David H. Gillespie
David H. Gillespie was second son of John W. and Catharine (Reese) Gillespie. The father is still living near Cumminsvilie in his seventy-ninth year, and still hale and hearty. He was a son of Robert Gillespie, who settled very early in Butler county. John came to Springfield in 1847, and settled upon a farm near Lockland. He had ten children among whom was David, who was born at Seven-mile village, north of Hamilton, July 30, 1831. He came with his family to Lochland, in and about which he has since resided with brief intervals. He now resides in the village, and has a saloon near the Hamilton & Dayton depot. He was married to Miss Mary E. Turner in December, 1853, and has four children -- Sarah, Abbeville, married to John Grismere of Lockland; Charles, William, and Alverda, all at home with their parents.
From History of Hamilton county, Ohio, Henry & Kate Ford, L. A. Williams & Co., Publishers, 1881