baptism 3, Clark County, Indiana
• Occupation, Methodist
• Adoption, 1870 - Clark County, Indiana
Wife Alcie Elizabeth O'dell 3
Born: 25 Oct 1903 - Montgomery County, Indiana 6
Christened:
Died: 18 Mar 1972 - Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana 3
Buried:
Father: William Franklin (Frank) O'dell (1859-1948)
Mother: Virginia Margaret (Maggie) Phelps (1870-1924) 7
Noted events in her life were:
• Baptism 3, Clark County, Indiana
• Confirmation 3, Baptist At Heart
• Occupation, Baptist At Heart
• Adoption, 1870 - Clark County, Indiana
• Adoption, 1870 - Baptist At Heart
Children
1 F Claudia Marie Gilchrist (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Robert Eugene (Bob) Deen (living)
2 F Margaret Jean Gilchrist (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Frank Duane Killebrew (living)
3 F Wilma Opal Gilchrist (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Samuel Cline Gill (1928-1992)
Marr: 27 Aug 1955 - Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana 3
4 M James Bruce Gilchrist (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Katherine Joanna (Kitty) Wishard (living)
5 F Elizabeth (Ann) Gilchrist (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Donnie Jones Bryan (1928-1972)
Marr: 7 Jun 1969 - Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana 3
6 M Robert Allen (Bob) Gilchrist (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Patricia Sue (Patti) McAllister (living)
General Notes (Husband)
[bobspu.ged]
BIO: The farm where Virgil GILCHRIST was born belonged to his grandfather, Thomas GILCHRIST. This property on the south bank of the Tippecanoe River was part of the original land purchased by James and Mary (ANDERSON) GILCHRIST and later deeded to Thomas and his brother, James, Jr. (James later willed all of it to Thomas.) William and Artiemicia made their home with Thomas on the GILCHRIST farm. About 1902 Thomas sold the property and puchased other farmland on the north side of the Tippecanoe River. The family moved into a two-story log home on that land shortly before their second son, Byron, was born in January, 1903. From their grandfather and their father, Virgil & Byron learned the skills for farming and carpentry that would later become their means of support. During the years they lived on Thomas' farm, the boys helped their father and grandfather erect a huge barn on the property. This barn with its extensive conrete foundation, was admired by the entire community. A few years later, a devatating fire destroyed the barn and killed some of the family's livestock, including "Gyp", Virgil's prize-winning horse, greatly favored by Byron. Part of the concrete foundation of that barn was still standing when compiler visited the site with her father in the 1950s. Although both sons maintained their love of farming, Virgil and his brother left the family home early to earn their way in construction business. Virgil went to the Chicago area first, however, to work on a race-horse farm. There he nurtured a lasting love for trotters and pacers and the "sulky races" that were featured in most county and state fairs. While Virgil was in IL in 1920, his mother died from a cerebral hemorrhage. William never fully accepted the loss of his beloved wife, but he remained on the farm to care for his aging father until Thomas died in 1926. By that time, both Virgil and Byron were working in construction and boarding in the home of Jim and Emma STANLEY in South Bend. (The STANLEYs were the uncle and aunt of the girl Byron was later to marry.) After Thomas' death, William left the home place and joined his sons in South Bend. The family had attended the South Germany Church until Byron's birth; when Byron was very young, they joined the "Whippoorwill Church", later renamed "GrandView Evangelical." Virgil's father was Sunday School Superintendent there for many years. Virgil and Byron both enjoyed singing, and both sang in the choir and with various quartets in the area. Virgil was a handsome young man and not unpopular with the ladies. He loved to dance and told of attending parties and dances with Sarah MARSHALL (who later married a brother-in-law of Virgil's), or with his cousin, Alice WRIGHT. Once he danced all evening with a "mystery lady" who arrived at a costumed dance in a sleek, black chauffeur-driven car. The lady refused to remove her mask, and later departed as mysteriously as she had come. Virgil never learned her identity. Virgil followed his brother to "greener pastures" in the uncivilized Florida Everglades for a short time, but both returned to northern INDIANA and their familiar construction and farming ways of life. Finally in 1927, Virgil's heart was captured by "Lizzie" O'DELL, who had been his neighbor and had attended the same school and church for several years. They were married in the fall of 1927. By the time of The Great Depression, the couple had three little girls; their first son, given the traditional family name "James", was the first baby born in Fulton County in the new year, 1933. Times were hard for the young family. Virgil was forced to take any kind of work he could find. He had built a new home for the family in Mishawaka, IN earlier, but rheumatic fever made it impossible for him to work for a long time. This lack of employment, his illness and the poverty imposed by the Depression caused him to lose the new house. During the Depression years, Virgil frequently worked away from home. The family lived on rented properties; most had enough land for a garden and one or two cows. Most of the young family's food was raised by their own hands. At times when Virgil was working elsewhere during the week, Lizzie (always called "Betts" by her husband) did the "farming" including milking cows, feeding chickens and pigs and whatever was to be done in their vegetable garden. She also cared for four very young children and her house. Virgil came home to relieve her ofsome of the outside work on weekends. Finally about 1939, his construction work with the DuPont Company took him to Greencastle, IN. Virgil detested the time spent away from his family, so he coaxed his wife to bring the children and live in Putnam County. It was there during the spring of that year that compiler was born. That same summer, Virgil was transferred to southern INDIANA. He again preceded his family to the new location, leaving "Betts" to join him some weeks later, after he had found them a house. The family lived briefly in a rental house beneath a R.R. bridge in Jeffersonville, very near the Ohio River. The constant layer of black dirt and soot in that house soon became more than "Betts" could tolerate, so another rental house was found in New Albany, IN. With the outbreak of W.W. II, Virgil's work took him to northeastern OKLAHOMA. Once more "Betts" followed, but this trip involved a long train ride with five young children. The trip was long-remembered for its stressful events, e.g. when 2-year-old compiler's foot became stuck in the railroad ties as Mother and children rushed to change trains. By 1943, the family had returned to INDIANA, this time to the area near Louisville, KY. This would eventually become the first long-term home since the family left Fulton County. But before he was able to purchase a home for the family, Virgil would move them into and out of three rented houses. For a brief time, they shared a house on 7th Street in Jeffersonville with the family of a friend and fellow DuPont employee, Ammon KILLEBREW. (Ammon's nephew, Frank, would eventually become Virgil's son-in-law.) Finally about 1945, Virgil and "Betts" were able to buy an older, bungalow-style house just outside Jeffersonville. The house was badly in need of improvements, most of which were accomplished, but slowly, in the 30 years they lived there. Because of the nature of the construction business, there were still times when Virgil worked away from home. The GILCHRISTs and their two youngest children lived for nearly two years (1953- 1955) in Reidland, KY, near Paducah. There Virgil supervised the rebuilding of the community's consolidated school which had been destroyed by fire the year before. After his long-time employers, Erhardt and Knopf Construction Company, closed their business, Virgil worked for a short time for various smaller contractors. The scarcity of work and his advancing age threatened his sense of security, however, and following the construction of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church/School in Louisville, Virgil and his oldest son, Jim, established their own small contruction company. Slightly more than a year later, Jim was offered an opportunity to work for the Overhead Door Company of Louisville. Realizing the security involved for his son's future, Virgil bought Jim's share of their business, then continued on his own until he he could no longer finance the business. During this period when work was so scarce, Virgil and "Betts" had difficulty meeting their expenses. Regardless of the state of their bank account, however, one tenth of whatever they had at the end of each week went to the church. ("Betts" was often not in agreement with this practice.) Somehow, just when it Yet, just when it seemed there was no way they could meet a monthly payment, the money always seemed to present itself! A few times, this came in the form of "anonymous" gifts...events that Virgil found extremely hard to accept, even though he was thankful for the assistance. Once during this time, Virgil was asked to submit a bid on a building job which would have solved many of their financial problems. Although he needed the work, and would have welcomed the challenge, when he found out that this building would house a retail liquor business, he refused to bid on it. Virgil's religious principles would not allow him to have any involvement in a project that might cause other men trouble in their family or personal lives. (He once explained to compiler why he did not drink alcohol...."I enjoy the taste of it! I really think I could drink when I wanted to, and it would not be a problem for me. But my drinking might influence another man, who is unable to control it, to drink more. I don't want to influence another man to do something harmful to himself or his family.) In the mid 1960s, Virgil was hired by the City of Jeffersonville to superintend and maintain public housing facilities. Virgil was held in high esteem by the residents and the city officials connected with this project. In 1967 Virgil received public recognition from Mayor Richard VISSING for his efficient and caring service to the residents and to the city of Jeffersonville. Through the influence of his teenaged daughters, Virgil returned to active church life in the late 1940s. In the years that followed, he held several positions in the Park Place Methodist Church. He sang bass in the church choir and was the song leader for all evening services, selecting and directing the congregational singing, and arranging for special music for these services (solos, duets, etc.) After W.W. II, Virgil was asked to teach a Sunday School class of high school students. Several of the young men in this group left to serve in the Armed Forces during the Korean Conflict; some returned to this class, but a few did not come home from the battle fields. This class remained intact for many years. They selected "The Crusaders" as the name of their class. Virgil was known as "Pop" to all of them, and later, to their children. "Pop's Class" was still together many years after Virgil's cancer forced him to give up teaching. In December, 1970, a long period of recurring stomach trouble resulted in exploratory surgery. The operation revealed a large inoperable abdominal tumor. A colostomy gave some temporary relief, but the disease progressed rapidly. Virgil's one wish during the last months of his life was that he be able to work with his beloved rose bushes one more time. His wish was granted just a few weeks before he died on Maundy Thursday, 1971. He was buried on Easter Sunday, as the country celebrated the resurrection of Virgil's beloved Savior.
********************************
A TRIBUTE (published in the pages of) "THE EVENING NEWS" Jeffersonville, Indiana April 9, 1971
MEMORIAL OBITUARY ******************************** Entered into Eternal Rest Thursday, April, 8, 1971 ********************************
VIRGIL GILCHRIST RITES SUNDAY Virgil Gilchrist, 71, 318 Mary Street, Jeffersonville, died at 11:25 p.m. Thursday at Clark County Memorial Hospital.
Gilchrist, a native of Fulton County, had lived in this community for 30 years. He was housing manager for the Jeffersonville Housing Authority and a former general contractor. He was a member of the Park Place Methodist Church where he taught Sunday School for 30 years. He was also a member of the local carpenter's union.
Surviving are his wife, the former Elizabeth O'Dell; four daughters; Mrs. Jean Killebrew, Jeffersonville, Mrs. Claudia Deen, Edwardsville, Mrs. Wilma Gill, Henryville, and Mrs. Ann Bryan, Carmel; two sons, James Gilchrist, Jeffersonville, and Lt. Robert Gilchrist, Galveston, Tex.; a brother, Byron Gilchrist, Argos, Ind.; and 10 grand- children.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Park Place Methodist Church with burial in Walnut Ridge Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Scott Funeral Home. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [The following are letters written to compiler by her father, Virgil, while she was in deaf-education training at Central Inst. for the Deaf in St. Louis, MO, 1959-1961.]
V.J. GILCHRIST & SON GENERAL CONTRACTOR 318 Mary Street Jeffersonville, Ind.
Dear Ann; September 23, 1959 We received your letter yesterday and it is needless to say we appreciated it an awful lot. We are always looking forward for your letters, but this one did us more good than usual. You know we have been praying for a long time that you someway would see things that way. I am glad that you have reconized the guideing hand of God in this circumstance. I have no dought about it, and if you will look for and pray for Gods guidence and direction in every thing you do, you will be surprised and led into great experiences, which you cannot understand now. This is just the begining. What you will experience in the future will depend on what you do about this. God cannot make much use of people who (Zechariah 7:11 refuse to hearken, and pull away the shoulder, and stop their ears, that they should not hear.) So if you feel that you were led as you said thank God for it, and dont let any thing change your mind or lead you away from it. I intended to answer your letter last night but the electric pump conked out on us, and frank and I worked on it untill around nine thirty before we induced it to go back to work. By that time I was tired enough to go to bed and just rest. This has been a rather hectic week so far anyway. Monday the water pump on the truck played out, and Tuesday the clutch went out on the car and then the pump in the house. So you see things just have to hapen some times and all in a pile. That clutch in the car was the aftermath of that noise we were hearing in the car before we left St. Louis. We are very thankful that it waited till we got home to go out. Every thing else around here is running on schedule, We went to prayer meeting tonight, had a good crowd, and a good service Jane Cantor was asking about you, she wants your address. said she was going to write to you. We are going all out for a big crowd next Sunday, rally day you know. They are going to give a banner to the class haveing the most people over their highest attendance in the last year. My class is sure working for it. I guess we'll have to take them out in the yard, we sure cant get them in that class room, if as many comes as says they will. Well Ann it is bed time and I have about told you all I know. After all this is a pretty long letter for me to write. So I better close before I wear out this old type writter. So by now, and God bless you and keep you under the shadow of his will. Lots of love from us all
your proud Daddy
----------------------------------------- Sunday March 3 (1961)
Dear Ann: As it is raining outside and I think every one else in the house is asleep, I am going to try to surprise you by writeing a letter. If I cant read it when I get done I know you can't, So I'll tear it up and throw it in the waste basket. It has been raining all day yesterday, last night and still at it at 4 P.M. today. The river is getting awfull high in fact it is nearing flood stage, and still it rains. We are all right here. Sam and Wilma are here today. Frank & Jean went to Claudias. Jims mother in law is there for dinner today. I guess that places everybody for today. We had a pretty good attendance at church this morning in spite of the rain. Last Sunday we were snowed in, and so was everyone else. They had 44 at first service and 20 at second with 50 at sunday School. It is so warm today. it seemes impossible that only a week ago we were snowed in. We havnt had any fire all day. My work is awfull slow so far I have about 3 days work for next week. I have worked pretty good through January & February, but I had almost nothing through October, November and December. It is all just small jobs. Just 1 man and myself working now. Sure hope things break pretty soon. Did Old Harry come to visit you yet. If you get to see him give him my regards. But just don't tell him how much I love him. Id kinda hate for him to know. (This in reference to President TRUMAN.) I'm sure glad you are doing satisfactory to your self with your grades. Me and mom think you are doing pretty good. In fact we are just pretty proud of you. I was talking to Helen Gibson this morning and she said Billies application to the Air Force acadamy had been accepted. All that can stop him now is if he should fail to make his grades the balance of this term. They are pretty proud of him too. I think Bob has about decided that all basket ball has gone berskirk. (berserk) Jeff got beat in the sectional by Silver Creek, who went on to the regional, and then got put out by Corydon. Every prediction that he (Bob) has made has been wrong. He even lost his temper and sold his Turney tickets for a dollar. But he still keeps on practiceing. Well Honey, Ive wrote every thing I know, so I'll quit and leave a little space for Mom. By now. With lots of love. Your Daddy
REF: 1. Personal knowledge of compiler (daughter) 2. Byron B. GILCHRIST, brother, in interviews with compiler 1990-1996. 3. Claudia (GILCHRIST) DEEN , daughter 4. Marriage License, copy owned by compiler 5. Notes in Family Bible of Elizabeth (O'DELL) GILCHRIST 6. Interviews with Wilma (GILCHRIST) GILL, James B. GILCHRIST and Robert "Bob" A. GILCHRIST, children of Virgil GILCHRIST. 7. U.S. Census 1900, IN; Fulton Co.; Rochester Twp.; E.D. #41; p 9; #195/#195. Microfilm #623-372. 8. U.S. Census 1910, IN; Fulton Co.; Richland Twp.; E.D. #56; Sheet #12-B; #219/#219. Microfilm #T624-350. 9. Memorial Obituary taken from the "Jeffersonville Evening News." 10. Letters owned by compiler. 11. U.S. Census 1920 IN; Fulton Co.; Richland Twp.; ED #71; Sheet 4B; #84/#87. MF #T625-433.
Source: Elizabeth (Ann) Gilchrist-Jun 1998
General Notes (Wife)
[bobspu.ged]
BIO: Elizabeth O'DELL was the first of her parent's children to be born outside of Laurel Co., KY. Her parents, five older brothers, and older sister, Sarah Hettie, had migrated to Indiana, following the example of her uncle, John Henry or "Uncle Bud" as he was called. Although she never lived in KY or TN, the family's strong mountain background greatly influenced "Lizzie's growing up. The family seldom lived more than a year in the same house. "Frank O'DELL" was not eager to put down roots in any one spot after he left KY. He traveled to various parts of the country teaching music by "shaped notes", leaving his wife and family for weeks at a time. Before spending the last 30-35 years of his life in Marshall and Fulton Counties in Northern Indiana, Frank took his growing family to Craig and Delaware Counties in Oklahoma where Elizabeth's 3 youngest siblings were born. One of these, a twin to her youngest sister, died as a baby and was buried in Craig Co. In spite of her keen mind, her love of learning, and an avid interest in poetry and literature, Elizabeth was forced to end her formal education at the sixth grade level to help her crippled mother with the housekeeping and care for the large family after her eldest sister took work outside the home. After her mother's death in 1924, Elizabeth worked at a local radiator factory in Marshall Co.,IN. While employed there, she suffered heat exhaustion which caused her to be extremely sensitive to very warm temperatures for the rest of her life. Elizabeth's early experience with hard work and housekeeping was valuable to her in raising her own large family. Frequently, Virgil would have to work away from home during the week, returning only on weekends to relieve his wife from responsibility for the care of the animals and the garden. Elizabeth was described by her husband as a "good-looking young lady" at the time of their marriage. "She was tall (5'10") and thin (about 135 lb) and walked like a queen." Virgil once told this compiler, "You would be very lucky to be half as attractive as your mother was when she was 25 years old!" Elizabeth maintained her erect posture until illness bent her shoulders beneath the pain of cancer. After the birth of her youngest child in 1946, Elizabeth lost control of her weight which increased to well over 200 lb. and her height decreased by 1". Still, Elizabeth never left home without lacing herself into her boned corset, and when "dressed up", was a tall and proud-looking woman. Probably because of her mountain heritage, Elizabeth was not openly affectionate. Her philosophy was, "If you love me, act like it: don't tell me!" To her this meant deeds of love, not open expressions of affection. She appeared to be stern and demanding, and had a tendency to intimidate most people...especially her daughters' beaus and later their husbands. Her reddish-brown hair, snapping brown eyes, and Irish temperment contributed to this image; however, she had a keen wit and was well liked by the people in the community. She loved music and had a strong, but untrained soprano voice. Her repertoire of traditional hymns and mountain folk songs was extensive; few of her chores could be done without singing. Unlike her husband, she was not confident enough to perform for an audience, but her strong voice was missed in church if she were absent. Although three occurrences of cancer took toll on her body over a period of ten years, she did not submit to its effects until after Virgil died in April, 1971. Eleven months later, she went to join him. The medical cause of death was "invasive cancer", but her family knew that grief contributed greatly.
***************************************** A TRIBUTE published in the pages of "THE EVENING NEWS" Jeffersonville, Indiana MAR 18, 1972
MEMORIAL OBITUARY ***************************** Entered into Eternal Rest *****************************
GILCHRIST RITES ARE PENDING Mrs. Elizabeth (O'Dell) Gilchrist, 68, of 318 Mary St., Jeffersonville, died today at Clark County Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Gilchrist was a native of Montgomery County and had lived here for the past 31 years. She was a member of the Park Place Methodist Church and the Glenna Circle.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Jean Killebrew, Jeffersonville, Mrs. Claudia Deen, Edwardsville, Mrs. Wilma Gill, Henryville, and Mrs. Ann Bryan, Carmel, Ind.; two sons, James Gilchrist, Jeffersonville, and Lt. Robert Gilchrist, Charleston, SC.; three sisters, Mrs. Sarah Warren, Jeffersonville, Mrs. Callie Williams, Plymouth, Ind., and Mrs. Lillie Huston, South Bend, Ind.; three brothers, Tom O'Dell, Plymouth, Ike O'Dell, Nowata, Okla., and Hubert O'Dell, North Manchester, Ind.; and 11 grandchildren.
Friends may call after 6 p.m. today at the Scott Funeral Home where funeral arrangements are pending.
The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the Park Place Methodist Church Memorial Fund or the University of Louisville Cancer Research (Fund). -------------------------------------------------------- July, 1994: Wilma GILL and compiler discovered the following poem between pages of the Bible that Elizabeth used during the time of Virgil's illness and death. The source is unknown.
SAFELY HOME I am home in Heaven, dear ones; All's so happy, all's so bright! There's perfect joy and beauty In this everlasting light.
All the pain and grief are over, Every restless tossing passed; I am now at peace forever, Safely home in Heaven at last.
Did you wonder I so calmly Trod the Valley of the Shade? Oh! but Jesus' love illumined Every dark and fearful glade.
And He came Himself to meet me In that way so hard to tread; And with Jesus' arm to lean on, Could I have one doubt or dread?
Then you must not grieve so sorely, For I love you dearly still' Try to look beyond earth's shadows, Pray to trust our Father's will.
There is work still waiting for you, So you must not idle stand; Do your work while life remaineth-- You shall rest in Jesus' land.
When that work is all complete, He will gently call you home; Oh, the rapture of the meeting! Oh, the joy to see you come!
----------------------------------------------------------- [The following is a letter Elizabeth wrote to compiler February 14, 1961. Compiler was in her senior year of college, at Central Institute for the Deaf/Washington University, St. Louis, MO. and had been offered a summer tutoring position by the U.S. Ambassador to Bermuda, whose son attended CID during the school year.]
"Dear Ann. It is a busy day for me so I'm..."(written at the top of a verse printed inside a "Thinking of You" greeting card. the verse read, "Taking just a moment to send a card your way-- To say, 'Hello! how are you?' I'm thinking of you today!") "No the truth is Im out of envelopes so this was the best I could do this A.M. I really Do have another busy day though I'm doing Claudia's washing. I did mine and Wilma's yesterday. Wilma is having back trouble again. I ironed for her Sat. and wash & iron for her this week. Well washing's all done again now I must get at the ironing. It is almost lunch time now though. Your Father & Brother (Jim) think you should go to Bermuda. I say its your problem to answer for it's you that will or won't be happy. The only thing I can say is, and I don't know how to say it without you taking the wrong meaning. But here it is. We are "flat" broke or will be when we pay taxes. Our taxes came as quite surprise they are about $900.00. We have enough to pay them and by really skimping and saving Dad can take SMALL jobs 'till we get caught up again. I'm not telling you this to cause you to worry but to let you know we are not going to be able to give you much money. I hope we can figure out some way for your spring clothes for graduation and we may hit a streak of good luck for a change. Dad says he refuses to worry for God has taken pretty good care of all of us and he will continue to do so. We really aren't worrying about it. I don't understand MYSELF. but I'm not worried. Now don't say anything about this Dad didn't want any of the kids to know, but of course Bob Deen had to know, he figured the taxes. And Claudia told Jean and she told Jim so that just leaves Wilma not knowing. He just don't want the kids worring about us. We are in no means suffering. it's just keeping him from bidding jobs of any size. Today is a beutiful day so was yesterday. I just hope it lasts. It was good to talk to you Sat. You are almost as bad about writing as I anymore. Jean has a Valentine party at school this afternoon and I think Gladys Killebrew is down there. Well I must fix Dad some lunch and get this in the box. Write soon. Lots of love. Mom."
________________________________________________________________ Elizabeth added the following to Virgil's letter to compiler on 3 MAR 1961
"Aren't you surprised? I was when he told me he had written this. He has gone to take Bob to church (M.Y.F.). Just talked to Jean she is going back on Mrs. Wheeler's case again tonite. I think I told you about her falling down the church steps at Wall Street. Jean took her case from 11-7 the first week then gave it to Doris Maloney. Margaret Collet has the 7-3. Her boy is an officer for Silver Creek Ball Team so she wanted to see them play yesterday. Jean worked for her. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler talked her into coming back 11-7. She says she will try again for awhile. She is so afraid she will neglect her family. I will wash for her tomorrow. It seems Dad has told you all there is to tell so I will just say. We miss you and will be glad when you are home again. Love Mom" ******************** March, 1996: Hubert O'DELL, youngest brother of Elizabeth's, has loaned compiler some Family Record Sheets from his mother's Bible. Listed ninth on a page with all Frank's children is the entry: "Alcie E. O'dell were Bornd Oct. 25 1903." In a darker ink has been added, "Darlington, Ind." (This is the first time compiler has heard the name of the town of her mother's birth. The only location known until now was "Montgomery County, near Crawfordsville.")
REFERENCES:
1. Elizabeth Ann (GILCHRIST) GRUBB (daughter and compiler of record) 2. Claudia (GILCHRIST) DEEN (daughter) 3. Copy of Obituary from "The Jeffersonville Evening News" 18 MAR 1972 4. Callie O. O'DELL WILLIAMS, Pa. Ave., Plymouth, IN, sister 5. Letters owned by compiler. 6. Family Record Sheets from the Bible of Virginia Margaret PHELPS O'DELL Sheets owned by Hubert D. O'DELL, P.O.Box, 213, Mentone, IN 46539
Source: Elizabeth (Ann) Gilchrist-Jun 1998
William Erwin Gilchrist
Husband William Erwin Gilchrist 1
Born: 22 Jan 1836
Christened:
Died: 1870
Buried:
Father: William M. Gilchrist ( - ) 1
Mother: Elizabeth Beach (1806-1860) 1
Marriage:
Wife
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
William Jefferson (Will\Bill) Gilchrist and Millie Artiemicia (Artie) Mow
Husband William Jefferson (Will\Bill) Gilchrist 3
Born: 31 Mar 1869 - Richland Township, Fulton County, Indiana 3
Christened:
Died: 20 Dec 1943 - South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana 3
Buried:
Father: Thomas Gilchrist (1839-1926) 3
Mother: Phoebe Keely (1846-1895) 2
Marriage: 31 Dec 1898 - Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana 3
Noted events in his life were:
• Baptism 3, Richland Center, Fulton County, Indiana
• Occupation, Fulton County, Indiana
• Adoption, 1870 - Richland Center, Fulton County, Indiana
Wife Millie Artiemicia (Artie) Mow 3
Born: 2 Jul 1880 - Richland Township, Fulton County, Indiana 3
Christened:
Died: 19 Sep 1920 - Richland Township, Fulton County, Indiana 3
Buried:
Father: David Bruce Mow (1857-1931) 3
Mother: Catherine (Kate) Beehler (1859-1948) 7
Noted events in her life were:
• Baptism 3, Richland Center, Fulton County, Indiana
• Occupation, Fulton County, Indiana
• Adoption, 1945 - Richland Center, Fulton County, Indiana
Children
1 M Virgil James Gilchrist 3
Born: 28 Mar 1900 - Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana 3
Christened:
Died: 8 Apr 1971 - Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana 3
Buried:
Spouse: Alcie Elizabeth O'dell (1903-1972) 3
Marr: 25 Oct 1927 - South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana 3
2 M Byron Bruce Gilchrist 2 3
Born: 27 Jan 1903 - Fulton County, Indiana 3
Christened: - Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana 2
Died: 7 Jan 1998 - Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana 3
Buried:
Spouse: Emma Berneice Pfeiffer (1906-1997) 3
Marr: 18 Aug 1928 - South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana 3
General Notes (Husband)
[bobspu.ged]
BIO: William J. GILCHRIST was called "Will" by some people, "Bill" by others. His middle name was unknown, in fact compiler and her siblings were unaware that he had a middle name, until Byron, his youngest son, reluctantly reported it to compiler about 1996. Byron made is clear, however that his father did not let many people know that his name was William "Jefferson". "Bill" GILCHRIST was the second of three known children born to Thomas and Phoebe (KEELY) GILCHRIST. There are three young children buried very near the GILCHRIST graves near Leiter's Ford, IN, but only their first names and vital statistics are recorded. It has been assumed that these children were additional siblings of Bill's, but there is no confirmation of these births to Phoebe. Little is known of Bill's childhood. He was apparently of a more settled nature than his brother, James, who has been described by Bill's youngest son as somewhat of a wanderer..for a time a school teacher... went to Zanesville (Muskingum) Ohio to work on bridge construction on a major highway... Bill, however, remained in the family home after his marriage and apparently assumed the role of "loyal son". Bill's mother died in 1895, three years before Bill's marriage to Artiemicia MOW. When the young couple married, they stayed in Thomas' home in Rochester Twp. until Thomas sold that property in 1902. By this time, Bill's oldest son, Virgil, was nearly 2 years old. Later in that same year Thomas purchased property north of the Tippecanoe River in Richland Twp., and he, Bill, Artiemicia, and Virgil moved into a two-story log house before the birth of Byron, the couple's only other child, in January, 1903. Family stories tell that Bill was a responsible, strong, and loving man, although his wife's family did not approve of him. Bill was an humble and mild-mannered man who adored his lovely wife, but could not provide her with a luxurious life style. The bride's family had hoped for a more affluent marriage for their eldest daughter. In 1996, compiler questioned Bill's son, Byron, concerning the reasons for Bill's lack of acceptance by the MOW family. Per Byron, it was the men of the MOW family who did not approve of "Artie's" choice for a husband. It was their feeling that Bill was a "poor excuse for a farmer." Byron went on to explain that Bill did not prove to be a very successful farmer, but this was due in part to the fact that he had no desire to spend his life farming! Because of his father's senility and poor health after Phoebe's death, Bill was forced to assume the running of the family farm. He was much more interested in construction work (carpentry) than in farming. Consequently, he never seemed to be very efficient as a fulltime farmer. (The irony here was that the MOW men, for the most part, spent their working years in construction; most of them did not farm until they had retired from their construction jobs.) Bill never owned his own land. It is thought that he intended to buy his father's land, but before he could do so, Thomas became mentally incompetent and Bill was appointed his father's legal guardian. "Artie", Bill's beloved wife died at the age of 40, leaving Bill bereaved and burdened with an ailing elderly father and a 17-year-old son. Virgil, the eldest son, was working away from home at the time of his mother's death. Bill GILCHRIST attended the old Burton Evangelical Church until the family moved to Richland Township. Then he became very active in the Grand View Evangelical Church in the Whippoorwill Community, serving in the capacity of Sunday School Supterintendent of that church for many years. Bill was described as "the sweetest-tempered, most gentle man in the world," by one sister of Elizabeth (O'DELL), Bill's daughter-in-law. William was a handsome man, probably just under 6' tall and of a sturdy build, but not heavy. Pictures of him as a young man closely resemble his grandson, Bob GILCHRIST. Both of his sons showed a strong resemblance to him as they aged. Compiler had noticed that William always seemed to be standing at a distance from other people in snapshots, and most usually, he would be positioned to the right side of the photo. After considering this for some time, compiler recalled hearing that "Bill" had one bad eye. This raised the question of "Did he position himself this way for photographs because of his eye problem?" While visiting with Byron GILCHRIST, in June, 1996, compiler asked him whether he had noticed this and if there could be a connection to the eye problem his father had. (Compiler also remembered having seen a large photograph of a hospital ward and William GILCHRIST being examined by a physician. That photograph had been explained as "the eye clinic in MICHIGAN where Grandpa went to have eye surgery.") Byron gave this report, "That eye was injured from a severe bump Dad received and the bone deterioration that the injury caused. As a boy, he hit himself in the eye with the leg of a milking stool. He had reached across the back of one of the cows to get the stool down from where it was hanging on the barn wall. The cow shifted her stance; he lost his grip on the stool and a leg of the stool hit him in the eye. The clinic in that picture was part of the medical school in Michigan where Dad spent several weeks in treatment. He lost the sight in that eye, and maybe he did position himself that way in pictures to hide it or so that he could best see the others people in a group." Studying the wedding picture of William and Artiemicia (MOW) GILCHRIST after it had been copied to compiler's computer screen some time later, computer suddenly realized that William's right eye was noticeably different from the left. When others were asked to look for this, they supported this observation. William GILCHRIST died while living with his youngest son and family at 412 Woodside, South Bend, IN. He had visited in the home of his elder son, Virgil, for a time and also that of his sister, Mary A.(GILCHRIST) AULT in Culver, IN, prior to making his home with Byron and Emma in South Bend. ******************* Wilma MOW FOLTZ located and hand-copied the following obituary:
William J. Gilchrist, aged 74, died at 4 a.m. today in the home of his son, Byron, 412 East Woodside Avenue. He had been in ill health since November. Born in Fulton County, Ind., March 31, 1869 he came here five years ago from Culver, Ind. His wife, Artiemicia Mow, of Richland Center, Ind. died in 1920. He leaves two sons, Byron, with whom he made his home, and Virgil, of Jeffersonville, Ind.; seven grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. John Ault, of Culver. Friends may call in the Hay funeral home from Tuesday noon until Wednesday noon when the body will be sent to Grandview Evangelical Church, west of Argos, Ind. to lie from 1 p.m. until services at 2 p.m. Rev. Edward M. Sausoman, pastor of Ewing Avenue Evangelical Church, South Bend will officiate, and burial will be in Richland Center cemetery. **************************
After her father's death in January, Mary Alice GILCHRIST sent compiler a few of her memories concerning her grandfather. In her letter, written on Byron's birthday, 27 Jan. 1998, Mary wrote, "A couple of recollections which you may or may not know... *William Gilchrist was called "Will" by family and friends. *I remember him rocking Janet as a baby and singing "In the Sweet By and By" to her. It must have been one of his favorites as I associate it with him when I think of him. *I believe he served as Sunday School Superintendent in his church for many years.
The latter was known before Mary's letter, and was reconfirmed just a few days before Mary's letter arrived by another letter. Margarett (STICHLER) STEININGER, in her letter to compiler wrote that she had found her own certificates of baptism, "Cradle Roll" membership and another document. She made a photocopy of the Cradle Roll Certificate and enclosed it in her letter. This document was signed, "Wm. Gilchrist, Superintendent." Margarett had been "born into" membership of the Grandview EUB Church. Compiler had noted, in interviewing Margarett and her brother, Theodore in Indianapolis, IN on 10 January 1998, that while Margarett referred to William as "Uncle Bill", Theodore called him "Uncle Will."
REF: 1. Claudia (GILCHRIST) DEEN, 4790 Union Chapel Road, Corydon, IN 47112 grand daughter 2. Byron GILCHRIST, 219 E. 54th St., Indianapolis, IN 46220, son. (Dec'd 07 January 1998.) 3. Callie (O'DELL) WILLIAMS, 501 Pennsylvania Ave., Plymouth, IN 46563 compiler's aunt. 4. Cemetery Inscription, IOOF Cem., Richland Ctr., IN 5. Obituaries: William J. Gilchrist, 1943 Mrs. William Gilchrist, 1920 6. Virgil J. GILCHRIST, dec'd, son of William; father of compiler. 7. Marriage License: William Gilchrist to Artemicia Mow; 31 Dec. 1898. (Copy owned by compiler.) 8. Notes from the farm accounts ledger of William GILCHRIST (ledger owned by compiler's brother, on loan to compiler, Mar. 1997.) 9. U.S. Census 1870 IN, Fulton Co., Rochester Twp., p. 34; #257/#257 MF #593-316. 10. U.S. Census 1880 IN, Fulton Co., E.D.#42; Rochester Twp., p. 43; #445/#445 MF #T9-278. 11. U.S. Census 1900 IN, Fulton Co., E.D.#41; p. 9; #195/#195; MF #623-372 12. U.S. Census 1910 IN, Fulton Co., E.D.#56; Richland Twp., Sheet 12-B, #219-#219. 13. U.S. Census 1920 IN, Fulton Co.; Richland Twp.; ED #71; Sheet #4B; #84/#87. MF #T625-433. 14. GenServ.COM; database - hasp7ga: William HASSENPLUG, 1314 Kenilworth, Lansing, MI 48917. (Downloaded 05 Dec. 1997) 15. Mary Alice GILCHRIST, grand daughter, 3830 East 75th St., Indianapolis, IN 46240. 16. Margarett (STICHLER) STEININGER and her brother, Theodore STICHLER, Jr., interview with compiler, Indianapolis, IN, 10 Jan. 1998. 17. Cradle Roll Certificate: Margaret A. STICHLER, GrandView EUB Church, Fulton County, IN. Photocopy provided to compiler by Margarett, 30 Jan. 1998.
Source: Elizabeth (Ann) Gilchrist-Jun 1998
General Notes (Wife)
[bobspu.ged]
BIO: Family stories have it that "Artie" was a beautiful, genteel lady who was adored by her husband William GILCHRIST. Pictures of her before her death show her as having snow white hair even at the young age of 40. Her posture and general appearance in these photographs give the impression of a soft-spoken, gentle but dignified "Lady". Artiemicia had seemingly been in poor health for quite a while prior to her death. Sarah Hettie O'DELL, oldest sister of Elizabeth, Virgil's future wife, had been working for the GILCHRIST family, taking care of Artiemicia and keeping house for the men. Artiemicia's oldest son, Virgil, was working in the Chicago area in 1920, so he was not at home when she died. Byron, her youngest child, reported his memories of his mother's death in a conversation with compiler, at his residence in 1995. "I had just taken water, towels and soap in to her bed for her to bathe herself that morning. I went back to take the water away and had just walked away when I heard her say, 'Oh!' I turned around and she was sitting straight up on the bed holding her head between her hands. Then in the next minute, she just fell back on the bed, and she was gone." Byron was about 17 when his mother died; this was obviously an experience that was deeply etched into the young man's memory. In May, 1994, Wilma MOW FOLTZ sent compiler a photocopy of three pages of handwritten data on the MOW family. The pages have no identification of source or ownership. Compiler suspects they may have been written by Catherine BEEHLER MOW, but this is not confirmed. On these sheets, the writer has recorded vital dates for each of the MOW's seven children. The first birth entry reads, "Milie Artiamicia Mow-Born in the state of Indiana Richland township Fulton Coy Ind July the 1 1880 A.D." On the opposite page appears another entry, second on this page, "Milie Artiemicia Mow left this wourld, September the 19 1920." The entry just above this one is the record of the death of David and Catherine's infant daughter, Alice Gertrude MOW. One of the earliest "gems' compiler found among the family keepsakes was the farm accounts ledger of her grandfather, William GILCHRIST. This journal was in the ownership of compiler's brother, Bob, who generously allowed it to be kept with other "family history." On the inside of the back cover of William's ledger in a somewhat faded long-hand appears, "Wm. Gilchrist born march 31, 1869. Millie Artiemishie Mow born July 2, 1880." Under this note, are the birthdates of each of the GILCHRIST's two sons. Then beneath those notes is still another, "Millie Artiemeshe Gilchrist died Sept, 19, 1920." The deep devotion of this man for his wife is almost legendary in family stories. Some have said that he was so devastated by her death that he just walked out of their home without even locking it and went to South Bend to work at carpentry with his sons. Millie Artiemicia MOW GILCHRIST is buried next to her husband in the IOOF Cemetery at Richland Center, Fulton County, IN. Her beauty lives in photographs cherished by her grandchildren and in stories handed down from her sons to their children.
**********************************
The following obituary was located and hand-copied by Wilma MOW FOLTZ. September 19, 1920 Mrs. William Gilchrist, 40, died very suddenly Sunday at her home two miles west of Berthaville, a victim of apoplexy. She had been in failing health for some time, but just previous to her death had been feeling considerably improved. She is survived by the husband, two sons, Virgil and Byron, three brothers, Carlton, Omer and Floyd Mow, the parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Mow and two sisters, Maine Stickler and Mrs. Gladys Riggs. Funeral service at Whippoorwill church, Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 oclock. Burial at Richland Center.
Source: Elizabeth (Ann) Gilchrist-Jun 1998
General Notes for Child Virgil James Gilchrist
[bobspu.ged]
BIO: The farm where Virgil GILCHRIST was born belonged to his grandfather, Thomas GILCHRIST. This property on the south bank of the Tippecanoe River was part of the original land purchased by James and Mary (ANDERSON) GILCHRIST and later deeded to Thomas and his brother, James, Jr. (James later willed all of it to Thomas.) William and Artiemicia made their home with Thomas on the GILCHRIST farm. About 1902 Thomas sold the property and puchased other farmland on the north side of the Tippecanoe River. The family moved into a two-story log home on that land shortly before their second son, Byron, was born in January, 1903. From their grandfather and their father, Virgil & Byron learned the skills for farming and carpentry that would later become their means of support. During the years they lived on Thomas' farm, the boys helped their father and grandfather erect a huge barn on the property. This barn with its extensive conrete foundation, was admired by the entire community. A few years later, a devatating fire destroyed the barn and killed some of the family's livestock, including "Gyp", Virgil's prize-winning horse, greatly favored by Byron. Part of the concrete foundation of that barn was still standing when compiler visited the site with her father in the 1950s. Although both sons maintained their love of farming, Virgil and his brother left the family home early to earn their way in construction business. Virgil went to the Chicago area first, however, to work on a race-horse farm. There he nurtured a lasting love for trotters and pacers and the "sulky races" that were featured in most county and state fairs. While Virgil was in IL in 1920, his mother died from a cerebral hemorrhage. William never fully accepted the loss of his beloved wife, but he remained on the farm to care for his aging father until Thomas died in 1926. By that time, both Virgil and Byron were working in construction and boarding in the home of Jim and Emma STANLEY in South Bend. (The STANLEYs were the uncle and aunt of the girl Byron was later to marry.) After Thomas' death, William left the home place and joined his sons in South Bend. The family had attended the South Germany Church until Byron's birth; when Byron was very young, they joined the "Whippoorwill Church", later renamed "GrandView Evangelical." Virgil's father was Sunday School Superintendent there for many years. Virgil and Byron both enjoyed singing, and both sang in the choir and with various quartets in the area. Virgil was a handsome young man and not unpopular with the ladies. He loved to dance and told of attending parties and dances with Sarah MARSHALL (who later married a brother-in-law of Virgil's), or with his cousin, Alice WRIGHT. Once he danced all evening with a "mystery lady" who arrived at a costumed dance in a sleek, black chauffeur-driven car. The lady refused to remove her mask, and later departed as mysteriously as she had come. Virgil never learned her identity. Virgil followed his brother to "greener pastures" in the uncivilized Florida Everglades for a short time, but both returned to northern INDIANA and their familiar construction and farming ways of life. Finally in 1927, Virgil's heart was captured by "Lizzie" O'DELL, who had been his neighbor and had attended the same school and church for several years. They were married in the fall of 1927. By the time of The Great Depression, the couple had three little girls; their first son, given the traditional family name "James", was the first baby born in Fulton County in the new year, 1933. Times were hard for the young family. Virgil was forced to take any kind of work he could find. He had built a new home for the family in Mishawaka, IN earlier, but rheumatic fever made it impossible for him to work for a long time. This lack of employment, his illness and the poverty imposed by the Depression caused him to lose the new house. During the Depression years, Virgil frequently worked away from home. The family lived on rented properties; most had enough land for a garden and one or two cows. Most of the young family's food was raised by their own hands. At times when Virgil was working elsewhere during the week, Lizzie (always called "Betts" by her husband) did the "farming" including milking cows, feeding chickens and pigs and whatever was to be done in their vegetable garden. She also cared for four very young children and her house. Virgil came home to relieve her ofsome of the outside work on weekends. Finally about 1939, his construction work with the DuPont Company took him to Greencastle, IN. Virgil detested the time spent away from his family, so he coaxed his wife to bring the children and live in Putnam County. It was there during the spring of that year that compiler was born. That same summer, Virgil was transferred to southern INDIANA. He again preceded his family to the new location, leaving "Betts" to join him some weeks later, after he had found them a house. The family lived briefly in a rental house beneath a R.R. bridge in Jeffersonville, very near the Ohio River. The constant layer of black dirt and soot in that house soon became more than "Betts" could tolerate, so another rental house was found in New Albany, IN. With the outbreak of W.W. II, Virgil's work took him to northeastern OKLAHOMA. Once more "Betts" followed, but this trip involved a long train ride with five young children. The trip was long-remembered for its stressful events, e.g. when 2-year-old compiler's foot became stuck in the railroad ties as Mother and children rushed to change trains. By 1943, the family had returned to INDIANA, this time to the area near Louisville, KY. This would eventually become the first long-term home since the family left Fulton County. But before he was able to purchase a home for the family, Virgil would move them into and out of three rented houses. For a brief time, they shared a house on 7th Street in Jeffersonville with the family of a friend and fellow DuPont employee, Ammon KILLEBREW. (Ammon's nephew, Frank, would eventually become Virgil's son-in-law.) Finally about 1945, Virgil and "Betts" were able to buy an older, bungalow-style house just outside Jeffersonville. The house was badly in need of improvements, most of which were accomplished, but slowly, in the 30 years they lived there. Because of the nature of the construction business, there were still times when Virgil worked away from home. The GILCHRISTs and their two youngest children lived for nearly two years (1953- 1955) in Reidland, KY, near Paducah. There Virgil supervised the rebuilding of the community's consolidated school which had been destroyed by fire the year before. After his long-time employers, Erhardt and Knopf Construction Company, closed their business, Virgil worked for a short time for various smaller contractors. The scarcity of work and his advancing age threatened his sense of security, however, and following the construction of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church/School in Louisville, Virgil and his oldest son, Jim, established their own small contruction company. Slightly more than a year later, Jim was offered an opportunity to work for the Overhead Door Company of Louisville. Realizing the security involved for his son's future, Virgil bought Jim's share of their business, then continued on his own until he he could no longer finance the business. During this period when work was so scarce, Virgil and "Betts" had difficulty meeting their expenses. Regardless of the state of their bank account, however, one tenth of whatever they had at the end of each week went to the church. ("Betts" was often not in agreement with this practice.) Somehow, just when it Yet, just when it seemed there was no way they could meet a monthly payment, the money always seemed to present itself! A few times, this came in the form of "anonymous" gifts...events that Virgil found extremely hard to accept, even though he was thankful for the assistance. Once during this time, Virgil was asked to submit a bid on a building job which would have solved many of their financial problems. Although he needed the work, and would have welcomed the challenge, when he found out that this building would house a retail liquor business, he refused to bid on it. Virgil's religious principles would not allow him to have any involvement in a project that might cause other men trouble in their family or personal lives. (He once explained to compiler why he did not drink alcohol...."I enjoy the taste of it! I really think I could drink when I wanted to, and it would not be a problem for me. But my drinking might influence another man, who is unable to control it, to drink more. I don't want to influence another man to do something harmful to himself or his family.) In the mid 1960s, Virgil was hired by the City of Jeffersonville to superintend and maintain public housing facilities. Virgil was held in high esteem by the residents and the city officials connected with this project. In 1967 Virgil received public recognition from Mayor Richard VISSING for his efficient and caring service to the residents and to the city of Jeffersonville. Through the influence of his teenaged daughters, Virgil returned to active church life in the late 1940s. In the years that followed, he held several positions in the Park Place Methodist Church. He sang bass in the church choir and was the song leader for all evening services, selecting and directing the congregational singing, and arranging for special music for these services (solos, duets, etc.) After W.W. II, Virgil was asked to teach a Sunday School class of high school students. Several of the young men in this group left to serve in the Armed Forces during the Korean Conflict; some returned to this class, but a few did not come home from the battle fields. This class remained intact for many years. They selected "The Crusaders" as the name of their class. Virgil was known as "Pop" to all of them, and later, to their children. "Pop's Class" was still together many years after Virgil's cancer forced him to give up teaching. In December, 1970, a long period of recurring stomach trouble resulted in exploratory surgery. The operation revealed a large inoperable abdominal tumor. A colostomy gave some temporary relief, but the disease progressed rapidly. Virgil's one wish during the last months of his life was that he be able to work with his beloved rose bushes one more time. His wish was granted just a few weeks before he died on Maundy Thursday, 1971. He was buried on Easter Sunday, as the country celebrated the resurrection of Virgil's beloved Savior.
********************************
A TRIBUTE (published in the pages of) "THE EVENING NEWS" Jeffersonville, Indiana April 9, 1971
MEMORIAL OBITUARY ******************************** Entered into Eternal Rest Thursday, April, 8, 1971 ********************************
VIRGIL GILCHRIST RITES SUNDAY Virgil Gilchrist, 71, 318 Mary Street, Jeffersonville, died at 11:25 p.m. Thursday at Clark County Memorial Hospital.
Gilchrist, a native of Fulton County, had lived in this community for 30 years. He was housing manager for the Jeffersonville Housing Authority and a former general contractor. He was a member of the Park Place Methodist Church where he taught Sunday School for 30 years. He was also a member of the local carpenter's union.
Surviving are his wife, the former Elizabeth O'Dell; four daughters; Mrs. Jean Killebrew, Jeffersonville, Mrs. Claudia Deen, Edwardsville, Mrs. Wilma Gill, Henryville, and Mrs. Ann Bryan, Carmel; two sons, James Gilchrist, Jeffersonville, and Lt. Robert Gilchrist, Galveston, Tex.; a brother, Byron Gilchrist, Argos, Ind.; and 10 grand- children.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Park Place Methodist Church with burial in Walnut Ridge Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Scott Funeral Home. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [The following are letters written to compiler by her father, Virgil, while she was in deaf-education training at Central Inst. for the Deaf in St. Louis, MO, 1959-1961.]
V.J. GILCHRIST & SON GENERAL CONTRACTOR 318 Mary Street Jeffersonville, Ind.
Dear Ann; September 23, 1959 We received your letter yesterday and it is needless to say we appreciated it an awful lot. We are always looking forward for your letters, but this one did us more good than usual. You know we have been praying for a long time that you someway would see things that way. I am glad that you have reconized the guideing hand of God in this circumstance. I have no dought about it, and if you will look for and pray for Gods guidence and direction in every thing you do, you will be surprised and led into great experiences, which you cannot understand now. This is just the begining. What you will experience in the future will depend on what you do about this. God cannot make much use of people who (Zechariah 7:11 refuse to hearken, and pull away the shoulder, and stop their ears, that they should not hear.) So if you feel that you were led as you said thank God for it, and dont let any thing change your mind or lead you away from it. I intended to answer your letter last night but the electric pump conked out on us, and frank and I worked on it untill around nine thirty before we induced it to go back to work. By that time I was tired enough to go to bed and just rest. This has been a rather hectic week so far anyway. Monday the water pump on the truck played out, and Tuesday the clutch went out on the car and then the pump in the house. So you see things just have to hapen some times and all in a pile. That clutch in the car was the aftermath of that noise we were hearing in the car before we left St. Louis. We are very thankful that it waited till we got home to go out. Every thing else around here is running on schedule, We went to prayer meeting tonight, had a good crowd, and a good service Jane Cantor was asking about you, she wants your address. said she was going to write to you. We are going all out for a big crowd next Sunday, rally day you know. They are going to give a banner to the class haveing the most people over their highest attendance in the last year. My class is sure working for it. I guess we'll have to take them out in the yard, we sure cant get them in that class room, if as many comes as says they will. Well Ann it is bed time and I have about told you all I know. After all this is a pretty long letter for me to write. So I better close before I wear out this old type writter. So by now, and God bless you and keep you under the shadow of his will. Lots of love from us all
your proud Daddy
----------------------------------------- Sunday March 3 (1961)
Dear Ann: As it is raining outside and I think every one else in the house is asleep, I am going to try to surprise you by writeing a letter. If I cant read it when I get done I know you can't, So I'll tear it up and throw it in the waste basket. It has been raining all day yesterday, last night and still at it at 4 P.M. today. The river is getting awfull high in fact it is nearing flood stage, and still it rains. We are all right here. Sam and Wilma are here today. Frank & Jean went to Claudias. Jims mother in law is there for dinner today. I guess that places everybody for today. We had a pretty good attendance at church this morning in spite of the rain. Last Sunday we were snowed in, and so was everyone else. They had 44 at first service and 20 at second with 50 at sunday School. It is so warm today. it seemes impossible that only a week ago we were snowed in. We havnt had any fire all day. My work is awfull slow so far I have about 3 days work for next week. I have worked pretty good through January & February, but I had almost nothing through October, November and December. It is all just small jobs. Just 1 man and myself working now. Sure hope things break pretty soon. Did Old Harry come to visit you yet. If you get to see him give him my regards. But just don't tell him how much I love him. Id kinda hate for him to know. (This in reference to President TRUMAN.) I'm sure glad you are doing satisfactory to your self with your grades. Me and mom think you are doing pretty good. In fact we are just pretty proud of you. I was talking to Helen Gibson this morning and she said Billies application to the Air Force acadamy had been accepted. All that can stop him now is if he should fail to make his grades the balance of this term. They are pretty proud of him too. I think Bob has about decided that all basket ball has gone berskirk. (berserk) Jeff got beat in the sectional by Silver Creek, who went on to the regional, and then got put out by Corydon. Every prediction that he (Bob) has made has been wrong. He even lost his temper and sold his Turney tickets for a dollar. But he still keeps on practiceing. Well Honey, Ive wrote every thing I know, so I'll quit and leave a little space for Mom. By now. With lots of love. Your Daddy
REF: 1. Personal knowledge of compiler (daughter) 2. Byron B. GILCHRIST, brother, in interviews with compiler 1990-1996. 3. Claudia (GILCHRIST) DEEN , daughter 4. Marriage License, copy owned by compiler 5. Notes in Family Bible of Elizabeth (O'DELL) GILCHRIST 6. Interviews with Wilma (GILCHRIST) GILL, James B. GILCHRIST and Robert "Bob" A. GILCHRIST, children of Virgil GILCHRIST. 7. U.S. Census 1900, IN; Fulton Co.; Rochester Twp.; E.D. #41; p 9; #195/#195. Microfilm #623-372. 8. U.S. Census 1910, IN; Fulton Co.; Richland Twp.; E.D. #56; Sheet #12-B; #219/#219. Microfilm #T624-350. 9. Memorial Obituary taken from the "Jeffersonville Evening News." 10. Letters owned by compiler. 11. U.S. Census 1920 IN; Fulton Co.; Richland Twp.; ED #71; Sheet 4B; #84/#87. MF #T625-433.
Source: Elizabeth (Ann) Gilchrist-Jun 1998
General Notes for Child Byron Bruce Gilchrist
[bobspu.ged]
Byron GILCHRIST was the younger of two brothers born and raised on the farm of their grandfather, Thomas GILCHRIST, in Fulton County, IN. Thomas had farmed the land owned by his father, an immigrant from SCOTLAND, until about 1902. The original GILCHRIST land was situated on the south bank of the Tippecanoe River in Rochester Township. After the death of Thomas's wife in 1895 and the 1900 birth of Byron's brother, Virgil, Thomas sold the GILCHRIST farm, and purchased new farm land on the north side of the River. This farm was located in a community called South Germany in Richland Township. This Richland Twp. farm was the birthplace of Byron on 27 January 1903. During his childhood and early youth, Byron's father, William, and his grandfather, Thomas, taught Virgil and Byron the skills of farming and carpentry. The four GILCHRIST men eventually built a large, "modern" (by the standards of the day) barn. That barn was an object of great pride for the men of the family, and was admired by the whole community. This barn was later destroyed by a devastating fire. As a five-year-old, Byron hurt his right foot and the doctors and home remedies could not cure the infection in the bone. As a result he did not start attending school until he was eight years old after a doctor finally removed the diseased bone, and he could again walk without crutches. He had started to high school at Richland Center and was to play on the basketball team when it became necessary for him to drop out to care for his mother while his father and brother worked. Although he intended to return to school he never did. He felt he was too old since he had entered school at so late an age. Byron knew well the Tippecanoe River in the area of the Germany Bridge. He spent a great deal of time with his friends swimming, diving, fishing and hunting along the river. He was a part of a group of boys who called themselves the "Bicycle Brigade," who spent many Sunday afternoons riding the area while eating a nickel's worth of overripe bananas. Byron earned his spending money raising orphaned sheep which he bought from neighbors. Gyp was a Morgan mare that was Byron's constant companion along with dog Coalie. He had trained Gyp to jump only when he rode her. She also loved to run fast and together they won many races at the fair. along with "Red" O'DELL, Byron and Gyp drove a herd of cattle to Fulton, when some of the O'DELLs moved there. Byron truned around and rode back home the same day, "because Gyp's gait was such an easy one." Byron loved cars and driving "fast" in his Model T. he wanted to become a race driver and drive in the Indianapolis 500. He went so far as to enroll in a driving school in Kansas City. When his uncle, Floyd MOW, found out about it, he talked Byron into going to South Bend and becoming a carpenter instead. The love of fast cars and racing lasted all his life. "Barney," as Byron was called by some of his friends, was a lively and mischievious young man. A neighbor girl, who would later become his sister-in-law, was often the butt of Byron's pranks. Elizabeth "Lizzie" O'DELL later told her children of how "ornery Byron" teased and aggravated her as they walked to and from school. She readily admitted that she did not bear great fondness for him when they were growing up. Byron's brother told stories of how he could learn of some of Byron's "adventures" as a young man, by waiting for Byron to go to sleep in the room they shared, then asking questions about his activities that evening. It seems that Byron had a tendency to talk in his sleep, and would even answer questions...quite honestly! The next morning Virgil would mention some detail of Byron's activities while "out on the town" the evening before, and Byron would be shocked to find that Virgil had knowledge of the event! Byron was with his mother on the day of her death. He told compiler that he had taken water and towels for her to bathe herself that morning. He later returned to take the water and towels away to discard them. Byron had just turned to leave the room to make her a cup of tea, when suddenly his mother sat up very straight, grabbed her head with both hands, and cried "Oh!" Immediately she fell back and was gone. What a painful, lasting impression that memory must have made in the mind of her 17-year-old son! Byron, like his older brother, made his living in the construction business. Both men were very skilled in carpentry; both maintained their love of farming. Byron remained in the South Bend area and worked many years for the Aulm Construction Company. He was construction superintendent, and, unlike his brother, Byron enjoyed working on upper levels of the buildings his company constructed. Upon retiring, he and Emma moved from their home at 412 Woodside in South Bend (a house that Byron had built for his young family) to a farm near Argos, IN, in Marshall County. Byron remodeled and improved the existing farm house, a large old home built largely of field stone. This home was destroyed by a fire which began in the middle of the night while Byron and Emma were sleeping. Luckily they were able to escape unharmed. After losing their house on the farm, the GILCHRISTs had a new home built on State Road 10 outside Argos. They remained there until 1995 when, at ages 91 and 88, respectively, they reluctantly moved to the American Village Retirement Complex in Indianapolis. Compiler will remember "Uncle Byron" as a handsome and distinguished-looking man of medium height and strong build, with hair that was almost totally white, as was his brother's. Apparently this was a trait inherited from their mother; her hair was said to have been "snowy white" at the time of her death, at age 40. Compiler can not remember ever seeing either of these men with other than gray-to-white hair. Byron's eyes were framed in what compiler calls "laugh lines;" he seemed to always be on the verge of a smile. Both he and his brother had very pleasant speaking voices, but Virgil's was deeper in pitch than Byron's; both men enjoyed singing, and both participated in church choirs and quartet singing in their youth. These brothers looked very much alike and used many of the same mannerisms. They both bore strong resemblance to pictures of their father. After Emma's death in January, 1997, Byron experienced a rapid decline. He moved from the apartment they shared to a smaller one overlooking the the small lake on the property. He did experience some enjoyment in watching the geese around the lake from his balcony or the window in his living room. Soon a series of health problems began to occur, and he was forced to agree to a move to a complete care facility. From that time, Byron declined steadily, until just eight days short of one year, he joined Emma in death. The following obituary was copied from a Plymouth, IN newspaper by Wilma FOLTZ, and mailed to compiler the week after Byron's funeral service in Indianapolis:
BYRON B. GILCHRIST Jan. 27, 1903 - Jan. 7, 1998 Byron B. Gilchrist, 94, Indianapolis, formerly from South Bend, Argos and Rochester areas, died Wednesday at Forum at the Crossing, Indianapolis. Born in Rochester to William and Artemica Mow Gilchrist, he married Emma Pfeiffer in 1928 in South Bend. Gilchrist was a retired Superintendant for Charles Aulm and Company (construction) and also a retired farmer. He was the oldest surviving member of the Carpenters Union Local 413, South Bend. He was also a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Plymouth. Survivors include two daughters, Dr. Mary A. Gilchrist, Indianapolis, and Janet A. and husband J. Michael Frost, Indianapolis; two granddaughters, Susan Rojas, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Catherine Nichols, Chandler, Ariz. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at F&B Broad Ripple Funeral Home, Indianapolis. Dr. Donald Durrett will officiate. Burial is in Oaklawn Memorial Gardens, Indianapolis. Visitation is one half hour prior to services.
REF: 1. Byron GILCHRIST; 1790 E. 54th St. #225; Indianapolis, IN 46220 (Dec'd 07 Jan. 1998) [Compiler enjoyed many visits and interviews with Byron and letters exchanged with his wife and daughter 1972-1998.) 2. Emma (PFEIFFER) GILCHRIST, his wife. (Dec'd Jan. 1997) 3. Family tradition and lore handed down to compiler by members of the extended family 4. Virgil J. GILCHRIST, decd., brother of Byron GILCHRIST. 6. U.S. Census 1910, IN; Fulton Co.; Richland Twp.; E.D. #56; Sheet 12-B; #219/#219. Microfilm #T624-350. 7. Wilma (MOW) FOLTZ; Rochester, IN; second cousin to Byron GILCHRIST and genealogy researcher. 8. INDIANA School Census, 1896-1925: Fulton County, IN; 1909-1923. Printed record on file: Fulton Co. Pub. Library; Rochester, IN. (copies furnished to compiler by W. FOLTZ.) 9. Obit: William J. GILCHRIST; Dec. 20, 1943. Mrs. William GILCHRIST (Artiemicia MOW): Sept. 19, 1920. Emma (PFEIFFER) GILCHRIST, 15 Jan. 1997. Byron B. GILCHRIST, 07 Jan. 1998. Photocopies provided by Wilma FOLTZ. 10. U.S. Census 1920 IN; Fulton Co.; Richland Twp.; ED #71; Sheet #4B; #84/#87. MF #T625-433. 11. Mary Alice GILCHRIST, daughter, 3830 E. 75th St., Indianapolis, IN 46240. 12 Janet Ann (GILCHRIST) FROST, daughter, 7820 A Somerset Bay, Indianapolis, IN 46240.
Source: Elizabeth (Ann) Gilchrist-Jun 1998
Samuel Cline Gill and Wilma Opal Gilchrist
Husband Samuel Cline Gill
Born: 3 Jul 1928 - Harrison County, Indiana 3
Christened:
Died: 20 Apr 1992 - Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 3
Buried:
Father: John Claude Gill Sr. (1906-1986)
Mother: Hazel Alice Cunningham
Marriage:
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation, Methodist
Wife Wilma Opal Gilchrist (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Virgil James Gilchrist (1900-1971) 3
Mother: Alcie Elizabeth O'dell (1903-1972) 3
Children
1 F Dana Lee Gill (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Steven Paul Ernspiker (living)
2 F Katherine Ann (Kathy) Gill (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: David Miller (living)
Spouse: Carl Anderson Weinrich (living)
General Notes (Husband)
[bobspu.ged]
BIO: "Sam" was one of the teenagers who were the "charter members" of Virgil GILCHRIST's Crusaders Sunday School Class at Park Place Methodist Church in Jeffersonville, IN about 1945. This group of young people remained organized as "The Crusader Class" until well after "Pop GILCHRIST's" death in 1971. Sam and his closest friend, Glenn Bottorff served in Korea and were on Heartbreak Ridge, just two miles from each other, when Glenn was killed. Sam did not know of his friend's death until a letter from home reached him two weeks later. Sam was a layout/design man for a company that produced large metal water storage tanks until a series of illnesses influenced by diabetes left him permanently disabled. Sam was an invalid for three years before his death in 1992. Before his illness, Sam was very active in church and community service. He and Wilma were long-time members of Park Place United Methodist Church. They had left; joined churches closer to their home at a given time, but always returned to Park Place.
************************************************ Obituary from "The Jeffersonville Evening News" April 21, 1992 ************************************************
Samuel Cline Gill II Jeffersonville---Samuel Cline Gill II, 63, of 1415 E. Eighth St., died Monday at Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Louisville.
He was a native of Harrison County, a layout man for Caldwell Tank Co. in Louisville, an army veteran of the Korean War and a member of the Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include his wife, the former Wilma Gilchrist, two daughters, Dana L. Ernspiker of Louisville and Katherine A. Weinrick of Sciota, Ill.; three sisters, Rosemary Mann of Austin, Texas, Edna McClure of Borden and Betty Gaines of Marion, Ark.; a brother, John Gill, Jr. of Shelbyville; and six grandchildren.
Funeral services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Park Place Methodist Church, with burial in Walnut Ridge Cemetery. Visitation will be at Scott Funeral Home from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today.
Expressions of sympathy may go to the American Diabetes Association.
REFERENCES: 1. Compiler 2. Wilma GILL (wife) 3. Copy of obituary from "Jeffersonville Evening News"
Source: Elizabeth (Ann) Gilchrist-Jun 1998
Bonnie Gilden
Husband (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Bonnie Gilden (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: James H. Gilden (1925-1981) 8
Mother:
Carol Gilden
Husband (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Carol Gilden (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: James H. Gilden (1925-1981) 8
Mother:
Cathy Gilden
Husband (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Cathy Gilden (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: James H. Gilden (1925-1981) 8
Mother:
