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- [S108] Jesse Evelyn Springer, Charles Springer of Cranehook-on-the-Delaware: His Descendants and Allied Families (Edwardsville, Illinois: Jessie Evelyn Springer, 1959, page 117.
"[Dr. Edward William Fiegenbaum's] first wife was Julia Gillespie, daughter of Matthew Gillespie, an Edwardsville attorney ...."
- [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880 U.S. census, population schedule.
NARA microfilm T9, roll 233, page 299A. Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville, Ward 2, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 21, census page 17A, enumerated on 7 June 1880; David Gillespie household, dwelling 162, family 188, lines 8-27. Access through Ancestry.com (library edition) in October 2008, March 2012 & November 2017.
In the household was: Gillespie, David; white; male; age 51; [head]; born in Illinois; father born in New York; mother born in Ireland.
By calculation from the information provided, David Gillespie would have been born about 1828-1829. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1880 U.S. census for this person.
- [S203] History of Madison County, Illinois; Illustrated; With Biographical Sketches Of Many Prominent Men And Pioneers (Edwardsville, Illinois: W. R. Brink and Company, 1882), page 190.
"Judge David Gillespie was born in Edwardsville, September 30, 1828."
- [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 358-359; 362-363.
David Gillespie was born in Edwardsville, Illinois on 30 September 1828. He was the eldest child of Matthew Gillespie (1807-1861) and his first wife, Nancy Gordon, a sister of Rev. Joseph Gordon. David was the only child of this marriage to live to maturity.
- [S271] The Bench and Bar of Illinois; Historical and Reminiscent, edited by John M. Palmer (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Company, 1899), volume 2, page 696.
Biographical sketch of David Gillespie by Judge H. S. Baker.
"David Gillespie was born on the 29th of September, 1828, in the town of Edwardsville, Illinois. He was the son of the late Mathew Gillespie, and his wife, Nancy Gillespie. Her maiden name was Gorden and she was the daughter of Robert Gordon. Both of David Gillespie's grandparents emigrated from Monaghan county, Ireland, as early as 1819, and settled in Illinois."
- [S286] Woodlawn Cemetery, St. Louis St., Edwardsville, IL; An Inventory of the Five Original Sections Recorded by Members of the Madison County Genealogical Society, 1995-1998. Compiled and indexed by Marie Thompson Eberle. (Edwardsville, Illinois: Madison County Genealogical Society, 1999), page 84. Cemetery Section II; lots 105-106.
David Gillespie; born 30 September 1828; died 1 August 1881.
- [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 358-359.
Biographical sketch of David Gillespie.
- [S271] The Bench and Bar of Illinois; Historical and Reminiscent, edited by John M. Palmer (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Company, 1899), volume 2, pages 695-697.
Biographical sketch of David Gillespie by Judge H. S. Baker.
- [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880 U.S. census, population schedule.
NARA microfilm T9, roll 233, page 299A. Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville, Ward 2, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 21, census page 17A, enumerated on 7 June 1880; David Gillespie household, dwelling 162, family 188, lines 8-27. Access through Ancestry.com (library edition) in October 2008, March 2012 & November 2017.
In the household was: 18) Gillespie, David; white; male; age 51; [head]; lawyer.
For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1880 U.S. census for this person.
- [S203] History of Madison County, Illinois; Illustrated; With Biographical Sketches Of Many Prominent Men And Pioneers (Edwardsville, Illinois: W. R. Brink and Company, 1882), page 190.
"He [David Gillespie] practiced by himself from 1870 to 1872, when he took Cyrus Happy into parnership with him. Mr. Happy was his partner till 1879, after which time and till his death, Aug. 1, 1881, he had an office by himself."
- [S203] History of Madison County, Illinois; Illustrated; With Biographical Sketches Of Many Prominent Men And Pioneers (Edwardsville, Illinois: W. R. Brink and Company, 1882), page 359.
David Gillespie died on 1 August 1881 at his home in Edwardsville, Illinois following a brief illness. He was survived by his widow, two sons and two daughters.
- [S271] The Bench and Bar of Illinois; Historical and Reminiscent, edited by John M. Palmer (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Company, 1899), volume 2, page 696.
Biographical sketch of David Gillespie by Judge H. S. Baker.
"May it please the court: I have been requested by the members of the Madison county bar to suggest unto your Honor the death of David Gillespie, one of the ablest and oldest of our lawyers. He died at his home in Edwardsvile, on the 1st day of August, 1881, after a brief illness."
- [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. "In February, 1827, when he [Matthew Gillespie] was twenty years of age, he, with his brother Joseph, proceeded to the Galena lead mines; from which he returned in the fall of the same year, when he married Miss Nancy Gordon, a sister of the Rev. Joseph Gordon, late of Vandalia. Of this union there was but one child who lived to maturity - the late Judge David Gillespie of Edwardsville."
- [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-Gordon marriage.
Accessed in July 2013. Matthew Gillespie and Nancy Gordon were granted a marriage license or were married on 13 December 1827. Madison County, Illinois marriage license 00000621; volume 006, page 0016.
- [S104] Personal communication, Post-em to WorldConnect database from Geli Buchta on 15 November 2003.
In two notes posted to my genealogical databased available at RootsWeb.com, Geli Buchta reported that on the 1882 marriage license for Edward William Fiegenbaum and Julia B. Gillespie, Julia's mother was identified as Marina Barnsback.
- [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880 U.S. census, population schedule.
NARA microfilm T9, roll 233, page 299A. Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville, Ward 2, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 21, census page 17A, enumerated on 7 June 1880; David Gillespie household, dwelling 162, family 188, lines 8-27. Access through Ancestry.com (library edition) in October 2008, March 2012 & November 2017.
In the household was: 18) Gillespie, David; white; male; age 51; [head]; married; and, 19) Gillespie, Minna; white; female; age 45; wife; married.
For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1880 U.S. census for these individuals.
- [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-Barnsback marriage.
Accessed on March 2012. David Gillespie and Minna C. Barnsback were granted a marriage license or were married on 8 October 1855. Madison County, Illinois marriage license 282; volume 6, page 132.
- [S203] History of Madison County, Illinois; Illustrated; With Biographical Sketches Of Many Prominent Men And Pioneers (Edwardsville, Illinois: W. R. Brink and Company, 1882), page 359.
"[David Gilespie] was married to Miss Minna A. Barnsback, October 8th, 1855. She was the daughter of the late Julius L. Barnsback."
- [S270] Portrait and Biographical Album of Coles County, Ill., Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with.... Reprint edition by the Coles County, Illinois Genealogical Society; 1978? (Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Brothers, 1887), biographical sketch of Henry C. Barnsback; page 209.
Minna C. Barnsback, child of Julius Louis Hans Barnsback and Mary M. Gonterman, was married on 8 October 1855 to David Gillespie.
- [S271] The Bench and Bar of Illinois; Historical and Reminiscent, edited by John M. Palmer (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Company, 1899), volume 2, page 697.
Biographical sketch of David Gillespie by Judge H. S. Baker.
"David Gillespie was married October 8, 1855, to Miss Minna Barmback, of Madison county, Illinois, by whom he had six children, four of whom, with his widow, survive him."
- [S273] Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) System, Marriage record for E. W. Fiegenbaum and Julia B. Gillespie, 1882.
Southern Illinois University, Morris Library, Carbondale, Illinois. Marriage records for Madison County, Illinois, 1882. Two photocopied images from microfilm. Marriage license 188 was issued on 12 May 1882. The bride was Julia B. Gillespie, a resident of Edwardsville, age 26, white, born at Edwardsville, a child of David Gillespie and Minna Barnsback.
- [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880 U.S. census, population schedule.
NARA microfilm T9, roll 233, page 299A. Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville, Ward 2, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 21, census page 17A, enumerated on 7 June 1880; David Gillespie household, dwelling 162, family 188, lines 8-27. Access through Ancestry.com (library edition) in October 2008, March 2012 & November 2017.
The household consisted of: 18) Gillespie, David; white; male; age 51; [head]; married; lawyer; born in Illinois; father born in New York; mother born in Ireland. 19) Gillespie, Minna; white; female; age 45; wife; married; keeping house; born in Illinois; father born in Hanover; mother born in Kentucky. 20) Gillespie, Julia; white; female; age 23; daughter; single; at home; born in Illinois; father born in Illinois; mother born in Illinois. 21) Gillespie, Edwin; white; male; age 18; son; single; goes to school; attended school in the census year; born in Illinois; father born in Illinois; mother born in Illinois. 22) Gillespie, Henry; white; male; age 15; son; single; goes to school; attended school in the census year; born in Illinois; father born in Illinois; mother born in Illinois. 23) Gillespie, Mary; white; female; age 10; daughter; single; goes to school; attended school in the census year; born in Illinois; father born in Illinois; mother born in Illinois. 24) Houck, Carrie; white; female; age 23; boarder; single; at home; born in Illinois; father born in Illinois; mother born in Massachusetts. 25) Lynch, Clay H.; white; male; age 32; boarder; single; grain dealer; born in Illinois; father born in Ireland; mother born in Kentucky. 26) Mansfield, Mary; white; female; age 18; servant; single; domestic servant; born in Maryland; father born in Ireland; mother born in Ireland. 27) Meek, William; white; male; age 26; servant; single; works on farm; born in Bohemia; father born in Bohemia; mother born in Bohemia.
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