John Gillespie (moderator)

John Gillespie (1836–1912) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1903.[1]

Dr John Gillespie
Mouswald Parish Church

Life

He was born in Johnstone by Lockerbie in 1836 the third son of Margaret Johnstone and her husband, James Gillespie who farmed at Annanbank, Johnstone. He was educated at Newton Wamphray. After obtaining a Masters in Divinity in Glasgow he served the parish of Mouswald in Dumfriesshire as a minister of the Church of Scotland from 1865 to 1912. The Gillespie Memorial Hall in Mouswald is named after him.[2]

From 1892 he served as a county councillor for Dumfriesshire representing the district of Mouswald.

A keen supporter of the local farmers he was nicknamed the "Minister for Agriculture". He was Secretary of the Galloway Cattle Society and endowed a silver cup at the Royal Highland Show for best Galloway cattle.[3]

Family

In 1868 he married Jessie K C Patrick of Dalry, Ayrshire (b.1846). They had five daughters, Margaret J (1871), Elizabeth L C (1874). Jessie P (1877), Mary R T (1887).

Publications
  • The Humours of Scottish Life (1904)[4]

References
  1. "Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland genealogy project". geni_family_tree.
  2. "Mouswald". www.dumfriesshirecompanion.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. 27th Annual Report to the Bureau of Animal Husbandry
  4. Sunset Song, Lewis Grassic Gibbon (references)
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