Greeley and Dessie Cornwell Gillespie Family (1918)
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Posted By: Carol Ready
Date Posted: Mar 18, 2001
Description: Dessie and Greeley had 11
children who survived to
adulthood. Back Row:
Anna, Cloyd, Dessie,
Harold, Nettie, Oril, Ella
Front Row: Ted, Walter,
Grandma Dessie, Grandpa
Greeley, Clarence, Ernest
Date Taken: ???
Place Taken: Buffalo or Yates Center, Kansas
Owner: Carol Ready
Greeley and Dessie Cornwell Gillespie
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Posted By: Carol Gillespie Ready
Date Posted: Mar 18, 2001
Description: This picture of Greeley and Dessie was probably taken about 1933 for their 50th wedding anniversary. They had 12 children, 11 of whom survived to adulthood. One daughter- in-law, who is now in her mid-90's, is still living.
Dessie was the second daughter of Bushrod Washington Cornwell and his first wife Jemima Blue.
Date Taken: 1933 Place Taken: Yates Center, Kansas Owner: Carol Ready
Walter and Mary_Gillespie
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Posted By: Carol Gillespie Ready
Date Posted: Mar 18, 2001
Description: Walter William Washington
Gillespie (1884-1946) was
the oldest son of Greeley
and Dessie Cornwell
Gillespie. He married Mary
Belle Eddingfield
(1887-1971) on May 24,
1906, near St. John,
Kansas. They had seven
children, two of whom are
still living.
Date Taken: 1906
Place Taken: Kansas
Owner: Carol Ready
Cloyd and Lucy Gillespie
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Posted By: Carol Gillespie Ready
Date Posted: Mar 18, 2001
Description: Cloyd Elmer Gillespie
(1885-1965) was the
second son of Greeley and
Dessie Cornwell Gillespie.
He married Lucy D.
Crumrine (1891-1937) on
December 23, 1908, in
Yates Center, Kansas.
They had three daughters,
one of whom is still living.
Date Taken: 1908?
Place Taken: Yates Center, Kansas?
Owner: Carol Ready
Clarence and Anna Gillespie
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Posted By: Carol Gillespie Ready
Date Posted: Mar 18, 2001
Description: Clarence Alvin Gillespie
(1887-1941) was the third
son of Greeley and Dessie
Gillespie. He married Anna
Strand (1900-1980) on
November 21, 1917, in
Yates Center, Kansas.
They had four sons, one of
whom is still living.
Date Taken: 1917?
Place Taken: Yates Center, Kansas
Owner: Carol Ready
Ted and Anne Gillespie
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Posted By: Carol Gillespie Ready
Date Posted: Mar 18, 2001
Description: Theodore Roosevelt
Gillespie (1909-1958) was
the youngest of Greeley
and Dessie Cornwell
Gillespie's 12 children. He
married Anne Lay
(1911-1991) in 1932.
Date Taken: Christmas 1934
Place Taken: Chicago, Illinois
Owner: Carol Ready
