Thomas Jefferson Gillespie of Parrottsville, Cocke County, Tennessee United States was born on March 17, 1864 in Leicester, Buncombe County, NC, and died at age 78 years old on February 4, 1943 in Parrottsville, Cocke County, TN. Thomas Gillespie was buried at Forest Hill Baptist Church.
In the far past, we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photo...