Thomas Leroy Gillespie
(1863-1935)
Lucy Erwin
(1868-1951)
Clyde Mitchell Gillespie
(1890-1970)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Edna Beeker

Clyde Mitchell Gillespie 1 2 3

  • Born: 8 Aug 1890, , Rowan, NC 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Mary Edna Beeker on 25 Jun 1933 in , Henry, VA 1
  • Died: 21 Jan 1970, Salisbury, Rowan, NC at age 79 2 3
  • Buried: 23 Jan 1970, Mill Bridge: Thyatira Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rowan, NC 2 3

   FamilySearch ID: L4MM-ZRW.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1940 in Atwell Township, Rowan, NC. 4 The 1940 census recorded C. M. Gillesp [sic, as written by census taker], forester for C.C.C., 49, living with wife Edna, 39. They were born in North Carolina.

2. Census in 1950 in Atwell Township, Rowan, NC. 5 The 1950 census recorded Lula M. Beeker, widowed, 77, living with her daughter, Edna B. Gillespie, farm store operator, 49, and her son in law Clyde M. Gillespie, farm store operator, 59. They were born in North Carolina.

3. Occupation: dairy farmer on 21 Jan 1970 in Mill Bridge, Rowan, NC. 3


Clyde married Mary Edna Beeker, daughter of Charles Turner Beeker and Lula Etta Miller, on 25 Jun 1933 in , Henry, VA.1 (Mary Edna Beeker was born on 2 Aug 1900 in Mount Ulla, Rowan, NC,6 7 8 9 died on 2 Aug 1985 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC 7 8 9 and was buried on 4 Aug 1985 in Mill Bridge: Thyatira Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rowan, NC 7 8 9.)

Sources

1 FamilySearch.org, Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X51G-PJM Clyde Mitchell Gillespie and Mary E. Becker, 25 Jun 1933; citing Henry County, Virginia, reference ln 407; FHL microfilm 2,048,457.

2 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23563936.

3 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP3C-6B2 Clyde Mitchell Gillespie, 21 Jan 1970; citing Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, 3318.

4 1940 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW3X-1R9 C.M. Gillesp Atwell Twp Rowan Co. NC.

5 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6X11-NBBS Lula M. Beeker Atwell Twp Rowan Co NC.

6 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCW6-JWL Edna Mary Beeker, 02 Aug 1900, citing vol. 902, p. 290, Rowan, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

7 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23563990.

8 Greensboro News & Record (Greensboro, NC), 3 Aug 1985, page 24. Obituary of Mrs. Mary Edna Gillespie.

9 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGH4-1F1 Mary Edna Beeker Gillespie, 02 Aug 1985; citing Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, v 34B cn 34645.


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