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1847–1868

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27 March 1830
Death Date
9 February 1915
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John Gillespie

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  • 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.  
  • 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.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Gillespie, John, [Autobiography], in Our Pioneer Heritage , 20 vols. [1958-77], 19:422-23.
  • 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.
  • 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.