John Gilchrist

The following item is taken from the Lexington, Kentucky, newspaper.
Mr.  Gilchrist was an uncle of Joe Gilchrist of this place, John P.
Gilchrist of Osceola and William Gilchrist of Indiana.  He was a
brother of their mother.

John Gilchrist, 76, for 30 years a letter carrier for the Lexington
post office, and one of the four original carriers of the local
office, died at his residence at 120 Bassett Avenue at 12:15 o'clock
Tuesday morning after a lingering illness.

Mr. Gilchrist for 20 years served as a rural carrier and prior to that
was in the city department.  He was widely known and well liked.

Born June 22, 1856, in Dumfrieshire, Scotland, the son of the late
John and Elizabeth Graham Gilchrist, Mr. Gilchrist came to this
country at the age of 9.  He had been a resident of Fayette county
since his arrival in America.

Mr. Gilchrist was a member of the Second Presbyterian church for 60
years.  He was a member of Covenant Lodge, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, and the Maccabees.

Mr. Gilchrist is survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha Ballard Gilchrist,
two daughters, Mrs. Charles M. Marshall, Lexington, and Mrs. Charles
F. Erd, Bellevue; and two sons, J. Edward Gilchrist, Lexington, and G.
Alex Gilchrist, New Albany, Indiana; one sister, Mrs. C. H. Johnson,
Lexington; two brothers, George F. Gilchrist, Foster, and D. Henry
Gilchrist, Lexington; 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Funeral services were at the Second Presbyterian church Wednesday afternoon at
2;30 o'clock, and burial in the family lot in Lexington cemetery.

North English Record 10 Jul 1930 LDS film #1003429
Extracted by Dennis Nicklaus 1995