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Wyatt Paul Gillespie, son of Jeremiah Gillespie and Mary E Gillespie, was born on July 15, 1865 in Amherst County, Virginia. Laura Cecil Donald, daughter of James Calvin Donald and Elizabeth Jane Wallace, was born on February 13, 1877 in Rockbridge County, Virginia. They were married January 24, 1894 in Rockbridge County, Virginia. How they... Continue Reading →
Some documents are like a really great Christmas, they just have everything in them that you need. This Deed of Conveyance 1 defines quite nicely Wyatt Paul and Laura Donald Gillespie's children, their children's spouses and Wyatt and Laura's death. In Wyatt's will he left the house at 108 Houston Street to his wife, and... Continue Reading →
I could not remember where I had stashed these. Eureka they have been found! These are the tombstones for my previous entries on my Maiden Aunts: Harriet Ann Gillespie, daughter of Jeremiah Gillespie and Mary E Gillespie, born Jun 14, 1853, Amherst, Virgina, died October 5, 1920, Lexington, Virginia. Minnie Maud Gillespie, daughter of Wyatt... Continue Reading →
This picture was found in some of my dad’s things: But who are these people and when was it taken? The boy holding the dog is my father. The woman standing in the photo is my great aunt, Eva Gillespie. The girl on her left is my Aunt Madeline, my father’s sister. I talk to... Continue Reading →
We called her Aunt Bebe. My cousin tells me that someone from our parents generation could not pronounce Eva and it came out as "bebe" and that's how we knew her. When my parents divorced she spent time with my Dad, sister and me making sure someone was there to take care of us. She... Continue Reading →