"HISTORY OF OWEN COUNTY 1884" CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE TAYLOR TOWNSHIP IN OWEN CO., IN. PAGE 952 LYSANDER GILLESPY, was born March 8, 1814 in Clark County, Kentucky, and is the sixth child of the family of eight of Martin and Lydia(McGuire) Gillaspy, who moved to this county in 1827, settled near the present town of Quincy and purchased 160 acres for $400. Here Lysander recieved what education he obtained and remained with his parents of the farm until he was eighteen years old, when he returned to Kentucky and remained four years, during which time he was married April 17, 1834 to Evaline, daughter of James Wren, which union produced two children, both deceased. May 26, 1837, Mrs. Gillaspy died. His second marriage was to Rebecca Martin, who also died August 24, 1878, leaving four out of seven children. His third marriage was to Jane Watson, October 23, 1881. Mr. Gillaspy resides about one mile from Quincy, where he enjoys a genteel competence the result of patient industry and well directed ambition. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since his fourteenth year. He is in politics a Republican a highly venerated citizen and one of the oldest pioneers of Owen County. DATA ENTRY: Debbie Jennings