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  Gilchrist County Florida
Gilchrist County is west of Gainesville and is bordered by Lafayette, Dixie, Levy, Alachua, Suwannee, and Columbia counties.
In 1925 it was established from a portion of Alachua County and named for Albert Waller Gilchrist, the state's twentieth governor (1909-1913).
In 1993, 91% of Gilchrist County's population was white and 9% was nonwhite.
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 Gilchrist County, Florida Chamber of Commerce
There were other reasons for the establishment of Gilchrist County, including the issue of the no-fence law and the distribution of racetrack money.
Gilchrist finally died of cancer on May 15, 1926, and was laid to rest in Punta Gorda, north of Fort Myers.
On January 1, 1926, Gilchrist County came into existence, the law county to be established in Florida.
www.gilchristcounty.com /countyhistory.shtml   (520 words)

  
  WGCU Public Media - Read   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Gilchrist would have been born in Florida except that his mother left Florida and returned to her home in South Carolina for the birth of her first child.
Gilchrist, a Democrat, successfully ran for the state legislature in 1892, but after two terms he was defeated for reelection by a free-silver populist.
Gilchrist was a good governor and he had a county named in his honor after he left office.
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 Exploring Florida Gilchrist County Maps
This county was going to be named Melon, but word came to the legislature that Gilchrist was dying.
Therefore, an amendment was passed changing the name of the new county from Melon to Gilchrist.
For earlier maps of this area, visit the Alachua County map galleries.
fcit.usf.edu /florida/maps/county/gilchrst/gilchrst.htm   (109 words)

  
 Ancestry Message Boards [ Gilchrist ]
Gilchrist : Delores Seabolt -- 6 Dec 2004
Gilchrist DNA : Paulette Gilchrist -- 4 Sep 2004
Gilchrist : Delores Seabolt -- 19 Jun 2004
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 Albert Waller Gilchrist @ Florida OCHP
Albert W. Gilchrist was born at Greenwood, S.C., on January 15, 1858.
Gilchrist was a brigadier general of the Florida militia until 1898, when he volunteered for service in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
Gilchrist was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1893 until 1905 and was its speaker in 1905.
dhr.dos.state.fl.us /museum/collections/governors/about.cfm?id=27   (128 words)

  
 Albert Waller Gilchrist Papers Container List   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Official state documents appointing Gilchrist as a member of the Board of Health in DeSoto County, to the House of Representatives, State Executive Committee of the Democratic Party.
Materials pertaining to the naming of the county in honor of Governor Gilchrist.
A document pertaining to the naming of Gilchrist Hall on the Florida State University campus.
www.fsu.edu /~speccoll/gilchris/gilccont.htm   (161 words)

  
 Gilchrist Family Genealogy Forum (Page 3)
Albert Waller Gilchrist - Wanda Trent Arnett 11/22/99
Re: Albert Waller Gilchrist - Nancy Inmon 5/30/00
Re: Albert Waller Gilchrist - Nancy Inmon 10/17/00
genforum.genealogy.com /gilchrist/page3.html   (1976 words)

  
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Gilchrist County was the last county formed in Florida.
In 1925 it was established from a portion of Alachua County and named for Albert Waller Gilchrist, the state's twentieth governor (1909-1913).
Gilchrist County is west of Gainesville and is bordered by Lafayette, Dixie, Levy, Alachua, Suwannee, and Columbia counties.
www.fl-property.com /florida_real_estate.asp?ID=1503   (336 words)

  
 Clearinghouse Page 1
Albert Gilchrist was born in Greenwood, South Carolina on Jan 15, 1858, a descendant of the Grandfathers of George Washington and James Madison.
Gilchrist is in fact my married name, but I'll pass the word on to my husband's side of the family - certainly a few of them may be very interested to find any connections.
Did you know that the Gilchrist Family have got their own Scottish Tartan and also a long time ago the Gilchrist name was actually known as "MacGilchrist" but the "Mac" was dropped a very long time ago.
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Waller," he asserted, "from his already acquired knowledge of the affairs, & from his being well known to us all, will be the best man in the position as Representative & we hope his appointment will be agreeable to you." 13 It was not.
Waller was to take an inventory of company property and determine the value of the Sanford Grant lands and any additional property acquired.
Gilchrist did not relish having to make a specific political commitment, but as governor he could hardly avoid endorsing someone for president during the cam- paign.
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 Page 4 - Articles in the Papers - Albert C. Funkhouser   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Albert was the last of the two sons.
Albert Funkhouser's death was superinduced by being gassed, a fact not
In attempting to speak of the gold star name, Albert C. Funkhouser, he broke down, and it was for several minutes he could not speak.
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 Albert W. Gilchrist - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Albert Waller Gilchrist (January 15, 1858 - May 15, 1926) was the twentieth governor of Florida.
Born in Greenwood, South Carolina, a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point he went on to be a civil engineer, and real estate dealer before settling in Punta Gorda, Florida to become an orange grower.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Albert_W._Gilchrist   (220 words)

  
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"Gilchrist Hall was constructed in 1928 and named after Albert Waller Gilchrist, the 20th governor of Florida, who gave unwavering support to the Florida State College for Women.
In August, 1998, Gilchrist reopened as a co-ed, 229-resident hall after being closed for two years of renovation.
Gilchrist Hall partners with Landis Hall to form the Honors Community, an association that provides special activities and a supportive environment for highly motivated students who have been accepted into the University Honors Program.
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Professor of Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA Version 3.9, 1999 Preface: The field of geriatrics has become increasingly important due to the aging of our population and advances in research and practice.
Articles marked with asterisk (*) are among the best or most important on the topic, are contained in the readings given to trainees at Albert Einstein Medical Center, and comprise key/core references which might be suggested as basic required reading for geriatrics trainees.
Albert M, Cohen C. The test for severe impairment: an instrument for the assessment of patients with severe cognitive dysfunction.
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 Gilchrist County, Florida. Chamber of Commerce   (Site not responding. Last check: )
There were other reasons for the establishment of Gilchrist County, including the issue of the no-fence law and the distribution of racetrack money.
Legislators first suggested the name Wilson to honor the late President Woodrow Wilson, but then decided to name the new county after ex-Governor Albert Waller Gilchrist, who was ill at the time in a New York hospital.
On January 1, 1926, Gilchrist County came into existence, the law county to be established in Florida.
www.gilchristcounty.net /countyhistory.htm   (520 words)

  
 WHITE-ORR'S 1930 CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY--NEW YORK CITY SECTION B
Rosenblatt Albert & Son, Inc., 333 7th av at 29th.
Albert A 386 Pearl Berner, H. & Winterbauer Co., 444 Lafayette Brewery Equipment & Supply Co. 120 Bway Eagle Beer Pump Co. 17 New Chambers Gerhardt, C. 591 Hudson Gesslein, B. & Co. 973 Washn av Grosselfinger, Geo.
Bowen, Albert E., 17 Battery pl. Burdett, Daniel H., Inc. 78-80 Broad.
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 Gilchrist Family Genealogy Forum (All Messages)
Re: Gilchrist's from Oa, Islay, Argyll - Shirley Campbell 8/10/02
Hector and Isabella Gilchrist Zorra Ont. - LWN MacGadhra 6/02/01
Re: Gilchrist- Kilsyth Scotland- 1800 - 1870 - Ina Sinclair 1/28/01
genforum.genealogy.com /gilchrist/all.html   (5704 words)

  
 Freedom First
Gilchrist County, Florida's 67th county, was established today by the Florida Legislature.
Named for Albert Waller Gilchrist, the 20th governor of Florida (January 5, 1909-January 7, 1913).
Gilchrist was a descendant of both george washington and james Madison.
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