Gillespie, David P. (David Paul)

David K. Gillespie was born in Warren County, Ohio on Novemeber 29, 1821. In 1850, he began his operations in the grain business in Lockington, Ohio. For fourteen years, he bought and sold grain and shipped it by canal to Cincinnati and Toledo. In 1864, he bought and farmed a four hundred acre piece of land north of Piqua, Ohio. In 1877, he relocated to Kirkwood, Ohio and again became involved in the grain business. His main business activities involved buying and selling grain and grain futures; he sometimes dealt in salt, shingles, lumber, and farm machinery. Gillespie sold his grain to commission merchants and mill owners all over Ohio, and in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City.

From the description of Papers, 1897-1903. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 54859560

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