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- [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."
- [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.
- [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.
- [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.
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