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James Henry Gillespie
24 Mar 1859 – 23 May 1950
| Birth | 24 Mar 1859 |
| Death | 23 May 1950 |
| Cemetery | Oakland Cemetery Dallas , Dallas County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | 8675309 on 07 Mar 2025 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57823280 |
Bio
JAMES HENRY GILLESPIE Pioneer in Teaching of Accounting Dies J. H. Gillespie, 91, a pioneer in the teaching of business in Dallas schools and the oldest teacher in the system when he retired ten years ago, died Tuesday at his home, 3508 Euclid. Gillespie introduced accounting and business administration at W. H. Adamson High School (then Oak Cliff High) and Crozier Technical High (then Bryan Street High). He had about eight students in each class, he later recalled. A native of Tennessee, Gillespie was reared in Tehuacana, Limstone County, where his father Paxton Gillespie taught Latin and Greek at Trinity University. Gillespie later attended the university. Gillespie began teaching in Ellis County for $40 a month. He came to Dallas in 1888. He was one of the founders of Metropolitan Business College in a day when penmanship was more important in business schools than typewriters and business machines. He left Dallas in 1900 to spend eight years as auditor in the State Comptroller's office at Austin and four years as superintendent of the State School for the Blind there. He became a teacher in the Dallas public schools in 1913 and remained so until his retirement in 1940. Gillespie continued active long after his retirement. He was well known for the Model T Ford which he continued to drive until he was past eighty-five. Gillespie was a charter member of the Trinity Presbyterian Church. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Weiland-Merritt Funeral Church, 2909 Live Oak. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. Gillespie is survived by five daughters, Mrs. C. G. Rumpel, Mrs. L. R. Puff and Mrs. N. L. Nelson, all of Dallas; Mrs. N. F. Mullins, Knox City; and Mrs. T. D. Van Winkle, Bellingham, Wash.; a son E. H. Gillespie, Dallas; four grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be his grandsons, N. F. Mullins, J. H. Puff, L. H. McCool and O. E. Paxton, and nephews, Larry Adamson of Abilene and Ralph Powers of Dallas. Dallas News 05-24-1950 Transcribed by Carol Moore. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Son of William Paxton Gillespie and Michie Lester. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Family
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Siblings
- James Hamilton Gillespie 1860–1936
- Carrie L. Gillespie 1863–1872
- Lillie Cammiero "Cammie" Gillespie Powers 1865–1949
- Minnie M. Gillespie 1872–1874
- Pearl Bradley Gillespie Adamson 1875–1948
Children
- Carrie Virginia Gillespie Mullins 1880–1968 FaG
- Eula Dixon Gillespie Rumpel 1883–1973 FaG
- Mabel Gillespie Puff 1885–1978 FaG
- Roschelle Gillespie LeGear 1891–1917 FaG
- Jimmie H Gillespie Nelson 1893–1979 FaG
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