Oskaloosa Times
Oskaloosa Iowa
Mahaska County
October 13, 1893

Anna Gilchrist died at her home in White Oak Township, Rose Hill, Iowa; Mahaska County; Monday, October 9, 1893, of old age. She was born November 28, 1815, in Portage County, Ohio, and married William Gilchrist, November 28, 1837.

She had been a member of the Baptist Church since she was 16. She moved to this county in 1850, and onto the place she lived in 1851.

She has been a widow since 1853.

Funeral: Tuesday at 2 o'clock by Reverend Vallandingham.

Interment: Jackson Cemetery; Rose Hill, Iowa; Mahaska County.

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Children

Jane Gilchrist Herndon
David (never married)
Margaret Gilchrist Craig (married William Hill Craig)
Martha Gilchrist Kimball
William Gilchrist married Emily Allgood