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Gillespie LaForce

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Gillespie LaForce

Birth
Kentucky, USA
Death
23 May 1876 (aged 79)
Woody, Greene County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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From the "Roodhouse Headlights"
Feb. 14, 1874 "Three oldest men in Woodville neighborhood are: Mr. Elihu (or Hugh) Bandy; Mr. James C. Carter & Mr. Gillespie LaForce........
Uncle Gillespie LaForce is from Kentucky, but came here many years ago. He is 76 years old."
White Hall Register: June 10, 1876 Obit: Gillespie LaForce, an old resident of Woodville, died and was buried last week, aged 80 yrs. Born 1796.

He married Sarah Agnes Wood, daughter of Amon & Sarah (Baker) Wood on Aug. 7, 1853. They were the parents of two sons, one who died at six years of age, and Newton LaForce.
From the "Roodhouse Headlights"
Feb. 14, 1874 "Three oldest men in Woodville neighborhood are: Mr. Elihu (or Hugh) Bandy; Mr. James C. Carter & Mr. Gillespie LaForce........
Uncle Gillespie LaForce is from Kentucky, but came here many years ago. He is 76 years old."
White Hall Register: June 10, 1876 Obit: Gillespie LaForce, an old resident of Woodville, died and was buried last week, aged 80 yrs. Born 1796.

He married Sarah Agnes Wood, daughter of Amon & Sarah (Baker) Wood on Aug. 7, 1853. They were the parents of two sons, one who died at six years of age, and Newton LaForce.


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