Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Gilchrist, William 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Gilchrist, William - The various business, financial and public interests of 
Coal City are in the hands of men who can be relied upon to keep them up to 
standard, and we find an able representative in William Gilchrist, an 
enterprising and progressive business man who is engaged in the coal, ice and 
draying business.  Mr. Gilchrist was born in Main Township, June 9, 1878, a 
son of Dugald and Margaret (Anderson) Gilchrist, natives of Scotland, who came 
to America in 1872 and settled at Braidwood, Ill., where Dugald Gilchrist was 
engaged in coal mining until moving to Grundy County in 1878, when he changed 
his occupation to farming, which he followed until his death in 1906.  To him 
and wife were born seven children, five of whom are living, namely:  Jane 
Robinson, John, William, Anna Rankin and Ronald.

William Gilchrist was born and reared in the country, and attended the country 
school until he was fourteen years of age, when he started in business for 
himself as a farm hand, at the same time taking contracts for tilling farms.  
Later he operated the elevator at Gorman, Ill., which position he held for 
eight years, locating in Coal City, Illinois, in 1911.  On December 28, 1910, 
he was united in marriage with Alice Crellin, a native of Wauponsee Township, 
and daughter of Thomas H. and Angela (Weldon) Crellin, residents of Wauponsee 
Township.  They have one daughter, Anita Muriel.

Mr. Gilchrist is a loyal and liberal member of the Methodist Church, and is 
associated with the Masons at Braidwood, Ill.  He is a strong Republican, and 
for four years served as assessor and collector of Maine Township.  In 
addition to his business interests, Mr. Gilchrist is the owner of an eighty-
acre farm in Maine Township.  He is a man of good business ability and has met 
with gratifying success.  He has a reputation for honest business methods, 
fair and straightforward dealings, and is highly esteemed by his many friends.

pages 816-817

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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