Bessie Gillespie

Female 1853 - 1933  (79 years)


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  • Name Bessie Gillespie 
    Born 4 Nov 1853  Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 30 Mar 1933  Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Spring Lake Cemetery Aurora, Kane County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I272008483508  Eby/Aebi and Bernethy Family
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2016 

    Family Lysander Hord, Jr,   b. 21 Apr 1847, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1939, Aurora, Kane County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 15 Oct 1874  Kendall County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    Married:
    • Ref: "Genealogy of the Hord Family" by Rev. Arnold Harris Hord, 1898

      States: Lysander (Lysander 5 , Edward 4 , Jesse 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), married Bessie Gillespie, of Oswego, Illinois, October 15, 1874. They reside in Aurora, Illinois.
    Children 
     1. Hardin Newton Hord,   b. 9 Jul 1875, Aurora, Kane County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1940, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2016 
    Family ID F246729426113  Group Sheet

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 4 Nov 1853 - Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 15 Oct 1874 - Kendall County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 30 Mar 1933 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Spring Lake Cemetery Aurora, Kane County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Ref: "Genealogy of the Hord Family" by Rev. Arnold Harris Hord, 1898

    • From FAG James Seidelman:

      Birth Place: Harlem, Cook, Illinois (which now is known as Forest Park)

      Father: James Gillespie
      Mother: Letitia Cooke

      1st Step-Father: M. J. Richards
      2nd Step-Father: Frank O. Hawley

      Marriage to Lysander Hord on 14 Oct 1874 in Kendall County, Illinois.

    • Mrs. Emma Wormley attended the funeral of her step-sister, Mrs. Lysander Hord, at the Healy chapel Monday afternoon. Mrs. Hord spent part of her girlhood in Oswego and as Bessie Richards, was one of the popular young ladies in the early ?70s. Mrs. Hord died at her home in Chicago March 30, and is survived by her husband and son, Hardin Hord. The burial was in the Spring Lake Cemetery, Aurora.

      Source: Little White School Museum Library, Oswego, IL 1933

      (Obituary provided by James Seidelman)


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