Jehu Washington Gillespie (J W Gillespie). Local fruit and vegetable farmer

Jehu Washington Gillespie was apply named for George Washington would stop at his farm while surveying the area and left initials in a tree.

Jehu Washington and wife Mary Ann (Donnally) Gillespie married 31 Aug 1856 and had children: Dora Elizabeth (Gillespie) Austin 1857-1951, Lydia Ellenor (Gillespie) Austin 1858-1943, Sarah Effie (Gillespie) Rogers 1860-1942, Lewis Cashes 1862-1944, Reuben Ellsworth 1865-1939, Jehu Oscar 1868-1871, Ollie Mae 1870-1951 and Henry D Gillespie.