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[[Image:John Gillespy.jpg|right|thumb|John Gillespy in 1904]]
'''John S. Gillespy Jr''' (born [[November 17]], [[1859]] near [[Jonesboro]]; died after 1920) was a physician and clerk of the [[City Court of Jefferson County]].

Gillespy was the son of [[John Gillespy Sr|John]] and Martha McAdory Gillespy, both of whom died when he was five years old. He was raised by his grandparents, [[James Mcadory|James]] and [[Nancy McAdory|Nancy Sadler McAdory]], on their farm. He was educated at the common schools and by his uncle, [[Isaac McAdory]] at [[Pleasant Hill School]], after which he clerked in a general store in Jonesboro and saved money to go to medical school.

Gillespy enrolled at the Miami Medical College of Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating in [[1883]] and returning to Jonesboro to practice. He married [[Eugenia Gillespy|Eugenia Owen]] on [[October 10]] of that year and eventually had six children.

In [[1884]] he moved to Scottsboro, then a year later arrived in [[Birmingham]]. In [[1888]] he was elected [[Birmingham City Physician]] for one year. In [[1892]] he was elected [[Jefferson County Physician]] and served for six years, resigning to accept the position of City Clerk for the county, which he held until [[1904]].

Gillespy was a member of the Democratic Party and of the [[Jefferson County Medical Society]] and [[Alabama Surgical and Gynecological Association]]. He was also appointed to the staff of visiting physicians for the [[Hospital of United Charities of Birmingham]].

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