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Below is a family biography included in The History of Sumner County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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George M. Gillespie, farmer, and son of Jacob and Nellie (Graham) Gillespie, was born on the farm near Gallatin, Tn. Sumner County, in 1828, and is one of two children born to his parents. The father was born in 1773 in North Carolina, and came to Williamson County, Tenn., where he remained but a short time. He then came to Sumner County, and located where our subject now resides. He died here in 1864. The mother was born in 1790, in North Carolina, was of Irish descent, and died about 1866. Our subject received his education in the common schools of Sumner County, and remained with his parents as long as they lived. At the death of his father he came in possession of 600 acres of land, on which he is now living. In 1859 he married Harriet Jane Duffer, daughter of William and Rebecca Duffer. Mrs. Gillespie was born at Station Camp, seven miles west of Gallatin, in 1836. Eight children were the result of this union: Aldrich Oma (Mrs. James Bright), Belmont, Queen (Mrs. David Kerley), Susan D., William, Jacob, Thomas, George and James Graham. Oma, Bell, Queen and Susan are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Gillespie, by hard and careful work, has improved the farm, so that he has it in a good state of cultivation, with good fences and buildings. He is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote in 1848.
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This family biography is one of 115 biographies included in The History of Sumner County, Tennessee published in 1887. The History of Sumner County was included within The History of Sumner, Smith, Macon & Trousdale Counties of Tennessee. View the complete description here: History of Sumner, Smith, Macon and Trousdale Counties of Tennessee
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