George Benjamin Gillespie

Background

Gillespie, George Benjamin was born on June 3, 1863 in Vienna, Illinois, United States. Son of James Bryson and Mary Levice (Enloe) Gillespie.

Education

Educational public schools. Bachelor of Laws, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1887.

Career

Appointed deputy clerk Johnson County, Illinois, 1883, clerk, 1884. Law partner Judge A. K. Vickers, 1885-1886. Admitted to Illinois bar, 1887, practiced in Vienna until 1906, Springfield since 1906.

Partner H. J. Hamlin, 1906-1908, Hamlin, Gillespie & Fitzgerald, 1908-1909, Gillespie & Fitzgerald, 1909-1916, Gillespie & Gillespie, 1919-1927, Gillespie, Burke & Gillespie, since 1927.

Consul for railway, insurance companies of America.

Achievements

• George Benjamin Gillespie has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of America, Illinois State, Sangamon, County Bar Associations, Phi Delta Phi. Mason (32°, Knights Templar, Shriner). Club: Sangamo.

Connections

Married Mary Juette Oliver, November 19, 1890. Children: James Alfred (deceased), George Marion (deceased), Loui Frank.

Father:

James Bryson Gillespie

Mother:

Mary Levice (Enloe) Gillespie

Spouse:

Mary Juette Oliver

child:

Loui Frank Gillespie

child:

James Alfred Gillespie (deceased)

child:

George Marion Gillespie (deceased)