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William Owen Gillespie

Male 1825 - 1907  (82 years)


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  • Name William Owen Gillespie 
    Born 1825  Caswell County, N. Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1907  Caswell Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Gillespie Family Cemetery Hamer, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I21896  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of William Walters
    Last Modified 10 Dec 2019 

    Family Mary Frances Walters,   b. 3 May 1831, Caswell County, N. Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1901, Caswell Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married Y  [2
    Children 
     1. William Slade Gillespie,   b. 12 Dec 1853, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1912, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
    Last Modified 10 Dec 2019 
    Family ID F8217  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Death Certificate Son of Mary Walters Gillespie
    Death Certificate Son of Mary Walters Gillespie
    dc21896s-oMaryWaltersGillespie.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29708091/william-slade-gillespie.
      William Slade Gillespie
      Birth 12 Dec 1853
      Death 17 Dec 1912 (aged 59)
      Burial
      Mountain View Cemetery
      Danville, Danville City, Virginia
      Mary Frances Walters Gillespie
      Birth 3 May 1831
      Death 4 Oct 1901 (aged 70)
      Burial
      Gillespie Family Cemetery
      Hamer, Caswell County, North Carolina
      William Owen Gillespie
      Birth 1825, Virginia
      Death 1907 (aged 81?82)
      Burial: Gillespie Family Cemetery
      Hamer, Caswell County, North Carolina

      Parents
      William Owen Gillespie, 1825-1907
      Mary Frances Walters Gillespie, 1831-1901

      Spouse
      Henrietta Holt Gillespie, 1863-1941

      Siblings
      William Slade Gillespie, 1853-1912
      Thornton Pinkney Gillespie, 1853-1926
      Mary Jane Gillespie Zimmerman, 1856-1926
      John W. Gillespie, 1858-1909
      Joseph H. Gillespie, 1860-1947
      Robert Jones Gillespie, 1866-1932
      Martha Susan Gillespie Vanhook, 1868-1932
      Jessie G. Gillespie, 1870-1905

      Children
      Maude Gillespie, 1888-1892
      Harry Thornton Gillespie, 1888-1952
      Virginia Jennette Gillespie Stewart, 1891-1967
      Bertha Mae Gillespie Ware, 1893-1972
      Luther Gillespie, 1894-1911
      Joe Wiley Gillespie, 1899-1962
      William Henry Gillespie, 1900-1941
      Lillian Barstel Gillespie Dix, 1902-1983
      Frank Jennings Gillespie, 1904-1974
      Fought in the Mexican War and the Civil War. (Source: Caswell County in the World War, 1917-1918: Service Records of Caswell County Men, George A. Anderson (1921) at 186.)
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154454504/william-owen-gillespie

    2. [S245] Vital Record (Ancestry), https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=4802&h=1157296&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Tkn1120&_phstart=successSource.
      Mary F Walters

      in the North Carolina, Index to Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
      North Carolina, Index to Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 No Image
      Text-only collection

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      Name: Mary F Walters
      Gender: Female
      Spouse: William O Gillispie
      Spouse Gender: Male
      Bond date: 29 Nov 1851
      Bond #: 000015477
      Marriage Date: 2 Dec 1851
      Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
      Image Num: 008318
      County: Caswell
      Record #: 01 107
      Bondsman: James T Mitchel
      Witness: A Slade, Clerk
      Performed By: Wm J Moore, Justice of the Peace