This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gillespie, Hunter, Mahurin, Bingham, Tracy Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CiY.2ACEB/1285 Message Board Post: Family story says that the Gillespie brothers all with families had a very heated meeting in regards to the Civil War. I do not know how many brothers, but some went North, some went South and our Family went West. If anyone out there has a story like this passed down please let me know. Thomas Monroe Gillespie DOB March 17 1821 he left that meeting with a wife Nancy E Hunter DOB July 28, 1820 and 14 children mostly born in IL or MO I am looking for all family members, these are the children: WILLIAM DOB 5 OCT 1840 SAMUEL DOB 7 JAN 1843 JOHN DOB 7 AUG 1844 THOMAS DOB 18 AUG 1846 DERVEY OR DERBEY DOB 3 JUL 1847 *JAMES DOB 11 SEP 1848 IL NANCY DOB 26 APR 1850 WASHINGTON DOB 16 APR 1852 MARGARET DOB 3 JAN 1854 FRANKLIN DOB 7 APR 1855 LAYFAYETTE DOB 5 JUN 1856 BENJAMIN DOB 11 MAY 1858 NATHANIEL WILSON DOB 1 MAY 1850 or1860 HARRIET AMANDA DOB 27 FEB 1863 If any of these names ring a bell please let me know. Thamk you, Eve