John P. Gilchrist

born: 21 Apr 1835, Hayfield,Kirkpatrick Fleming,Dumfriesshire,Scotland
bapt: 12 May 1835, Kirkpatrick Fleming Parish,Dumfriesshire,Scotland
died: May 1906
bur.: 9 May 1906, Lexington,Kentucky, at Lexington Cemetery
occu: farm servant
spouse: Elisabeth GRAHAM
marr: 18 Apr 1856, Alderbeck Burnhead,Kirkpatrick Fleming,Dumfriesshire,Scotland
born: Mar 1835, Dumfriesshire,Scotland
died: 16 Feb 1912, Fayette Co.,Kentucky
bur.: 18 Feb 1912, Lexington,Kentucky, at Lexington Cemetery
Children:
John GILCHRIST
George Francis GILCHRIST
Margaret ``Maggie'' GILCHRIST
Elizabeth A. GILCHRIST
David Henry GILCHRIST

Pedigree Chart

                      |--------
                      |
           |---------Peter GILCRASS (1755 - 1820, Scotland)
           |          |
           |          |--------
           |
  |------John J. GILCHRIST (1803, Scotland - 1878, Iowa)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |          |
  |        |---------Jannet JARDEN (1752 - 1804, Scotland)
  |                   |
  |                   |--------
  |
John P. GILCHRIST (1835, Scotland - 1906)
  |
  |                   |--------
  |                   |
  |        |---------John ROME ( - )
  |        |          |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |
  |------Margaret ROME (1794, Scotland - 1857, Scotland)
           |
           |          |--------
           |          |
           |---------Jean RAE ( - )
                      |
                      |--------
There is no name assigned to John in his birth--baptism record, but his name is known by virtue of his marriage record which gives his age as 21 in 1856 (and his parents) so we can easily match the two together.

We were directed to Kentucky to find this John P. by his father's heir record, which lists a son John P. in Kentucky.

John and family came to the US in 1865 and settled near Lexington, Kentucky. John became a naturalized US citizen.

John is buried with several members of his family in a plot in the Lexington, KY cemetery. The Gilchist lot is in the shade of a large evergreen. There are 5 head stones in the Gilchrist lot:

  1. John and his wife Elizabeth
  2. Their daughter Elizabeth and her husband Charles Johnson
  3. Leslie Johnson (son of Elizabeth and Charles)
  4. Their son George Gilchrist and his wife Alice
  5. Their son John Gilchrist, Jr., his wife Martha and John Jr.'s daughter Margaret

Census: 1870, Lexington P.O.,Fayette Co.,Kentucky
Census: 1880, Fayette Co.,Kentucky
Census: 1900, Lexington,Fayette Co.,Kentucky

Sources for this individual: @S200@ @S237@ @S628@ @S241@ @S629@

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