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Gillespie, George

clergyman, author, born in 1683 in Glasgow, Scotland. He was a presbyterian clergyman, once prominent in Delaware; and the author of Treatise Against Deists and Free Thinkers; Letters to the Presbytery of New York; and Remarks upon Mr. George Whitefield. He died Jan. 2, 1760.

GILLESPIE, GEORGE DE NORMAN- DIE, bishop of western Michigan, was born June 14, 1819, in Goshen, N. Y. The bishop has published, besides and tracts, Manual and Annals of the Diocese of Michigan. sermons GILLESPIE, HENRY LA FAYETTE, merchant, clergyman, reformer, was born Sept. 4, 1863, in Delaware county, Iowa.

He graduated from the Lumbard university; has attained eminence as a successful missionary of the universalist church in Iowa. Prior to entering the ministry he was engaged in mercantile business..

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