Robert Addison Gillespie

Robert Addison Gillespie
Born(1815-06-12)June 12, 1815
Blount County, Tennessee, US
DiedSeptember 23, 1846(1846-09-23) (aged 31)
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Resting placeOdd Fellows Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas, US
Known forTexas Ranger
Gillespie County, Texas, named for him

Robert Addison Gillespie (1815–1846) was a business man, land speculator, and Captain in the Texas Rangers under John Coffee Hays and Zachary Taylor. Gillespie died in the Battle of Monterrey. Gillespie County, Texas, was named in his honor.

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