Subject: T. E. Gillespie's Store
Date: 1921 or 1923
Source: Cherokee County Historical Commission

Thomas Earnest Gillespie (1869-?) moved to Jacksonville in 1896. His first job in Jacksonville was in the drug business with Ambrose Johnson. He later had is own grocery store for years, then changed to variety store merchandising. While operating his grocery business, he bought a lot and had his own brick building constructed. That building still stands [as of 1972] at 209 Commerce Street. After retiring from mercantile dealings, he went into the insurance business and continued his farm and cattle interests.

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"Do you by any chance have any family information on Thomas Earnest Gillespie that had the store in Jacksonville, TX? I have a Thomas Marion Gillespie/Gillispie that I need parents for. Thank you. Louise G.Stratton (Gillispie)"

- Louise G. Stratton

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