John Gillespie and Sarah Proudfit

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Husband John Gillespie ¹

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           Born: 24 Dec 1806 - Hebron, Washington Co, NY 2
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           Died: 22 Mar 1872 - Montgomery, Hillsdale Co, MI
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         Father: Richard Gillespie (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Martha McIlvain (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 3 Sep 1831 - Peoria, Genesee Co, NY 2

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Wife Sarah Proudfit ¹

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           Born: 15 Mar 1801 1
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           Died: 6 Jan 1865 - ? Mosherville, Hillsdale Co, MI 2
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         Father: Alexander Proudfit (1763-1844) 3
         Mother: Martha McCleary (1774-1844) 1

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Children

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1 F Martha Elizabeth Gillespie ²

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           Born: 24 Aug 1834 - Peoria, Genesee Co, NY 2
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2 M John Alexander Gillespie ²

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           Born: 5 Jul 1837 - Peoria, Genesee Co, NY 2
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3 M William Henry Gillespie ²

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           Born: 29 Mar 1840 - Moscow, Hillsdale Co, MI 2
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General Notes: Wife - Sarah Proudfit

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She spent the first years of her married life at the little village of Five Corners, in the town of Peoria, Genesee County, New York. In May, 1839, she removed to Hillsdale County, Michigan. The family made their home for a time in the town of Moscow, but afterward settled in Mosherville. In this village the remainder of her life was spent.
She was a quiet, unaggressive woman, whose life exemplified the religious precepts in which she was instructed in her youth. She spent herself without stint in the service of her family until attacked by the short illness from which she died, January 6, 1865.

1 Margaret Compton, Historical Sketch of the Proudfit Family (Meadville, PA: Privately published, 1911), Pg 17.

2 Margaret Compton, Historical Sketch of the Proudfit Family (Meadville, PA: Privately published, 1911), Pg 54.

3 Margaret Compton, Historical Sketch of the Proudfit Family (Meadville, PA: Privately published, 1911), Pg 15.