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Colonel James Wendell Gillespie

Birth: 9 Aug 1819
Rhea County, Tennessee, USA
Death: 10 Oct 1874 (aged 55)
Burial: Mynatt Cemetery

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Memorial ID: 7017713 View Source

Confederate veteran. Son of George and Anna Neilson Gillespie of Rhea County, Tennessee. Studied medicine in Nashville, and was practicing at Tynersville in 1860 with a wife (Nancy S. Brazelton - married 1854) and one child. Besides being a doctor, he operated a general store and traded in livestock. Trustee of Mars Hill Academy in Rhea County. Captured as an American soldier in the Mexican War. Opposed secession, but still enlisted in the 5th East Tennessee Volunteers on October, 17, 1861. Then recruited what became the 43rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment, and was elected Colonel of that unit on December 14, 1861. Captured at Vicksburg and paroled. Rejoined army after parole, and was one of President Jefferson Davis's escorts in Washington, Georgia, where the President surrendered. After the war, Col. Gillespie was a resident of Washington, Rhea County, Tennessee. (Note: Location of Mynatt Cemetery is one mile south of Washington in Rhea County.)

Confederate veteran. Son of George and Anna Neilson Gillespie of Rhea County, Tennessee. Studied medicine in Nashville, and was practicing at Tynersville in 1860 with a wife (Nancy S. Brazelton - married 1854) and one child. Besides being a doctor, he operated a general store and traded in livestock. Trustee of Mars Hill Academy in Rhea County. Captured as an American soldier in the Mexican War. Opposed secession, but still enlisted in the 5th East Tennessee Volunteers on October, 17, 1861. Then recruited what became the 43rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment, and was elected Colonel of that unit on December 14, 1861. Captured at Vicksburg and paroled. Rejoined army after parole, and was one of President Jefferson Davis's escorts in Washington, Georgia, where the President surrendered. After the war, Col. Gillespie was a resident of Washington, Rhea County, Tennessee. (Note: Location of Mynatt Cemetery is one mile south of Washington in Rhea County.)

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1829–1887

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Maintained by: CMWJR
Originally Created by: Randy Adams
Added: Dec 17, 2002
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7017713/james_wendell-gillespie: accessed ), memorial page for Colonel James Wendell Gillespie (9 Aug 1819–10 Oct 1874), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7017713, citing Mynatt Cemetery, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520).

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