Andrew
Gillespie
Born in Ireland
Son of Samuel Gillespie
and Jane (Blair) Gillespie
Brother of
Rebecca Gillespie, Robert Gillespie, Matthew Gillespie, Richard Gillespie, John Gillespie, Susan Gillespie, Jane Gillespie, Agnes Gillespie, Samuel Gillespie and Eleanor Gillespie
Husband of
Emma A. (Dawson) Gillespie
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Alice Jane (Thompson) Gillespie
— married
5 Apr 1855 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Mary (Gillespie) Kearney, Linnie (Gillespie) McFarland, May (Gillespie) DeLancy and Jennie Thompson (Gillespie) Bennett
Died
at age 94
in DuBois, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Jun 2021
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Biography
From Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:
ANDREW GILLESPIE, retired, of Tarentum, was born in Ireland, May 27, 1834. His parents, Samuel and Jane (Blair) Gillespie,...Mr. Gillespie was married, April 5, 1855, to Miss Alice J. Thompson, of Allegheny county, and has four children living, all married: Margaret is now Mrs. W. Kearney, of Tecumseh, Kan., and has three children, James, Andrew and Winnie; Linnie married Robert McFarland, of Ridgway, Pa., and has six children, Andrew Gillespie, R. Clifford, Ella Ophelia, Edith May, Robert Eugene and Eva Clair (deceased) ; May is now Mrs. DeLancy, of East End, Pittsburg, and Jennie is the wife of George B. Bennett, and has two children, Ada M. and Olive. Mr. Gillespie took as his second wife Emma Dawson, of Tarentum.
Sources
- Cushing, Thomas. History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (A. Warner & Co., Chicago, 1889, Part 2, p. 666)
- Northwestern Historical Association. Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Northwest Historical Association., Madison, Wisconsin, 1904, Vol. 2, p. 170-171)
- Find A Grave: Memorial #42827549
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