Date Unknown
- Birth Date
- 27 March 1830
- Death Date
- 9 February 1915
- Gender
- Male
John Gillespie
Family of 2; from Scotland
John Tidwell Company (1852)
- Age at Departure: 22
John Gillespie Company (1868)
- Age at Departure: 38
- Company Captain
Sources
- "5th Company," Deseret News, 18 September 1852, 2.
- 5th Company of 50 report, 1852 September 14.
- "Another Pioneer Passes Away," Tooele Transcript, 12 February 1915, 1.
- Biographical Record of Salt Lake City and Vicinity (Chicago: National Historical Record Company, 1902), 589.
- Captain John Gillespie, memorandum book (2), 1868.
- Charles Sansom autobiography, 1907, 12-80.
- Cluff, Harvey Harris, Autobiography and journals, 1868-1912, vol. 1, 111-13.
- "Come In," Semi-Weekly Telegraph , 7 Sep. 1868, 3.
- Council Point Emigrating Company journal, 1851 November-1852 September.
- Gillespie, John, Autobiographical sketch, Tooele Stake, High Priest Quorum Genealogical Records, early-1925, reel 7018, 53, in Record of Members Collection 1836-1970.
- Gillespie, John, Reminiscences, 1-2. Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
- Gillespie, John, Reminiscences, 3-4. Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
- Gillespie, John, to Brigham Young, 8 Sept. 1868, in Brigham Young, Office Files 1832-1878, reel 44, box 32, fd. 15.
- Horman, Francis De La Haye, Autobiography of Francis De La Haye Horman. Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
- "Immigration of 1868," Semi-Weekly Telegraph, 28 September 1868, 3.
- John Gillespie, Biographical sketches, 1891-2013.
- John Gillespie in Our Pioneer Heritage, vol. 19, 422-423.
- Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1852, 27.
- Lazenby, John Thomas, Journal, 1881-1915, 4-5.
- "Starting Out," Salt Lake Daily Reporter , 18 June 1868, 3.
- "Telegraphic," Semi-Weekly Telegraph , 7 Sep. 1868, 3.
- Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.