McGrew, Martha A.

Female 1815 - 1883  (67 years)


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  • Name McGrew, Martha A. 
    Born 17 Sep 1815  Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Census 1880  Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3

    •      According to the 1880 U.S. enumeration of the household in Ward 2, Martha Gillespie, a 64 year old widow, lived with her son-in-law, Wesley R. Brink, a 30 year old publisher, his wife, Nellie Brink, age 26, keeping house, and their two daughters: Florence Brink (age 3) and Julia Brink (age 1). Also living in the home was Louisa Bernius, a 20 year old servant.
           The previous household enumerated in this census consisted of Moses Sherman (age 42, a grain dealer), his wife, Isabella Sherman (age 38) and their daughter, Martha Sherman (age 12). Also living in the household was a servant, Mary Childres (age 16).
           The household enumerated in this census just before the Sherman's was the home of David Gillespie (age 51, a lawyer), his wife, Minna Gillespie (age 45) and their children: Julia Gillespie (age 23), Edwin Gillespie (age 18), Henry Gillespie (age 15), and Mary Gillespie (age 10). Also living in the home were two boarders: Carrie Houck (age 23) and Clay H. Lynch (age 32); and two servants: Mary Mansfield (age 18), and William Meek (age 26).
           What the 1880 census does not reveal is the close family ties woven through these three homes and foreshadowing extended family associations. Wesley Brink's mother-in-law, Martha A. (McGrew) (Hynes, or Hinds) Gillespie, the second wife of Matthew Gillespie, would have been the mother of Wesley's wife, Elizabeth Eleanor "Nellie" (Gillespie) Brink. Martha was also the mother of Isabella J. (Gillespie) Sherman and the step-mother of David Gillespie, who was the son of Matthew Gillespie and his first wife, Nancy Gordon. Martha was a grandmother to all the children in these three households.
           In 1882, Julia B. Gillespie, daughter of David and Minna (Barnsback) Gillespie, became the first wife Dr. Edward William Fiegenbaum. Clay Hardin Lynch, one of the boarders living in the Gillespie home in 1880, married one of Dr. Fiegenbaum's sisters, Martha Lizette Fiegenbaum, in 1884.
    Died 7 Jun 1883  Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I8104  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 24 Nov 2017 

    Family Gillespie, Matthew,   b. 1807, City of New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1861, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Married 10 Mar 1839  [4, 5

    •      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.
    Children 
    +1. Gillespie, Isabella J.,   b. 13 Nov 1841, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1920  (Age 78 years)
     2. Gillespie, Joseph J.,   b. Abt 1843–1844,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Gillespie, Elizabeth Eleanor,   b. Mar 1854,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F2616  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S104] Personal communication, from Thomas G. Allen to J. Mark Fiegenbaum on 3 November 2017 via email.
      "Martha A. (McGrew) Hynes, Matthew’s second wife, was born 17 September 1815 in Ohio and died 7 June 1883 at Edwardsville."

    2. [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; Wesley R. Brink household, dwelling 164; family 190; lines 32-37. Access through Ancestry.com (library edition) in November 2017.
           In the household was: 36) Gillespie, Martha; white; female; age 64; mother-in-law; widow; no occupation; born in Ohio; father born in Virginia; mother born in Virginia.
           By calculation from the information provided, Martha Gillespie would have been born about 1815-1816. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1880 U.S. census for this person.

    3. [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; Wesley R. Brink household, dwelling 164; family 190; lines 32-37. Access through Ancestry.com (library edition) in November 2017.
           The household consisted of: 32) Brink, Wesley R.; white; male; age 30; [head]; married; publisher; born in New Jersey; father born in New Jersey; mother born in New Jersey. 33) Brink, Nellie; white; female; age 26; wife; married; keeping house; born in Illinois; father born in New York; mother born in Ohio. 34) Brink, Florence; white; female; age 3; daughter; single; born in Illinois; father born in New Jersey; mother born in Illinois. 35) Brink, Julia; white; female; age 1; daughter; single; born in Illinois; father born in New Jersey; mother born in Illinois. 36) Gillespie, Martha; white; female; age 64; mother-in-law; widow; no occupation; born in Ohio; father born in Virginia; mother born in Virginia. 37) Bernius, Louisa; white; female; age 20; servant; single; domestic servant; born in Illinois; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany.

    4. [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."

    5. [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.