Gillespie Cemetery

Center Township, Monroe County, Ohio

 

 

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This old Cemetery is located (to be completed soon)

 

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Gillespie Cemetery

 

 


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Approximate length of cemetery (east to west) is ?? feet

Approximate width of cemetery (north to south) is ?? feet

Top of above chart is North

The cemetery is oriented almost exactly on North/South (length) and East/West (width) axes

 

 

 

Names listed by Stone Number

 

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Can’t read

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In Memory of Sarah (can’t read the rest of the inscription)

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KSusannah Jefferies d May 22, 1884 aged 55 yr, 5 mo, 28 da

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Markie dau of HP & KG Gillespie 1895 – 1896

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John Gillespie 1844 – 1905 and Harriet C. his wife 1845 – 1929

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Annkie Gillespie Norris 1881 1951

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John H. Gillespie 1872 – 1934 and Amanda M. 1880 - 1960

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Mary J. wife of (can’t read) d 1887

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Can’t read

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Readable but in a bush

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Annie Jeffries d May 29, 1885 aged 85 yr, 1 mo, 25 da and Joseph Jeffries d May 3, 1851 aged 54 yr, 8 mo, 22 da

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Eliza dau of J & A Jefferies d May 15, 1846

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Infant dau of ? & R Jefferies d 1851

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Sarah wife of C. Hart b. Feb 22, 1820  d. July 2, 1904

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Cephag Hart d. Sept 29, 1885 aged 70 yr & 27 da

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Can’t read

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Brandy Jo Thompson Dec 29, 1977 – Sept 14, 1978

 

Inventoried, Measured, and Charted September 12, 2003 by R.E. Harrington

 

Two Latitude/Longitude/elevation measurements were made for the Giillespie Cemetery.  One GPS reading was made on the headstone of Sarah wife of C. Hart (Feb 22, 1820 - July 2, 1904).  Accuracy = +/- 41 feet;  elevation corrected to ground level = 1349 feet; latitude = N39o 45.190’; longitude = W081o 03.451’.  A second reading was made on the headstone of John H. & Amanda M Gillespie’s tombstone:  Accuracy = +/- 16 feet;  elevation corrected to ground level = 1321 feet; latitude = N39o 45.197’; longitude = W081o 03.444’.

 

 

 

 

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