Family: Gillespie, Matthew / McGrew, Martha A. (F2616)
m. 10 Mar 1839-
Father | Male
Gillespie, Matthew
Born 1807 City of New York, New York, USA 
Died 24 Mar 1861 Madison County, Illinois, USA Buried Married 10 Mar 1839 [1, 2] Other Spouse Gordon, Nancy | F2615 Married 13 Dec 1827 Madison County, Illinois, USA Father Mother
Mother | Female
McGrew, Martha A.
Born 17 Sep 1815 Ohio, USA Died 7 Jun 1883 Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Buried Father Mother
Child 1 | Female
+ Gillespie, Isabella J.
Born 13 Nov 1841 Illinois, USA Died 10 Jan 1920 Buried Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Spouse Sherman, Moses B. | F2618 Married
Child 3 | Female
+ Gillespie, Elizabeth Eleanor
Born Mar 1854 Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse Brink, Wesley R. | F2617 Married
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Notes Married:
This was a second marriage for both Matthew Gillespie and Martha A. McGrew, whose first husband had been a Mr. Hynes or Hinds. The marriage license was issued in Fayette County, Illinois. Further details of the marriage are not known at this time.
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Sources - [S203] History of Madison County, Illinois; Illustrated; With Biographical Sketches Of Many Prominent Men And Pioneers (Edwardsville, Illinois: W. R. Brink and Company, 1882), pages 362-363.
Biographical sketch of Judge Matthew Gillespie. "His wife [Nancy (Gordon) Gillespie] dying, he [Matthew Gillespie] again married March 10th, 1839, Mrs. Martha Hynes, nee McGrew, a lady of Scotch parentage. Only three children of this marriage grew to man and womanhood; Isabella J, wife of Moses B. Sherman; Nellie, wife of W. R. Brink, both residents of Edwardsville, and Joseph J. living in San Francisco." - [S110] Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900 [online database] (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/marriage.html - last confirmed in March 2012), Gillespie-Hinds marriage.
Accessed in July 2013. Mathew [sic] Gillespie and Martha Hinds were granted a marriage license or were married on 10 March 1839. Fayette County, Illinois marriage license [number not provided]; volume 00A, page 0013.
- [S203] History of Madison County, Illinois; Illustrated; With Biographical Sketches Of Many Prominent Men And Pioneers (Edwardsville, Illinois: W. R. Brink and Company, 1882), pages 362-363.