GILLESPIE, ALLEN C., MD
In Dr. Allen C. Gillespie, Dallas has a man who has the distinction of having won decisive success in two fields of activity, as unlike each other as they might well be. In medicine Dr. Gillespie secured prominence and position and between the years of 1891 and 1908 was active and successful in that profession. The actual forces that determined him to withdraw from the practice of medicine and devote himself to the business of real estate, loans and insurance, which he has pursued with success since 1908, are not known, but the fact remains that his progress in this latter field has been unmarred by untoward incident, and his success as a business man is an established fact.
Born in Fayette County, Tennessee, in 1863, the Doctor is the son of Andrew J. and Julia Ann (Wright) Gillespie, the father a native son of Knoxville, Tennessee, born there in 1814, and presumably of Scotch ancestry. In his early infancy he became a resident of Madison county, Mississippi, whither his parents moved, and he was there reared. In young manhood he settled in New Orleans, remaining there for some little time. He was still in his early manhood when he married Julia Ann Wright and they moved to a farm in Fayette county, Tennessee, where they remained until 1866, in which year the family home was established in Colorado county, Texas, where he had purchased a fine large plantation near Columbus from Dr. J. W. Wright. Though a lawyer by profession, Andrew Gillespie devoted the best years of his life to the business of agriculture, and he died in 1868, in the fifty-fourth year of his life, while on a visit in Tennessee. The mother was a native of Tennessee, and the daughter of Dr. J. W. Wright mentioned above. He came to Colorado County, Texas, in the early days, and was a large land owner in that district.
In 1872, a few years after the death of her husband, Mrs. Gillespie moved to Dallas with her family, and there she secured by purchase a tract of two hundred acres of land in the northern part of the city of Dallas, making the purchase from Mrs. Calvin Cole. It was an investment on the part of Mrs. Gillespie, and a splendid one it proved to be. She disposed of the land after laying it out in plats of five and ten acres each, designedly for building spots, and thus was commenced the development of one of the most beautiful sections of the city, which was given the name of Oak Lawn. The place at once became a favored district for fine residences, and is today one of the most attractive sections of the city, where many of the old-time citizens of wealth have erected costly and elegant homes. Mrs. Gillespie died in 1897.
Dr. Gillespie received the best part of his early education in the schools of Dallas, the Oak Lawn school, taught by his brother, being one that he attended considerably, also G. W. Grove's private school, of Dallas, corner of Main and Harwood streets. He began his professional studies at the Alabama Medical School in Mobile, Alabama, and was graduated there from in 1891, after which he supplemented his studies there with post-graduate courses in Chicago and New York. In 1891 Dr. Gillespie commenced the active practice of his profession in Travis county, Texas, but remained there only a short time, his removal coming about as the result of his appointment by Governor Hogg to the position of surgeon of the Agricultural and Mechanical College at College Station. For twelve years he remained in that post, when he resigned and established himself in private practice in Dallas. After a successful career as a physician in his home city, Dr. Gillespie retired from the medical profession in order to devote himself to other interests in the city, and founded the firm of Cochran, Gillespie. & Hollifield, dealers in real estate, loans and insurance. This firm has in its brief life thus far gained a high place for itself in the business of Dallas, and is conducting a lively activity in general real estate, in both city and farming properties.
In 1893 Dr. Gillespie married Miss Hester Frances Cole, the daughter of the late John H. Cole, a distinguished pioneer of Dallas, and a member of the family from which Mrs. Gillespie, the mother of the Doctor, made her purchase of land in the northern part of the city of Dallas, the same being now included in the Oak Lawn and other additions. Three children have been born to Dr. and Mrs. Gillespie: John Cole, Cora Laura and William Field Gillespie. The family have a pleasant home at No. 3937 Cole avenue, this city. (A History of Texas and Texans, Volume 3, Francis White Johnson, 1914 )
In Dr. Allen C. Gillespie, Dallas has a man who has the distinction of having won decisive success in two fields of activity, as unlike each other as they might well be. In medicine Dr. Gillespie secured prominence and position and between the years of 1891 and 1908 was active and successful in that profession. The actual forces that determined him to withdraw from the practice of medicine and devote himself to the business of real estate, loans and insurance, which he has pursued with success since 1908, are not known, but the fact remains that his progress in this latter field has been unmarred by untoward incident, and his success as a business man is an established fact.
Born in Fayette County, Tennessee, in 1863, the Doctor is the son of Andrew J. and Julia Ann (Wright) Gillespie, the father a native son of Knoxville, Tennessee, born there in 1814, and presumably of Scotch ancestry. In his early infancy he became a resident of Madison county, Mississippi, whither his parents moved, and he was there reared. In young manhood he settled in New Orleans, remaining there for some little time. He was still in his early manhood when he married Julia Ann Wright and they moved to a farm in Fayette county, Tennessee, where they remained until 1866, in which year the family home was established in Colorado county, Texas, where he had purchased a fine large plantation near Columbus from Dr. J. W. Wright. Though a lawyer by profession, Andrew Gillespie devoted the best years of his life to the business of agriculture, and he died in 1868, in the fifty-fourth year of his life, while on a visit in Tennessee. The mother was a native of Tennessee, and the daughter of Dr. J. W. Wright mentioned above. He came to Colorado County, Texas, in the early days, and was a large land owner in that district.
In 1872, a few years after the death of her husband, Mrs. Gillespie moved to Dallas with her family, and there she secured by purchase a tract of two hundred acres of land in the northern part of the city of Dallas, making the purchase from Mrs. Calvin Cole. It was an investment on the part of Mrs. Gillespie, and a splendid one it proved to be. She disposed of the land after laying it out in plats of five and ten acres each, designedly for building spots, and thus was commenced the development of one of the most beautiful sections of the city, which was given the name of Oak Lawn. The place at once became a favored district for fine residences, and is today one of the most attractive sections of the city, where many of the old-time citizens of wealth have erected costly and elegant homes. Mrs. Gillespie died in 1897.
Dr. Gillespie received the best part of his early education in the schools of Dallas, the Oak Lawn school, taught by his brother, being one that he attended considerably, also G. W. Grove's private school, of Dallas, corner of Main and Harwood streets. He began his professional studies at the Alabama Medical School in Mobile, Alabama, and was graduated there from in 1891, after which he supplemented his studies there with post-graduate courses in Chicago and New York. In 1891 Dr. Gillespie commenced the active practice of his profession in Travis county, Texas, but remained there only a short time, his removal coming about as the result of his appointment by Governor Hogg to the position of surgeon of the Agricultural and Mechanical College at College Station. For twelve years he remained in that post, when he resigned and established himself in private practice in Dallas. After a successful career as a physician in his home city, Dr. Gillespie retired from the medical profession in order to devote himself to other interests in the city, and founded the firm of Cochran, Gillespie. & Hollifield, dealers in real estate, loans and insurance. This firm has in its brief life thus far gained a high place for itself in the business of Dallas, and is conducting a lively activity in general real estate, in both city and farming properties.
In 1893 Dr. Gillespie married Miss Hester Frances Cole, the daughter of the late John H. Cole, a distinguished pioneer of Dallas, and a member of the family from which Mrs. Gillespie, the mother of the Doctor, made her purchase of land in the northern part of the city of Dallas, the same being now included in the Oak Lawn and other additions. Three children have been born to Dr. and Mrs. Gillespie: John Cole, Cora Laura and William Field Gillespie. The family have a pleasant home at No. 3937 Cole avenue, this city. (A History of Texas and Texans, Volume 3, Francis White Johnson, 1914 )
GILLESPIE, ALLEN C., MD
In Dr. Allen C. Gillespie, Dallas has a man who has the distinction of having won decisive success in two fields of activity, as unlike each other as they might well be. In medicine Dr. Gillespie secured prominence and position and between the years of 1891 and 1908 was active and successful in that profession. The actual forces that determined him to withdraw from the practice of medicine and devote himself to the business of real estate, loans and insurance, which he has pursued with success since 1908, are not known, but the fact remains that his progress in this latter field has been unmarred by untoward incident, and his success as a business man is an established fact.
Born in Fayette County, Tennessee, in 1863, the Doctor is the son of Andrew J. and Julia Ann (Wright) Gillespie, the father a native son of Knoxville, Tennessee, born there in 1814, and presumably of Scotch ancestry. In his early infancy he became a resident of Madison county, Mississippi, whither his parents moved, and he was there reared. In young manhood he settled in New Orleans, remaining there for some little time. He was still in his early manhood when he married Julia Ann Wright and they moved to a farm in Fayette county, Tennessee, where they remained until 1866, in which year the family home was established in Colorado county, Texas, where he had purchased a fine large plantation near Columbus from Dr. J. W. Wright. Though a lawyer by profession, Andrew Gillespie devoted the best years of his life to the business of agriculture, and he died in 1868, in the fifty-fourth year of his life, while on a visit in Tennessee. The mother was a native of Tennessee, and the daughter of Dr. J. W. Wright mentioned above. He came to Colorado County, Texas, in the early days, and was a large land owner in that district.
In 1872, a few years after the death of her husband, Mrs. Gillespie moved to Dallas with her family, and there she secured by purchase a tract of two hundred acres of land in the northern part of the city of Dallas, making the purchase from Mrs. Calvin Cole. It was an investment on the part of Mrs. Gillespie, and a splendid one it proved to be. She disposed of the land after laying it out in plats of five and ten acres each, designedly for building spots, and thus was commenced the development of one of the most beautiful sections of the city, which was given the name of Oak Lawn. The place at once became a favored district for fine residences, and is today one of the most attractive sections of the city, where many of the old-time citizens of wealth have erected costly and elegant homes. Mrs. Gillespie died in 1897.
Dr. Gillespie received the best part of his early education in the schools of Dallas, the Oak Lawn school, taught by his brother, being one that he attended considerably, also G. W. Grove's private school, of Dallas, corner of Main and Harwood streets. He began his professional studies at the Alabama Medical School in Mobile, Alabama, and was graduated there from in 1891, after which he supplemented his studies there with post-graduate courses in Chicago and New York. In 1891 Dr. Gillespie commenced the active practice of his profession in Travis county, Texas, but remained there only a short time, his removal coming about as the result of his appointment by Governor Hogg to the position of surgeon of the Agricultural and Mechanical College at College Station. For twelve years he remained in that post, when he resigned and established himself in private practice in Dallas. After a successful career as a physician in his home city, Dr. Gillespie retired from the medical profession in order to devote himself to other interests in the city, and founded the firm of Cochran, Gillespie. & Hollifield, dealers in real estate, loans and insurance. This firm has in its brief life thus far gained a high place for itself in the business of Dallas, and is conducting a lively activity in general real estate, in both city and farming properties.
In 1893 Dr. Gillespie married Miss Hester Frances Cole, the daughter of the late John H. Cole, a distinguished pioneer of Dallas, and a member of the family from which Mrs. Gillespie, the mother of the Doctor, made her purchase of land in the northern part of the city of Dallas, the same being now included in the Oak Lawn and other additions. Three children have been born to Dr. and Mrs. Gillespie: John Cole, Cora Laura and William Field Gillespie. The family have a pleasant home at No. 3937 Cole avenue, this city. (A History of Texas and Texans, Volume 3, Francis White Johnson, 1914 )
In Dr. Allen C. Gillespie, Dallas has a man who has the distinction of having won decisive success in two fields of activity, as unlike each other as they might well be. In medicine Dr. Gillespie secured prominence and position and between the years of 1891 and 1908 was active and successful in that profession. The actual forces that determined him to withdraw from the practice of medicine and devote himself to the business of real estate, loans and insurance, which he has pursued with success since 1908, are not known, but the fact remains that his progress in this latter field has been unmarred by untoward incident, and his success as a business man is an established fact.
Born in Fayette County, Tennessee, in 1863, the Doctor is the son of Andrew J. and Julia Ann (Wright) Gillespie, the father a native son of Knoxville, Tennessee, born there in 1814, and presumably of Scotch ancestry. In his early infancy he became a resident of Madison county, Mississippi, whither his parents moved, and he was there reared. In young manhood he settled in New Orleans, remaining there for some little time. He was still in his early manhood when he married Julia Ann Wright and they moved to a farm in Fayette county, Tennessee, where they remained until 1866, in which year the family home was established in Colorado county, Texas, where he had purchased a fine large plantation near Columbus from Dr. J. W. Wright. Though a lawyer by profession, Andrew Gillespie devoted the best years of his life to the business of agriculture, and he died in 1868, in the fifty-fourth year of his life, while on a visit in Tennessee. The mother was a native of Tennessee, and the daughter of Dr. J. W. Wright mentioned above. He came to Colorado County, Texas, in the early days, and was a large land owner in that district.
In 1872, a few years after the death of her husband, Mrs. Gillespie moved to Dallas with her family, and there she secured by purchase a tract of two hundred acres of land in the northern part of the city of Dallas, making the purchase from Mrs. Calvin Cole. It was an investment on the part of Mrs. Gillespie, and a splendid one it proved to be. She disposed of the land after laying it out in plats of five and ten acres each, designedly for building spots, and thus was commenced the development of one of the most beautiful sections of the city, which was given the name of Oak Lawn. The place at once became a favored district for fine residences, and is today one of the most attractive sections of the city, where many of the old-time citizens of wealth have erected costly and elegant homes. Mrs. Gillespie died in 1897.
Dr. Gillespie received the best part of his early education in the schools of Dallas, the Oak Lawn school, taught by his brother, being one that he attended considerably, also G. W. Grove's private school, of Dallas, corner of Main and Harwood streets. He began his professional studies at the Alabama Medical School in Mobile, Alabama, and was graduated there from in 1891, after which he supplemented his studies there with post-graduate courses in Chicago and New York. In 1891 Dr. Gillespie commenced the active practice of his profession in Travis county, Texas, but remained there only a short time, his removal coming about as the result of his appointment by Governor Hogg to the position of surgeon of the Agricultural and Mechanical College at College Station. For twelve years he remained in that post, when he resigned and established himself in private practice in Dallas. After a successful career as a physician in his home city, Dr. Gillespie retired from the medical profession in order to devote himself to other interests in the city, and founded the firm of Cochran, Gillespie. & Hollifield, dealers in real estate, loans and insurance. This firm has in its brief life thus far gained a high place for itself in the business of Dallas, and is conducting a lively activity in general real estate, in both city and farming properties.
In 1893 Dr. Gillespie married Miss Hester Frances Cole, the daughter of the late John H. Cole, a distinguished pioneer of Dallas, and a member of the family from which Mrs. Gillespie, the mother of the Doctor, made her purchase of land in the northern part of the city of Dallas, the same being now included in the Oak Lawn and other additions. Three children have been born to Dr. and Mrs. Gillespie: John Cole, Cora Laura and William Field Gillespie. The family have a pleasant home at No. 3937 Cole avenue, this city. (A History of Texas and Texans, Volume 3, Francis White Johnson, 1914 )
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