Dear Edna, My husband is the great great grandson of George and Anna (Neilson)GILLESPIE of Rhea County, TN. We know that George was born in 1867 and lived in Washington Co., TN, before moving to Rhea Co. We have names and birthdates of George's children, but would love anything else that any one would like to share. We have much documented information about my husband's direct line, but little personal information. My John descends from George's youngest son David Elbert GILLESPIE b. 1822. Yes, I would like to have a copy of the 1899 newspaper article about Tom Gillespie. I really do enjoy your posts and have been meaning to get in touch with you. We are just now starting to work on the Rhea Co. connections. We spent several days in the Chattanooga library recently and copied many pages of Rhea Co. material that we are still reading and trying to organize. Thanks. Mary R.Gillespie Birmingham, AL genealogy@vestavia.com