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    Person Info
  • Name: Thomas GILLESPIE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 14 Jul 1816 in Xenia, Greene Co, Ohio b
  • Death: 30 Jul 1880 in Lykins Twp, Crawford Co, Ohio d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Thomas GILLESPIE Birth: 12 Aug 1776 in Hopewell Twp, Washington Co, Pennsylvania Death: 14 May 1856 in Sulphur Springs, Crawford Co, Ohio
  • Mother:
  • Polly MITCHELL Death: Abt 1842

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Charles GILLESPIE Birth: 1841
  2. Laura GILLESPIE Birth: 1843

Marriage: Children:
  1. Franklin Pierce GILLESPIE Birth: 9 Aug 1852 in Sulphur Springs, Crawford Co, Ohio Death: 7 Oct 1923 in Napoleon, McHenry Co, Ohio
  2. William Thomas GILLESPIE Birth: 3 Aug 1855

Bibliography
  1. Pollack, Betty Gillespie, Gillespie family. Private email 9/7/2009. Author address: bgpollack at sbcglobal dot net Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009].
  2. Letter from Mrs. S. J. Smith, Mar 9 1880, Coin, Page Co, Iowa Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Mrs. S. J. Smith 3/9/1880].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009],
place:
[Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009],
parents:
[Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009, Mrs. S. J. Smith 3/9/1880]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009]
living 1880 [Ref: Mrs. S. J. Smith 3/9/1880],
place:
[Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009]
Sources with Information about marriage to Maria HAHN
date:
[Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009],
place:
[Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009],
child:
[Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009]
Sources with Information about marriage to Juliann Tuttle GILLESPIE
date:
[Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009],
place:
[Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009],
child:
[Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009]
Research Notes:
1833-60: Thomas had several land transactions in Crawford County [Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009]

1851-72: He and Julia had many land transactions in both Defiance and Paulding counties [Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009]

1857: bought 80 acres from Maria (Lindsley) and George Conkle, probably when they divorced; in 1861 when his saw mill failed, he lost this and other property for payment of taxes, interest and penalty. [Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009]

24 August 1859: Thomas bought all the necessary equipment to operate a saw mill in Auglaize township, Paulding County, taking out a 12-month mortgage, which he was unable to pay. [Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009]

1860: Thomas and Julia were living separately; he moved many miles away to Liberty Twp, Crawford Co, OH, listed as "retired merchant" [Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009]

1870: living together again in Auglaize Twp [Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009]

1880: listed as divorced, living in Lykins Twp, Crawford Co, Ohio [Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009]



Pedigree of Thomas GILLESPIE
                   /-----James GILLESPIE
          /-----James William GILLESPIE
         |         \-----Elizabeth RIDDLE
 /-----Thomas GILLESPIE
|        |                  /-----Nathaniel TAYLOR
|        |         /-----Matthew TAYLOR
|         \-----Esther Hadassa TAYLOR
|                  \-----Mary BEYERINGTON
Thomas GILLESPIE
|         /-----Jessie MITCHELL
 \-----Polly MITCHELL



Descendants of Thomas GILLESPIE
1. Thomas GILLESPIE m1. Maria HAHN m2. Juliann Tuttle GILLESPIE
m. Maria HAHN
m. Juliann Tuttle GILLESPIE father: William A GILLESPIE mother: Anna Maria SMITH

2nd generation

4. Franklin Pierce GILLESPIE m1. Mary Ellen RICKNER m2. Candace WARTENBE
m. Mary Ellen RICKNER
m. Candace WARTENBE

3rd generation

7. Walter GILLESPIE m1. Bertha Ida MARTIN m2. Alice EDWARDS
m. Bertha Ida MARTIN
m. Alice EDWARDS

4th generation

9. Harold Wynn GILLESPIE m1. Mary GRIFFITH m2. Living THOMPSON
m. Mary GRIFFITH
m. Living THOMPSON
10. Leon Hale GILLESPIE m. Elta FORKEL
m. Elta FORKEL
11. Vernon Walter GILLESPIE m. Pearl PETCH
m. Pearl PETCH
12. Kenneth Hoyt GILLESPIE m. Marguerite BELZ
m. Marguerite BELZ