John Jay Chilcott was born near Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania on the second day of November, 1836, the son of John Richard Chilcott who was a native of Berks County, Pennsylvania and Margaret Miller Chilcott who was also born in the state of Pennsylvania.
In the spring of 1842, the family moved to Cass County, Indiana. John Richard Chilcott settled on a farm in Jefferson Township, where he served as a justice of the peace and would spend the remainer of his eighty seven
years. He was by birthright a Quaker and always adhered to that faith.
The sons that were numbered among the "boys in blue" during the Civil War. Amos who married Mary Jane Banta was a member of the Ninety Ninth Indiana Volunteers, "Henry" who married Sarah E. Bookwalter was a recruiting officer of the Ninth Indiana Regiment and also saw action with the Indiana Ninth and Benjamin was a member of the Forty Sixth Indiana Infantry.
John Jay Chilcott was one of the first to offer his services enlisting on August 19, 1861 in Company K Ninth Volunteer Unit where he rose to the rank of Second Lieutenant by the close of the war.
On his birthday, the second day of November, 1865, John Jay Chilcott, married in Logansport, Indiana, Hannah Mary Bookwalter, who was the daughter of Jacob Bookwalter and Sarah Ann Adair
John Jay Chilcott with his wife, Hannah and their children, Mary Ann Chilcott, John Jay Chilcott II, and Olive Chilcott left Indiana in 1886 to make their home at Medicine Lodge, Kansas. They left behind the graves of two children,
George and Cassie.
John remained a true American and the people of Medicine Lodge called him "Uncle John" because of his great loyality to the United States. John and Hannah were active members of the Christian Church in Medicine Lodge and John was treasurer of the local school board for many years.
John was also one of the first members of the Grand Army of the Republic. On June 27, 1906, John Jay Chilcott, loyal American, died at Medicine Lodge, Kansas where he is buried in the Highland Cemetery
The Bookwalter and Chilcott Famlies represented the early American who was willing to lay down his life to maintain freedom and democracy. The coming of Franzt Bouch Walder to Pennsylvania was the result of his being perscecuted for
his religious beliefs while the early Chilcotts came to the new lands to follow their religious and political standards of freedom and justice for all. (1)
Died: John Chilcott died at his farm about seven miles southeast of this city Wednesday, June 27, 1906, at 4:00 a.m., after a long illness. The funeral occurred from the Christian church in this city yesterday and the remains were laid at rest in Highland cemetery. The records of the G.A.R. show that John Chilcott was born in Pennsylvania; that he enlisted in Co. K, 9th Indiana infantry, Aug. 19, 1861, and was honorably discharged Sept. 27, 1865; that he was 51 years of age when he joined the Post here in 1886. This would make him 71 years old at the time of his death though we have heard from other sources that he was 69. He moved to this county with his family in 1886. We have not learned the name of his wife. We know of three children. However only his wife and one child survive him. Mrs. Chilcott is in very poor health and an invalid to the extent that she requires constant attention. The remaining child, Mrs. Frank Blackstone and her husband have been looking after the old couple and have given them every care possible. Uncle John Chilcott was a good man and a patriot. His last days were full of suffering and beclouded, but he has gone to his reward and his memory will be cherished by many friends.(2)
Note: Also had dtr Olive Chilcott(Blackstone)
In process of updating
(1) Several Excerpts from: Ancestry.com(biography) by
anniedolan, Posted: 10 Dec 1998 6:00AM
(2) REEL #M872/KSHS Microfilm Collection Medicine Lodge Cresset pg 1, col 3
In the spring of 1842, the family moved to Cass County, Indiana. John Richard Chilcott settled on a farm in Jefferson Township, where he served as a justice of the peace and would spend the remainer of his eighty seven
years. He was by birthright a Quaker and always adhered to that faith.
The sons that were numbered among the "boys in blue" during the Civil War. Amos who married Mary Jane Banta was a member of the Ninety Ninth Indiana Volunteers, "Henry" who married Sarah E. Bookwalter was a recruiting officer of the Ninth Indiana Regiment and also saw action with the Indiana Ninth and Benjamin was a member of the Forty Sixth Indiana Infantry.
John Jay Chilcott was one of the first to offer his services enlisting on August 19, 1861 in Company K Ninth Volunteer Unit where he rose to the rank of Second Lieutenant by the close of the war.
On his birthday, the second day of November, 1865, John Jay Chilcott, married in Logansport, Indiana, Hannah Mary Bookwalter, who was the daughter of Jacob Bookwalter and Sarah Ann Adair
John Jay Chilcott with his wife, Hannah and their children, Mary Ann Chilcott, John Jay Chilcott II, and Olive Chilcott left Indiana in 1886 to make their home at Medicine Lodge, Kansas. They left behind the graves of two children,
George and Cassie.
John remained a true American and the people of Medicine Lodge called him "Uncle John" because of his great loyality to the United States. John and Hannah were active members of the Christian Church in Medicine Lodge and John was treasurer of the local school board for many years.
John was also one of the first members of the Grand Army of the Republic. On June 27, 1906, John Jay Chilcott, loyal American, died at Medicine Lodge, Kansas where he is buried in the Highland Cemetery
The Bookwalter and Chilcott Famlies represented the early American who was willing to lay down his life to maintain freedom and democracy. The coming of Franzt Bouch Walder to Pennsylvania was the result of his being perscecuted for
his religious beliefs while the early Chilcotts came to the new lands to follow their religious and political standards of freedom and justice for all. (1)
Died: John Chilcott died at his farm about seven miles southeast of this city Wednesday, June 27, 1906, at 4:00 a.m., after a long illness. The funeral occurred from the Christian church in this city yesterday and the remains were laid at rest in Highland cemetery. The records of the G.A.R. show that John Chilcott was born in Pennsylvania; that he enlisted in Co. K, 9th Indiana infantry, Aug. 19, 1861, and was honorably discharged Sept. 27, 1865; that he was 51 years of age when he joined the Post here in 1886. This would make him 71 years old at the time of his death though we have heard from other sources that he was 69. He moved to this county with his family in 1886. We have not learned the name of his wife. We know of three children. However only his wife and one child survive him. Mrs. Chilcott is in very poor health and an invalid to the extent that she requires constant attention. The remaining child, Mrs. Frank Blackstone and her husband have been looking after the old couple and have given them every care possible. Uncle John Chilcott was a good man and a patriot. His last days were full of suffering and beclouded, but he has gone to his reward and his memory will be cherished by many friends.(2)
Note: Also had dtr Olive Chilcott(Blackstone)
In process of updating
(1) Several Excerpts from: Ancestry.com(biography) by
anniedolan, Posted: 10 Dec 1998 6:00AM
(2) REEL #M872/KSHS Microfilm Collection Medicine Lodge Cresset pg 1, col 3
John Jay Chilcott was born near Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania on the second day of November, 1836, the son of John Richard Chilcott who was a native of Berks County, Pennsylvania and Margaret Miller Chilcott who was also born in the state of Pennsylvania.
In the spring of 1842, the family moved to Cass County, Indiana. John Richard Chilcott settled on a farm in Jefferson Township, where he served as a justice of the peace and would spend the remainer of his eighty seven
years. He was by birthright a Quaker and always adhered to that faith.
The sons that were numbered among the "boys in blue" during the Civil War. Amos who married Mary Jane Banta was a member of the Ninety Ninth Indiana Volunteers, "Henry" who married Sarah E. Bookwalter was a recruiting officer of the Ninth Indiana Regiment and also saw action with the Indiana Ninth and Benjamin was a member of the Forty Sixth Indiana Infantry.
John Jay Chilcott was one of the first to offer his services enlisting on August 19, 1861 in Company K Ninth Volunteer Unit where he rose to the rank of Second Lieutenant by the close of the war.
On his birthday, the second day of November, 1865, John Jay Chilcott, married in Logansport, Indiana, Hannah Mary Bookwalter, who was the daughter of Jacob Bookwalter and Sarah Ann Adair
John Jay Chilcott with his wife, Hannah and their children, Mary Ann Chilcott, John Jay Chilcott II, and Olive Chilcott left Indiana in 1886 to make their home at Medicine Lodge, Kansas. They left behind the graves of two children,
George and Cassie.
John remained a true American and the people of Medicine Lodge called him "Uncle John" because of his great loyality to the United States. John and Hannah were active members of the Christian Church in Medicine Lodge and John was treasurer of the local school board for many years.
John was also one of the first members of the Grand Army of the Republic. On June 27, 1906, John Jay Chilcott, loyal American, died at Medicine Lodge, Kansas where he is buried in the Highland Cemetery
The Bookwalter and Chilcott Famlies represented the early American who was willing to lay down his life to maintain freedom and democracy. The coming of Franzt Bouch Walder to Pennsylvania was the result of his being perscecuted for
his religious beliefs while the early Chilcotts came to the new lands to follow their religious and political standards of freedom and justice for all. (1)
Died: John Chilcott died at his farm about seven miles southeast of this city Wednesday, June 27, 1906, at 4:00 a.m., after a long illness. The funeral occurred from the Christian church in this city yesterday and the remains were laid at rest in Highland cemetery. The records of the G.A.R. show that John Chilcott was born in Pennsylvania; that he enlisted in Co. K, 9th Indiana infantry, Aug. 19, 1861, and was honorably discharged Sept. 27, 1865; that he was 51 years of age when he joined the Post here in 1886. This would make him 71 years old at the time of his death though we have heard from other sources that he was 69. He moved to this county with his family in 1886. We have not learned the name of his wife. We know of three children. However only his wife and one child survive him. Mrs. Chilcott is in very poor health and an invalid to the extent that she requires constant attention. The remaining child, Mrs. Frank Blackstone and her husband have been looking after the old couple and have given them every care possible. Uncle John Chilcott was a good man and a patriot. His last days were full of suffering and beclouded, but he has gone to his reward and his memory will be cherished by many friends.(2)
Note: Also had dtr Olive Chilcott(Blackstone)
In process of updating
(1) Several Excerpts from: Ancestry.com(biography) by
anniedolan, Posted: 10 Dec 1998 6:00AM
(2) REEL #M872/KSHS Microfilm Collection Medicine Lodge Cresset pg 1, col 3
In the spring of 1842, the family moved to Cass County, Indiana. John Richard Chilcott settled on a farm in Jefferson Township, where he served as a justice of the peace and would spend the remainer of his eighty seven
years. He was by birthright a Quaker and always adhered to that faith.
The sons that were numbered among the "boys in blue" during the Civil War. Amos who married Mary Jane Banta was a member of the Ninety Ninth Indiana Volunteers, "Henry" who married Sarah E. Bookwalter was a recruiting officer of the Ninth Indiana Regiment and also saw action with the Indiana Ninth and Benjamin was a member of the Forty Sixth Indiana Infantry.
John Jay Chilcott was one of the first to offer his services enlisting on August 19, 1861 in Company K Ninth Volunteer Unit where he rose to the rank of Second Lieutenant by the close of the war.
On his birthday, the second day of November, 1865, John Jay Chilcott, married in Logansport, Indiana, Hannah Mary Bookwalter, who was the daughter of Jacob Bookwalter and Sarah Ann Adair
John Jay Chilcott with his wife, Hannah and their children, Mary Ann Chilcott, John Jay Chilcott II, and Olive Chilcott left Indiana in 1886 to make their home at Medicine Lodge, Kansas. They left behind the graves of two children,
George and Cassie.
John remained a true American and the people of Medicine Lodge called him "Uncle John" because of his great loyality to the United States. John and Hannah were active members of the Christian Church in Medicine Lodge and John was treasurer of the local school board for many years.
John was also one of the first members of the Grand Army of the Republic. On June 27, 1906, John Jay Chilcott, loyal American, died at Medicine Lodge, Kansas where he is buried in the Highland Cemetery
The Bookwalter and Chilcott Famlies represented the early American who was willing to lay down his life to maintain freedom and democracy. The coming of Franzt Bouch Walder to Pennsylvania was the result of his being perscecuted for
his religious beliefs while the early Chilcotts came to the new lands to follow their religious and political standards of freedom and justice for all. (1)
Died: John Chilcott died at his farm about seven miles southeast of this city Wednesday, June 27, 1906, at 4:00 a.m., after a long illness. The funeral occurred from the Christian church in this city yesterday and the remains were laid at rest in Highland cemetery. The records of the G.A.R. show that John Chilcott was born in Pennsylvania; that he enlisted in Co. K, 9th Indiana infantry, Aug. 19, 1861, and was honorably discharged Sept. 27, 1865; that he was 51 years of age when he joined the Post here in 1886. This would make him 71 years old at the time of his death though we have heard from other sources that he was 69. He moved to this county with his family in 1886. We have not learned the name of his wife. We know of three children. However only his wife and one child survive him. Mrs. Chilcott is in very poor health and an invalid to the extent that she requires constant attention. The remaining child, Mrs. Frank Blackstone and her husband have been looking after the old couple and have given them every care possible. Uncle John Chilcott was a good man and a patriot. His last days were full of suffering and beclouded, but he has gone to his reward and his memory will be cherished by many friends.(2)
Note: Also had dtr Olive Chilcott(Blackstone)
In process of updating
(1) Several Excerpts from: Ancestry.com(biography) by
anniedolan, Posted: 10 Dec 1998 6:00AM
(2) REEL #M872/KSHS Microfilm Collection Medicine Lodge Cresset pg 1, col 3
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