John. S. Gillespy

Jefferson County and Birmingham, Alabama, Historical and Biographical, Teeple & Smith Publishers; Birmingham: Caldwell Printing Works, 1887.

John S. Gillespy was born near Jonesboro, November 17, 1859, in Jefferson County, Alabama. His father, John S. Gillespy, was originally from Tennessee, and settled in Bibb County in 1850, near Montevallo, Alabama. His mother was Martha S. McAdory, a daughter of Col. James McAdory, of Jonesboro. Himself and brother, James M., were the only children in the family. He received his first school training at Pleasant Hill under Prof. I. W. McAdory, and in October, 1876, entered the State University at Tuscaloosa. On leaving this institution he studied medicine at the Miami Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio, and in the spring of 1883 began the practice in Birmingham, and in 1885 went to Scotsboro and practiced until October, 1886, when he returned to Birmingham and resumed the practice. Dr. Gillespy is recognized as among the worthy and rising young members of his profession. As a man of business he has been successful; no more could be expected as a reward of any one's best efforts.

Dr. Gillespy was married in October, 1883, to Miss M. E. Owen, of Jonesboro, in this county. He has two children--Thomas O. and Mary Martha. Dr. Gillespy belongs to the Jefferson County Medical Society, and to the Alabama Surgical and Gynecological Association. Himself and wife are members of the M. E. Church, South.

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