Greenbrier County, West Virginia         Biography of GEORGE A. GILCHRIST, M.D.

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History of Greenbrier County 
J. R. Cole 
Lewisburg, WV 1917 
p. 242-243

GEORGE A. GILCHRIST, M.D.

On the 20th of October, 1917, Lewisburg lost a valuable man and a physician 
of the first rank.

Dr. Gilchrist was of Scotch descent and a native of Monroe county, where he 
was born in the Gap Mills community on June 15, 1867.

His parents both died when he was a mere boy, since which time he and his 
brother, now Dr. T. L. Gilchrist, educated themselves for teachers, taught 
school many years, and then together completed a four years' medical course, 
in three years' time, taking the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the 
medical college at Richmond, Va., in the spring of 1896.

George and his wife, Jean McClaggan Gilchrist, the ancestors of Dr. 
Gilchrist, came from Scotland in 1800, and after living ten years in 
Rockingham moved to Gap Mills, in Monroe county. Their son, Alexander 
(1812-1816), married Virginia Powell, and the children by this union were 
George A., Thomas L. and Maud Virginia.

Dr. Gilchrist first opened an office for the practice of his profession in 
Asbury, this county, but about six years ago he came to Lewisburg, where he 
had an extensive practice since that tirne. He had a wide circle of devoted 
friends, ministered tenderly to the sick and was greatly admired for his many 
fine qualities of head and heart. His large practice was the best proof of 
the confidence and esteem of these people, and his death was sincerely 
mourned. He was always polite, courteous, kind, and accommodating.
On October 28, 1897, Dr. Gilchrist married Miss Anne Hedrick, daughter of the 
late William Hedrick, who survives him, with four children: Carl, student at 
Washington and Lee University, Willie A., Nellie E., and George A., Jr.
The doctor was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church, Lewisburg.