Ezekiel Gillespie (1818 - 1892)

Born 31 May 1818 in Greene, Tennessee, United States

Husband of Sophia Anderson — married 3 Dec 1845 in Parke County, Indiana

Husband of Catherine (Lucas) Gillespie — married about 9 Mar 1866 in Wisconsin

Descendants

Died 31 Mar 1892 at age 73 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States

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Ezekiel Gillespie (May 31, 1818 – March 31, 1892) was an African-American civil rights and community leader who won a landmark case securing voting rights in Wisconsin. He was the first African-American voter in Wisconsin.^[1]

Ezekiel married Sophia Anderson on 5 December 1845 in Parke, Indiana.^[2]

He died on 31March 1892 in Chicago.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Ezekiel Gillespie," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ezekiel_Gillespie&oldid=998354018 (accessed January 27, 2021).
2. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZCX-MXM : 10 December 2017), Ezekiel Gillespie and Sophia Anderson, 05 Dec 1845; citing Parke, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 005014943.
3. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M3-LMDZ : 8 March 2018), Ezekiel Gillespie, 31 Mar 1892; citing , Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference 6007, record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,030,890.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW94-M8Q : 11 November 2020), Ezikiel Gillespie, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN9Y-4XN : 2 January 2021), Ezekel Gillispie, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNH3-Z6T : 14 November 2020), E. Gillespie, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district ED 114, sheet 224D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,437.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #8468776, database and images (accessed 27 January 2021), memorial page for Ezekiel Gillespie (31 May 1818–31 Mar 1892), citing Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA ; Maintained by David M. Habben (contributor 835) .

• Illinois, Cook County Deaths 1878–1922.” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Illinois Department of Public Health. “Birth and Death Records, 1916–present." Division of Vital Records, Springfield, Illinois.