Do you know when these people went to Gillespie and how long they were there before they moved on and if Mary was with them when they left?
Our Mary married Franzsegle Talley abt. 1886, their first child was born in 1887 in Sheridan Lake, Co. then they came back to the Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma (tri-state) area.
After having seen the death certificate for Mary, I did some research into Gillespie, Ia. and Galloplice, Oh. as to which might have been her birth place because all we had was family legend and none of us were sure what to believe. This gives us something to really look into.
Thank you for this information. Caroline