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Robert Gilchriest (Louisville, Kentucky, iron molder, firefighter, agent, and police detective)

b. 1825 d. 1903-03-25

Louisville, Kentucky, iron molder, firefighter, agent, and police detective. New York native. Married to Mary Dwyer Gilchriest in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on August 17, 1848. Father of James Gilchriest, Catherine Gilchriest, Cynthia Gilchriest, Thomas Gilchriest, and Minnie Gilchriest. Gold prospector in California in 1849. Volunteer firefighter in Louisville, Kentucky, from 1849. Molder in Louisville in 1850. Molder in Louisville in 1860. Molder in Louisville in 1861. Agent of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the requisition of Elliot [Unknown] in February 1863. Agent of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the requisition of John H. Cannon in December 1864. Detective in Louisville in 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 3, p. 234A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 798-99.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 10, p. 365B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482707, p. 208.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994042, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 31.

"Robert Gilchriest Dead," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 25 March 1903, p. 8.

Find A Grave, “Robert Gilchriest (1825-1903)," Memorial #125826257, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125826257/robert-gilchriest (accessed June 2, 2021).

KYR-0001-005-0041.

KYR-0001-033-0033.

Citation

Gilchriest, Robert. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211260 (November 12, 2026).

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