Family: Gillespie, Matthew / Gordon, Nancy (F2615)
m. 13 Dec 1827-
Father | Male
Gillespie, Matthew
Born 1807 City of New York, New York, USA 
Died 24 Mar 1861 Madison County, Illinois, USA Buried Married 13 Dec 1827 [1, 2] Madison County, Illinois, USA [1, 2] Other Spouse McGrew, Martha A. | F2616 Married 10 Mar 1839 Father Mother
Mother | Female
Gordon, Nancy
Born Feb 1809 County Monaghan, Ireland Died 25 Aug 1837 Madison County, Illinois, USA Buried Father Mother
Child 1 | Male
+ Gillespie, David
Born 30 Sep 1828 Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Died 1 Aug 1881 Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Buried Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Spouse Barnsback, Minna A. | F1327 Married 8 Oct 1855 Madison County, Illinois, USA
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Notes Married:
According to the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900, an online database hosted by the Illinois State Archives, Matthew Gillespie and Nancy Gordon received a marriage license in Madison County, Illinois or were married on or about 13 December 1827.
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Sources - [S203] History of Madison County, Illinois; Illustrated; With Biographical Sketches Of Many Prominent Men And Pioneers (Edwardsville, Illinois: W. R. Brink and Company, 1882), pages 362-363.
Biographical sketch of Judge Matthew Gillespie. "In February, 1827, when he [Matthew Gillespie] was twenty years of age, he, with his brother Joseph, proceeded to the Galena lead mines; from which he returned in the fall of the same year, when he married Miss Nancy Gordon, a sister of the Rev. Joseph Gordon, late of Vandalia. Of this union there was but one child who lived to maturity - the late Judge David Gillespie of Edwardsville." - [S110] Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900 [online database] (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/marriage.html - last confirmed in March 2012), Gillespie-Gordon marriage.
Accessed in July 2013. Matthew Gillespie and Nancy Gordon were granted a marriage license or were married on 13 December 1827. Madison County, Illinois marriage license 00000621; volume 006, page 0016.
- [S203] History of Madison County, Illinois; Illustrated; With Biographical Sketches Of Many Prominent Men And Pioneers (Edwardsville, Illinois: W. R. Brink and Company, 1882), pages 362-363.