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Ben Gillespie 1879 - 1966

Ben Gillespie of Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia was born on July 25, 1879, and died at age 86 years old in February 1966.

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Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia 24605
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In 1879, in the year that Ben Gillespie was born, on October 22nd, Thomas Edison tested the first practical electric light bulb. Lasting 13½ hours before burning out, it used a "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires". He applied for a patent on November 4th, receiving the patent in January 1880.
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In 1891, at the age of merely 12 years old, Ben was alive when on March 14th, a lynch mob stormed the Old Parish Prison. The mob lynched 11 of the 19 Italians who were arrested for - but found to be innocent of - the murder of New Orleans Police Chief David Hennessy.
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Gillespie, Leanore (Born Apr 4, 1874) Gillespie, Donald (Born Oct 3, 1907) Gillespie, Ethel (Born Nov 13, 1907) Gillespie, William (Born Apr 8, 1878) Gillespie, Pearl Otelia (Born Feb 16, 1884) Gillespie, James (Born 1922) Gillespie, Stephen (Born Nov 15, 1837) Gillespie, Ruth (Born Aug 5, 1919) Pelton, Peggy (Jan 1, 1945 - Jul 31, 2014) Gillespie, Patty (Born Dec 9, 1941)
Gillespie, Marion (Oct 10, 1908 - Mar 1975) Gillespie, Walter (Mar 29, 1904 - Jun 12, 1988) Gillespie, Gertrude (Dec 11, 1904 - Oct 1985) Gillespie, Mary (Jun 28, 1881 - Sep 1965) Gillespie, Maurice (Sep 22, 1921 - Jul 1980) Gillespie, Jacquelin (Apr 3, 1933 - Jan 8, 1998) Gillespie, Katherine (Sep 11, 1939 - May 1, 2009) Gillespie, Peter (Feb 1, 1939 - Jan 3, 2011) Gillespie, Florence (Dec 12, 1901 - Dec 1986) Gillespie, Evelyn (Jun 14, 1915 - May 17, 2006)
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