Thomas was born in 1851. He passed away before 1915.
It is not certain that Thomas is the son of Robert and Elizabeth.
Sources
"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH9-JBKC : 17 January 2021), T C Gillespie and Mrs M A Thompson, 24 Dec 1876; citing Shelby, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,784,642.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWC-6HM : 20 February 2021), Thomas C Gillespie, District 8, Shelby, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 122, sheet 187B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,278.
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