This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CiY.2ACEB/835.1.1 Message Board Post: hello, could you plesae tell me if you know if willaim and loretta had any children? William and Loretta is my husbands gparents but I always run into a wall once I get to them, so any info would be greatly appeciated. Thank you, Sallie

Imminently Threatened by Development: The LaGrange (Barczewski) farm in Glasgow, DE Stephen J. Nichols, a developer in Glasgow, DE, has signed a contract to purchase, with the intent to develop, the entire Barczewski farm (also known as the La Grange or Dr. Samuel Henry Black farm). This property is crisscrossed by state and Federally recognized wetlands and over 1 mile of drainage, is in the Christiana watershed, contains part of the Glasgow recharge aquifer, and is bounded by over 3/4 mile of the Muddy Run Creek. The 136 acres of woods on the farm are in a US Department of Agriculture's local National Resources Conservation Service long-term tree management plan. The Barczewski farm's 236 acres contain two documented Native American Indian camps, earthen works from the British and Hessian occupation of Aikentown (Glasgow), remnants of the Benjamin Latrobe feeder canal from 1804, and several structures on the National Register of Historic Places (Dr. Samuel Henry Black). Dorcas Armitage Middleton Black was the wife of Samuel H. Black. General Lafayette named the farm "La Grange" while a visitor there in October 1824. The Federal US Censuses of 1810 and 1820 for DE/NCCo/Pencader Hundred, show that there were three FREE African-Americans (unnamed - husband, wife, and daughter) who were part of Dr. Samuel H. Black's household. The farm is located near the northwest corner of Routes U.S. 40 and Del. 896 in Glasgow (New Castle County, Pencader Hundred), and is comprised of a single tract of 236 acres. Approximately 100 acres are pastures, and approximately 136 acres are wooded. The Muddy Run creek and some of its tributaries run through and form the 3/4 of a mile of the northern boundary of the property. This property contains the historic home and farm of Glasgow's early physician, University of DE trustee, and state politician, Dr. Samuel Henry Black. The land, however, had been farmed for over 100 years before Dr. Black acquired it. The property has a carefully restored historic home and preserved granary, each dating to 1815, and more recent barns and outbuildings dating to the property's days in the 1940s through 1960s as the West End Dairy farm. Other family names associated over time with this farm include Middleton, Frazier, Leasure, Congo, Cooch, and Veach. Dr. Samuel H. Black built the property's granary. The building incorporates consolidated storage and processing functions and wheeled vehicle access. This building is the earliest documented example of a drive-through granary of the type that was to become popular throughout the Northeastern U.S. in the mid-19th century. In July 1974, the large manor Federal period home and the granary were incorporated into the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places (NRHP #74000601). Areas of NRHP significance of this property include Health/Medicine, Architecture, Social History, and Agriculture. In 1985, the La Grange granary was incorporated into the highly selective Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) / Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) conducted by the US Department of the Interior and maintained by the US Library of Congress (Survey # HABS DE-216). There are two archeologist documented Native American encampment sites on the La Grange farm (the Butterworth and the Barczewski sites). These sites date from 10,000 BC to 6,500 BC. Many authentic Paleo-Indian and Early Archaic periods' arrow points, axe heads, and other stone implements have been found on the farm. In the farm's woods there are authenticated, intact remains of British and Hessian earthen trenches from the September 3, 1777, Revolutionary War battle of Cooch's bridge. The trenches run parallel to the remnants of a historic and ancient, but now abandoned road, of which the last remaining vestiges exist on the LaGrange Farm. The earthworks are also parallel Rt. 40 West from Glasgow, DE, to Elkton, MD, and face Iron Hill. There is also documented evidence on the farm of Benjamin Latrobe's venture to build a feeder canal in 1804 (New Castle County Historical Marker NC-59). The feeder canal remnants are intact. The canal was to be built from the Elk Creek to the Christiana River, with the ultimate goal of the canal connecting the Delaware and Chesapeake waterways. The project failed, however, because the state of Delaware ran out of money before the canal was completed. The remnants of the feeder canal run from Rt. 40 West through the La Grange farm. In 1996, Anne Barczewski was honored with a prestigious historic preservation award from the New Castle County Historic Preservation Review Board. The Board placed a protective Historic Zoning overlay upon the entire 236 acres of the La Grange farm. In 1997, Anne Barczewski was recognized as Delaware's Tree Farmer of the Year. On June 27, 1997, Anne Barczewski told preservation advocates, "If it was my last word, my last breath, I'd say 'no' to a developer." If you would like to help protect this property from development and permanently preserve its historic, cultural, and natural resources for future generations, please contact The Friends of Historic Glasgow, ATTN: Nancy V. Willing, 5 Francis Circle, Newark, DE 19711. Telephone: (302) 366-1855. E-mail: historicglasgow@earthlink.net A petition focused on saving the Glasgow Historic Area, including the Barczewski farm, is located at http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/historicglasgowpark

Scope and Content Note The George G. Evans Family Papers and Supplement, spanning dates from 1717 - 1937, contain a vast number of documents revealing the historic business accounts and legal affairs of the town of Newark, Delaware, and some of its major institutions, including Newark Academy, Delaware College (University of Delaware), the First Presbyterian Church, and the Welsh Tract Baptist Church. Both George Gillespie Evans and his son Charles Black Evans served as Newark Town Commissioners, inspectors for the Newark Board of Health, secretary and treasurer of Delaware College, and trustees of Newark Academy and the First Presbyterian Church of Newark. In addition, Charles B. Evans served as legal counsel for the town and the Welsh Tract Baptist Church. The George G. Evans Papers consist of fifty-one bound volumes containing over 12,000 individual items taped to leaves of paper. The majority of items were calendared, and all were indexed in the 1950s after they were accessioned. The volumes incorporated several gifts; most of the papers came from Lena Evans (daughter of George G. Evans) and Mary (Raub) Evans (wife of Charles B. Evans). Other donations - from Jane Maxwell, Charlotte Dayett Stuart, Alice Kerr, and Hugh Gallagher - that loosely related to the history of Newark Academy or Delaware College were also incorporated. The volumes are arranged in four chronological series, which overlap sequentially but represent four major accessions in the history of the collection. Consequently, much of the original provenance, grouping, and order of the collection was lost. As a result, the collection is a quirky mixture of personal, legal, and business papers: family letters and personal reflections commingle with institutional plans and thousands of receipts. A scholar spending time with this collection will be rewarded with a real sense of "who's who" in Newark, Delaware. A two-volume detailed index and a two-volume calendar prepared in 1946/1947 by William Ditto Lewis are available for use with the collection. Subsequent to the four accession series that comprise the bulk of the Evans Papers, the George Gillespie Evans Papers Supplement contains a personal account book for the Evans family, seven business ledgers, a daybook, three cashbooks, over forty memorandum notebooks, and five diaries from the life of George Gillespie Evans. Most of these accounts relate to the General Store on Main Street or the Evans' brick yards. However, some notations about Evans' various trusteeships can also be found in the Supplement. The George Gillespie Evans Family Papers will be extremely helpful to researchers interested in any aspect of the history of education. Labor historians and those interested in faculty and staff contracts, negotiations, candidate searches, and hiring practices will find much of interest. Records of staff expenses, wages, and salaries from the nineteenth and early twentieth century are in the collection. Letters of inquiry, letters of recommendation, resumes, and letters about job performance and applicants can all be found in the collection. Other items reveal accounts of tension between faculty and the administration or occasional accounts of tension between faculty and students. Those interested in student life can trace the early development and evolution of fraternities on campus with charters, correspondence, and building records in the collection. Researchers can also glean much information about nineteenth century student life at the College from trustee and presidential reports, and correspondence about discipline, alcohol and hazing, curricular requirements, and degree recommendations. There are also several student petitions to the administration included in this collection, tuition bills, information about the creation of scholarship funds, and many references to student clubs and activities. A scholar interested in the effects of war on higher education can compare documents from the post-Civil War closing to trustee and War Department correspondence during World War I. There is a variety of trustee and alumni correspondence that reveals tension about the place of military training and drills on campus. Researchers interested in the history and development of the University of Delaware will also find much of interest. Survey, property maps, and deeds, are records in the collection that trace the acquisition of land. Receipts and bills trace the development of this property through building specifications, plans for strategic expansion, and complications. Trustee, presidential, and committee reports examine housing issues for students and document the planning process for the first dormitories. Bills and receipts for the College show the growth of the College needs, from burgeoning water and heating demands to the introduction of electricity and telephone lines. A scholar interested in the development of academic research libraries or in the history of Morris Library in particular will find many early receipts for books, and see evidence of housing concerns, relocations, and library expenses, from cataloging collections to librarian salaries. Those interested in women's history and coeducation will also find much of interest in this collection. The collection contains documents pertinent to a variety of women's schools and private seminaries in Wilmington and Newark in the nineteenth century, including papers relating to women teachers, administrators, librarians, professors, and students. Of considerable interest in this collection are documents concerning the debates about coeducation at Newark Academy and Delaware College. George G. Evans favored women's education: during his trustee tenure a woman, Hannah Chamberlain, became principal of Newark Academy. Tuition receipts in the collection show that George G. Evans sent his daughters as well as his sons to secondary school and college. For a time in the nineteenth century, from 1873 - 1885, Delaware College did admit women. By the time of Charles B. Evans' trusteeship, however, women were excluded, but plans were in the works to open a separate Women's College. Collection documents trace objections to and support for this initiative and the opening of the women's college in 1914. Other papers debate "fair salaries" for Women's College faculty, comparing their earnings to professors in the men's college. Those interested in women's social organizations will be interested in the documents of the "Ladies Sewing Circle" of the First Presbyterian Church of Newark and in the development of the New Century Club. The collection also provides a wealth of sources to historians of material culture. Naturally, the account ledgers for the Evans family store show the variety of merchandise being ordered and sold. General store accounts for textiles, sugar, molasses, alcohol, and other supplies and services are found in the Supplement. A family furniture inventory contains details on the household possessions of the Evans' family, and several Evans family houses still stand and are owned by the University of Delaware. The vast variety of receipts found in the bound volumes range from school furniture orders to ice cream purchases. In addition, a series of several hundred receipts issued to Charles Thomson show his purchases from Elliot & Morgan between 1800 and 1804. Amongst the items included is receipt for a "Queensware Chamberpot" (#8836). Those interested in economic history, personal debt, the extension of credit, systems of exchange, or dry goods merchandising will be delighted with this collection. A researcher can easily trace the accounts of local families over many years. Records contain itemized lists of what was purchased, how often it was paid for, and what method of payment was used. In addition to cash payments, the Evans ledgers contain evidence of labor exchanges, where a man might work in the Evans' brick yard to pay for his store account, or barter, where families exchange items such as household-produced butter or home grown peaches for store goods. Those interested in Town Council ordinances and city development of infrastructure will also find much in the collection. Records of sewer work, railway lines, telephone poles, electricity meters, water systems, and road development can all be found in the George Gillespie Evans Papers. A series of vellum and parchment deeds from the eighteenth century, surveyor's notes, property line maps, and diagrams can also be found in various volumes of this series. In addition, a scholar of legal history and legal practice may enjoy the papers of Charles B. Evans. Legal documents in his possession ranged from marriage certificates to articles of incorporation for local businesses. In addition to many deeds, wills, powers of attorney, and estate papers, the collection contains an 1826 letter of manumission, Orphans Court documents, a nineteenth century naturalization document, an early twentieth century divorce settlement, and several petitions for writs of insanity. Those interested in local business and industry will find stock certificates, records, correspondence, and articles of incorporation for various local companies including the Helio Match Company, American Vulcanized Rubber, Casho Machine Company, and the Deer Park Hotel, during its ownership by John E. Lewis. A number of other family papers will interest genealogists and researchers on travel, tourism, and family relocation. Many papers relate to the Black family, relations of Mary Jane (Black) Evans. Kerr family papers include many letters to Delaware from Kentucky. Some Russell family papers, Chamberlain family papers, and Wilson family papers are also scattered throughout the collection. Related Collections Several other collections at the University of Delaware relate to the George Gillespie Evans Family Papers. A notebook of Mary Jane (Black) Evans is found in MSS 97, Item 026. It contains addresses and memorandum written by her from 1904 - 1906. The New Century Club Archives, MSS 260, contain papers relating to the history of the club and the role of Annie (Evans) Kolloch. The Wilson Family Papers, MSS 303, contains many additional letters and documents of Rathmell Wilson and William Savory Wilson, whose papers both appear in the George Gillespie Evans Papers. The Newark Town Council Digest, MSS 464, contains minutes from the times when George G. Evans and Charles B. Evans served as commissioners. The Wilbur T. Wilson Map Collection, MSS 377, includes many maps and property plans of Newark, concentrated around the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Other Evans documents and correspondence are housed at the University Archives; these are primarily records from the boards of trustee on which George Gillespie Evans and Charles Black Evans served. The University of Delaware Archive also contains portraits of George G. Evans, Andrew Kerr Russell, Rathmell Wilson, and Charles Thom(p)son whose papers are included in this collection.

http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/findaids/evans_gg.htm Biographical Note George Gillespie Evans (1815 - 1904), the active community leader for whom this collection is named, oversaw commerce, education, and the Presbyterian Church in Newark, Delaware, for over fifty years in the nineteenth century. In addition to managing a general store on Main Street, Evans administered estates, served multiple terms on the Newark Town Commission, and held trusteeships at the First Presbyterian Church of Newark, Newark Academy, and Delaware College (University of Delaware). Brick from his two area brick yards built the facades of many Newark locales, including the Deer Park Hotel, Town Hall, and his own home, which still stands today on the corner of Main Street and North College Avenue. The University named Evans Hall, a College of Engineering building, to honor the many contributions of the family. George Gillespie Evans was born in Delaware on 1 June 1815, to John Evans and Agnes (Ann) Gillespie Evans. George G. Evans was one of six children, and the oldest son. The Evans family, George G. Evans? paternal ancestors, emigrated from Wales to America in the early eighteenth century, settling near Glasgow, Delaware. His father, John Evans, owned a general store on Main Street in Newark, Delaware. In addition, beginning in 1783, John Evans served as a trustee of Newark Academy, a position his son and grandson would both also hold. Following the Civil War, George Evans also served as a trustee of Delaware College. When John Evans died in 1828, thirteen-year-old George Gillespie Evans assisted at his father?s general store. Later he ran the store, and eventually gained sole ownership. George G. Evans continued to deal in general merchandise until his death in 1904. Along with his younger brother William D. Evans, George G. Evans also owned and rented extensive property in the Newark area. On 17 June 1856, George Gillespie Evans married Mary Jane Black, the youngest daughter of Samuel Henry Black. Samuel H. Black, son of David William and Margaret Ferris Black, was born in New Castle County on 20 December 1782. He studied medicine with Dr. John Groome, of Elkton, Maryland, and completed a medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1812 and 1818, Samuel H. Black was elected state senator; he also served several terms in the General Assembly. In 1807 he married Dorcas Armitage Middleton, daughter of Robert and Mary Middleton, of Glasgow, Delaware; nine of the couple?s children survived. Dr. Black, too, served as a trustee of Delaware College; in fact, at an 1827 meeting of the board he suffered a sudden stroke and subsequently died. After marriage, George Gillespie and Mary Jane (Black) Evans settled in Newark, building their house across from the Evans family?s general store. Their six children included son Charles B. ?Charley,? and five daughters: Ann M. ?Annie,? Harriet N. ?Hallie,? Margaret G. ?Maggie,? Agnes Armitage ?Armey,? and Lena Evans. Annie Evans married a Newark dentist, Dr. H. G. M. Kollock, and continued to reside in Newark. She was a founding member of the New Century Club and she and her husband also provided funds to the Newark Public Library. Margaret Evans married John S. M. Neill of Montana. He was a student at Delaware College when he met the Evans family; John and Margaret (Evans) Neill eventually settled in Montana. Agnes Armitage Evans married Charles W. Reed; the couple had four children. Harriet and Lena Evans never married. From 1856 until 1897, George G. Evans served as treasurer and secretary of the Delaware College Board of Trustees; his only son, Charles Black Evans, also served in this capacity for over thirty years. Church leadership was also a family tradition, George G. Evans? maternal great-grandfather, the Reverend George Gillespie, came to Delaware, building up and ministering to the Christiana Presbyterian Church in 1712; again, George G. Evans was succeeded as trustee and treasurer of the First Presbyterian Church of Newark by his son, Charles B. Evans. Charles Black Evans, son of George G. and Mary Jane (Black) Evans, worked closely with his father. He received his A. B. and A. M. from Delaware College by 1889, and an LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania. He worked as an attorney-at-law, and served the Newark community in a variety of civic capacities. Charles B. Evans was a member of the Constitutional Convention of Delaware in 1897, trustee for both Delaware College and Newark Academy, president and director of Newark Trust Company, and director of the Security Trust Company of Wilmington. He was legal advisor for the town of Newark and served as a town commissioner. He also advised the Welsh Tract Baptist Church and many local businesses. Charles B. Evans married Mary Miller Raub, daughter of Albert N. Raub and Jennie (Lovett) Raub of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Albert Raub, a successful administrator in a variety of Pennsylvania schools, was known for his organizational methods and a rich textbook publishing career. In 1884 he came to Delaware to serve as principal of Newark Academy. Elected to the Presidency of Delaware College in 1889, Raub served in this position until 1897. Charles B. Evans and Mary (Raub) Evans married 8 May 1895. Like her husband, Mary (Raub) Evans was very involved in Newark civic and social life. This collection also includes personal papers and legal documents for a variety of Newark area families. The most prominent were relations of the Evans family, members of the Presbyterian community, or served as administrator or trustees at Newark Academy or Delaware College. Kerr family members were maternal relations of George Gillespie Evans. George Gillesie Evans? mother, Agnes (Gillespie) Evans was sister to Hannah (Gillespie) Kerr, wife of Andrew Kerr. Hannah (Gillespie) Kerr was born in 1802 and died in 1880. Husband Andrew Kerr was born in 1794 and died in 1884. The couple had six children, though only three seem to have survived into adulthood. In the mid eighteenth century, several of the Kerr children had left Delaware and were living in Kentucky. George G. Kerr, a trustee of Newark Academy and Delaware College, was also director of the Casho Machine Company on Christiana Creek. It manufactured wagon-axles, wool-washing machinery and agricultural implements. Company stock certificates are found in the collection. Andrew Kerr Russell graduated Dickinson College in 1806 as a valedictorian of the class. In 1811, Reverend A. K. Russell was appointed as principal of Newark Academy. His tenure was well regarded, and the academy prospered under his leadership. The following year he became pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Newark. He ministered there until his death, in 1839. Other Russell family members whose papers appear in this collection include Ann Russell and Mary Louisa Russell. The Chamberlain family, headed by Doctor Joseph Chamberlain, was another active family of Newark, Delaware. Joseph Chamberlain was a member of the Board of Trustees of Newark College in 1833, when an organization to open a college in Delaware first convened. Dr. Palmer Chamberlain built a foundry on a site nearly opposite the Deer Park Hotel in 1851. He subsequently sold it to the Blandy family. His daughter, Hannah Chamberlain, was a prominent educator. She ran a private school, the Newark Female Seminary, before being elected principal of Newark Academy in 1873. Under her administration females were first admitted to the Academy, and under a concurrent resolution championed by President William H. Purnell, they were also admitted to Delaware College. The Rathmell Wilson family moved to Newark, Delaware, in the 1830s. Rathmell Wilson served as President and trustee of Delaware College for many years. His brother William Savory Wilson was a merchant and investor in Philadelphia and Delaware. Both brothers gave significant financial support to Delaware College. Charles Thom(p)son, a trustee of Newark Academy in the eighteenth century, also served as secretary of the Continental Congress from 1774 - 1789. Thompson?s tenure as Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Academy of Newark dated from 1769 to 1775. At his death the property was left by will to his nephew, John Thom(p)son, of Newark, Delaware, another Academy trustee. ? Sources: ? Biographical and Genealogical History of the State of Delaware. Volume I. Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1899. ? Chance, Elbert. ?Locating the Evans House? Three Parts The Newark Post, March 1998. ? Munroe, John A. The University of Delaware: A History, Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1986 ? Old Bible Records with Charts and Other Genealogical Data. Compiled by Cooch?s Bridge Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Newark, Delaware ? Owen, James B. Historic Newark Delaware: A Guide to the Vernon Good Montage of Newark, Newark Historical Society Press. p 14 ? Scharf, J. Thomas. History of Delaware,1609-1888, 2 volumes. Philadelphia: L.J. Richards and Company, 1888. ? Additional information drawn from the collection itself.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gillespie Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CiY.2ACEB/1409 Message Board Post: A couple of weeks ago I was in Safford, AZ and we went looking at grave stones in an old grave yard in Soloman AZ and I took pictures of these stones. Lee ( daughter of J.P. & Q.A.) Gillespie born March 8, 18-- broken died April 23, 1895 Jesse Gillespie born Oct. 8, 1882 Died Nov 26, 1895 A Rockwell (son of A.B. & Leleah) Gillespie born Nov 24, 1923 died Jan 10, 1930 If some one sees this and would like me to email them a copy of these grave stones please email me at Sylvlew@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gillespie/Cromwell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CiY.2ACEB/1408 Message Board Post: I am interested in the family of Alfred James Gillespie (also known as James Gillespie). He was born c1849 in Gloucester and was the son of James Gillespie and Ellen Steade. He died on the 19th November 1900 in Gloucester as the result of an accident, leaving a widow and children. Elizabeth Kate Gillespie (nee Cromwell, born 13th July 1853 in Gloucester) is listed on the 1901 census at 56 Millbrook Street, Gloucester together with some of her children Lucy c1888, Elsie c1895, Elizabeth K c1896. I know from the 1891 census that there were other children, Sidney c1870, Ellen 1874, Alfred c1878, Arthur c1881 and May c1890. Elizabeth Kate was my husband’s great aunt and I would like to hear from anyone who knows anything about her after 1900 Rebecca Faulconbridge

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GILLESPIE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CiY.2ACEB/1407 Message Board Post: Hello, I am looking for any descendants of Charlie Gillespie (b. abt 1856, son of Andrew Gillespie & Elizabeth Naples), possibly merchant seaman, from Glasgow, Scotland who emigrated to Australia after marriage. He had one son and two daughters, names and dates unknown. Thanks

About the only way to get these separated is with DNA testing. To many records in the south were destroyed by civil war to be able to verify anything. -----Original Message----- From: Bjswisher@aol.com [mailto:Bjswisher@aol.com] Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 9:48 AM To: GILLESPIE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: GILLESPIE-D Digest V05 #21 Yes, there certainly are and were many ROBERT GILLESPIE'S as well as William's and James, and Thomas-----maybe we will get them all sorted out one day!!!!!!!!! Thanks for all the many who continue to add info. to this list! Barb Swisher-McCarty Jane Lew, West Virginia list adm. ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx

Yes, there certainly are and were many ROBERT GILLESPIE'S as well as William's and James, and Thomas-----maybe we will get them all sorted out one day!!!!!!!!! Thanks for all the many who continue to add info. to this list! Barb Swisher-McCarty Jane Lew, West Virginia list adm.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CiY.2ACEB/1406 Message Board Post: I am trying any info on Stella Gillespie. She is the mother of my cousin Robert Gordon. Stella married my uncle Kenneth Gordon in 1949 is Los Angeles Ca. Kenneth was 22 and Stella was a bit younger putting her birth about 1928-1931. Stella's parents lived in Inglewood Ca and their names were Arnold and Francis. Arnold could actually be her stepfather but that was the name she used so Arnold might have adopted her. I don't have the name of her birth father. Stella also had at least two sisters Linda and Vicki. I also have my cousin's baby book and there is a Verna listed as Great Grandma but no last name listed. I believe Verna was Arnolds mother. Stella left went her son was about 4 and the last time he saw her he was about 10 years old. My mother believes that she married someone with the last name Brown and that she relocated to Washington State. If anyone has any info on any of the above name it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Tina

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CiY.2ACEB/532.1 Message Board Post: Boy, there are a lot of Robert Gillespies - that was my father and brothers names ( both born in Greenville, Pa. ), and one year in the 1980s (?) I met a Robert Gillespie from Texas who was Chief of the MacPherson clan. You'll find they keep popping up the more you read on the family line....

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CiY.2ACEB/535.966 Message Board Post: Roy, I came accross your inquiry while researching my family. I am related to most of the Gillespies around Ridgeway. Please let me know exactly what you are looking for. If I don't know, I will contact relatives and check at the society and help you when I can. Contact through here or at gardale1042@yahoo.com Hope to hear from you soon. Gary Simpson

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CiY.2ACEB/1401.1 Message Board Post: Betty, since I e-mailed you. I have talked to my father and he named four others. Delmar(shorty), Goldie, Earnest and Bill. I'm not sure how everyone fits in. May be another family or they had several more after arriving in Harrison County. Will get to Bethany some time this week and see what records I can find. I will also talk to some of my distant cousins and see if they can shed some light of the subject. Keep me posted. Gary Simpson

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CiY.2ACEB/1285.3.1.2 Message Board Post: There is a Thomas Gillespie burried in the Potter Valley Cemetary along with my Ggrandmother Ella.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GILLESPIE Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CiY.2ACEB/1405 Message Board Post: GILLESPIE_James_V_and_Mattie_N.JPG I photographed this gravestone in the Mount Olivet Cemetery - Goliad Lawn Section, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use the picture for your personal records. This is one of the 107,750 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CiY.2ACEB/461.464.465.788 Message Board Post: I would be very interested in your correspondence. Please contact me directly via email as I am doing extensive research on Peterbaugh/ Peuterbaugh in Ontario areas. I am interested in an Alexander and Sarah combination but have much info on others and have traced much of my line. Would be very interested in your lines and info so as to compare notes. I have a link back to Vaughn but not 100% without one final step in the link....

Good evening, I wanted to let you know that my website, OUR FAMILY LINES, has moved to a new location. For the past 7 years it has been housed on the Olypen and AT&T isp websites with URL's and emails reflecting that. Because of poor ISP service, my site has now been moved and permanently housed at the honorable home of RootsWeb. My website has been listed in many many genealogy places online and unfortunately I can't get to them all. So I wanted to let the Ayrshire sites, the Stirlingshire website, The Maybole website, the Ontario-Wentworth site,the Allen Co, OH site and others know the address change.. Hopefully webmasters at these sites will see this email and update my site address. My website not only includes Scottish families and old photos and postcards, it also contains many other surnames including: GILLESPIE, ROWAN, ROBB, SEVERSON, WILSON, JOLLEY, CRITES, CREMEAN, BOWSHER, BIGELOW, SPOFFORD, CHIPMAN, CLARK, TOLER, ELKINS, LOWMAN, TERRELL, WOOLWORTH, SUTHERLAND,VEEDER, BRADLEY, HOUK, LITAKER, DARTER, STUMP, BUNKER AND STONEBRAKER. If any of you readers care to browse the surname database, I would be honored. OUR FAMILY LINES new URL is: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ourfamilylines/ Thanks you and good luck in your searches, ~G~ Our Family Lines http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ourfamilylines/ ourfamilylines@qwest.net -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.5 - Release Date: 02/03/05

Here's a little tidbit gleaned from the Mercer County (Pa.) Genealogical Society newsletter of a few years back - it was from the " MERCER COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BOOK 1 " - anyone experienced in deciphering what this indicates ? GILLESPY, NIEL AD-1 p. 20 24 Aug 1819 Le Admr. granted to ELIZABETH GILLESPY and John Wilkin. Bond: $1600 sureties posted by Arthur McGill and Thos. Pearson. ----- Original Message ----- From: <GILLESPIE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <GILLESPIE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 10:00 AM Subject: GILLESPIE-D Digest V05 #16

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gillespie-Barcus- Young Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CiY.2ACEB/1401 Message Board Post: I am helping a friend of mine who is like a sister, trying to find some family members. her great-grandmother was Destiamonia Barcus, she was born 21-March-1874 in Ridgeway, Harrison County, Missouri, her parents were James and Louisa (Gillespie) Barcus, Lousia her parents were James and Electia Gillespie. Louisa gillespie was born Abt. 1853 in Ohio and was married 11-May-1873 in Bethany, Harrison County, Missouri. and she died 18-October-1883, Indianola, Red Willow County, Nebraska. I located a 1850 census and her father James About 1820 in Ohio, and her mother Electa was born 1826 also in Ohio, it mentions children Martin 17 years, Henry 15, Sarah J. 12 years, Susan 11 years, Cornelia 9 years and of course Louisa 6 years and Timothy 4 years and all were also born in Ohio. and then a Franklin Burns 25 years born in Ireland. If any one has any information on the Gillespie family it would be greatly appreciated. My email address is texasjack@gorge.net and I will also put my! almost sister her email address is dizzylizard411@msn.com. I have also been working on my step-children their fathers family is also Gillespie, the grandfather name was James Gillespie and his wife's name was Leona F.(Young). but that is all I know. any information would also be helpful, I beleive he passed away 30-September 1987 possibly in Fort Scott, Kansas. So on both families may help me as I am trying to find a connection. Thank you. Bette C. Forgy (my almost sister is Liz Smiley

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CiY.2ACEB/1285.3.1.1 Message Board Post: sholmes47@hotmail.com Just incase my reply didnt make it.