Rees Bowen GILLESPIE

​​Page last updated 25 January 2026.
Picture
Kacie's Photography, 2019.
 
Birth:  11 June 1897 in Gallatin, Daviess County, Missouri
Death:  1 December 1971 in Washington, D.C.
Burial:  3 December 1971 at Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Plot D-16
Headstone Text:  GILLESPIE / REES BOWEN / SON / 1897 - 19

Parents:  Thomas Alexander GILLESPIE and Margaret Sawyer GILLESPIE (m. PAGE)
Parents' Children: 
  • Mable Elizabeth DUNN (m. GILLESPIE)
  • Mattie P. MARTIN (m. GILLESPIE)
  • Margaret GILLESPIE
  • James Brown GILLESPIE
  • Mary Witten WILCOX (m. GILLESPIE)
  • Thomas Keener GILLESPIE
  • Rees Bowen GILLESPIE
  • Ollie N. SCHACK (m. GILLESPIE)
  • Barbara P. GILLESPIE

Spouse #1:  Norma Lee DAVIDSON
Marriage:  11 February 1921 in Washington, D.C.
Children: 
  • Rees Bowen GILLESPIE Jr.
 
Spouse #2:  Myrtle Ann PEACOCK
Marriage:  between 1940 Census and 1950 Census
I have found no evidence yet of them having children together.
 
Employment:  Rees was a Lawyer.
 
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery:  Rees is buried in Plot D-16. Also buried in this cemetery are: his parents -- Thomas and Margaret.
 
Family Information Compiled From:  FindAGrave website (#33210315), FamilySearch website (#MG5D-94Y), GenealogyBank, and family records.
 
Documents Include: Evening Star -- obituary; Prince George’s County Genealogical Society -- Stones and Bones; Providence Methodist Church Record of Cemetery Trustee.
 
Abbreviation Key:  
​m. = maiden name