David & Fanny Harkness Gilchrist
		    typed by Lyman Morrison, 1995



			 Another Pioneer Gone
                                            
  Uncle David  Gilchrist passed  into the  last  long sleep  last Monday  
  afternoon at three  o'clock. He had  wonderful vitality and  up to the  
  last year or two was quite active in getting around.
  
  Uncle David was a typical Scotchman, strong in his beliefs and fearless 
  in defending them. He was universally respected.
  
  David Gilchrist was  born in  Scotland on March  18, 1830.  He grew to  
  manhood and was married to Fanny Harkness. To this union were born six  
  children, four daughters and two sons, one son died in infancy. In 1857 
  they emigrated to New York, but in the spring of 1866 they came to Iowa 
  and settled on a farm in Keokuk  county. Here they labored and endured  
  the hardships of pioneer life.  In September of 1905  he lost by death  
  his beloved wife, and in  June of 1906 he came  to North English where  
  after a brief illness he died December 31st at 3 p.m., at the ripe old 
  age of 76 years, 8 months and 13 days.
  
  In early manhood he confessed Christ as his Saviour and united with the 
  Independent Church of Scotland but soon after coming to Iowa in 1866 he 
  united with the Christian church and was a faithful to his duty and to 
  the work of the Master as he saw it to the day of his death. He was an 
  Elder in the church of his choice for many years.
  
  He leaves to mourn his death four  daughters, three of whom live in or  
  near North English, and one in Illinois, and a son in Kansas, besides a 
  wide circle of relatives and friends.
  
  The funeral services were  held in the Christian  Church on January 1,  
  1907, at 2 p.m., conducted by the pastor, J. C. Hanna, assisted by Rev. 
  D. P. Miller, after which the body was laid to rest beside that of his 
  wife in the North English Cemetery.
  
  
                           Aunt Fanny Gilchrist
                                            
  Fanny Harkness was born in Halfmorton, Scotland, November 30, 1827. She 
  was married to David  Gilchrist December 24, 1849.  To this union were  
  born six children, one  dying in infancy--the  remaining five with her  
  aged companion are left to mourn the loss of a loving wife and mother. 
  She died September 27, 1905, aged 77  years, 9 months and 27 days. She  
  died as she had lived--a Christian. She united with the Church of Christ 
  at North English in the  spring of 1868, being baptized  by Rev. J. L.  
  Williams.
  
  Funeral service was held in th Christian church September 28, conducted 
  by L. F. Davis assisted by Elder Miller.