James Gillespie

GILLESPIE, KEIRMAN

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/3/2004 at 22:26:15

James Gillaspie, Crawford twp., farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Patterson; born in the county of Londonderry in Ireland, in the year 1830, and lived there until 1852 when he emigrated to New York and lived there until 1856; was gardener while there; came to this county in 1856; a short time before he started he married Miss Ann Keirman, a native of Ireland, but raised principally in the State of New York; when he came he was in rather moderate circumstances, but now has a finely improved farm of 280 acres; has a family of four sons and three daughters living: John J., Mary F., Frank, Anna E., Catharine G., James and Thomas; he went into the army in September, 1864, in company A., Sixteenth Iowa, and served till the close of the war; was on Sherman's march to the sea; has held the offices of justice of the peace two terms, township clerk two terms and a member of the school board about sixteen years.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 596