Shaver, F. A., Arthur P. Rose, R. F. Steele, and A. E. Adams, compilers.  "An
Illustrated History of Central Oregon." ("Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam,
Wheeler, Crook, Lake, & Klamath Counties")  Spokane, WA: Western Historical
Publishing Co., 1905.  p. 795.

JOHN W. GILCHRIST

     is one of the progressive stockmen and farmers of Crook county and is to be
numbered with the pioneers of central Oregon.  His birth occurred in Indiana, on
October 23, 1856 and he now resides twenty miles out from Post, on the Burns
state road.  His parents, James and Charity M. (Adams) Gilchrist, were born in
Scotland and Indiana, respectively.  The father came to Indiana in pioneer days
and was a very prominent Presbyterian minister.  The mother journeyed to
California in 1875, where she remained until 1880 when she returned to Indiana
and there died in 1893.  Our subject was educated in Indiana and at the age of
seventeen came west, stopping first amid the attractions of the Golden State.
There he remained until 1877 when he journeyed on to the Willamette valley and
one year later left that country for western Oregon.  He has traveled over a
large portion of the country east of the Cascades and south of the Columbia and
finally located at the place where he now resides.  From the beginning, he has
been engaged in raising stock and now also does considerable farming in addition
thereto.  The success that has crowned his efforts has made him one of the
well-to-do men of the county and he is considered a very substantial man.
     In 1879, Mr. Gilchrist married Nellie Parish, who was born in the
Willamette valley, the daughter of Edward  parish.  Five children are the fruit
of this union, Fred, Jamie, Floyd, Paul, and Wilda. Mr. Gilchrist by experience
knows well the hardships and arduous labors of the pioneer's life and he has
done his share in opening this country for the ingress of civilization.
Therefore it is with pleasure that his name is to be added to the list of worthy
pioneers of this part of Oregon.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in October 2011 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.