Nita Belle GillespieAge: 66 years1878–1945
- Name
- Nita Belle Gillespie
- Given names
- Nita Belle
- Surname
- Gillespie
- Married name
- Nita Belle Barnett
Shared note: John Aleck Barnett Obituary and Family Listing
 Birth | July 9, 1878 21 18 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 22 months) |
 Birth of a sister | Laura Una Pearl Gillespie November 26, 1880 (Age 2 years) |
 Marriage | John Aleck Barnett — View this family October 22, 1897 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Enid A Barnett May 16, 1898 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Edith Anna Barnett July 20, 1899 (Age 21 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Aleck Gillespie Barnett April 7, 1901 (Age 22 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 37 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 38 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 39 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 1, 1920 (Age 41 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Michael Costello — Edith Anna Barnett — View this family February 19, 1927 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | James Aleck Costello 1928 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Helen Louise Costello December 12, 1928 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a grandson | James Aleck Costello 1928 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a father | John Charles Fremont Gillespie October 13, 1929 (Age 51 years) |
| Death of a mother | Anna Elisabeth Epler October 26, 1929 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 51 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 1930 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Ann Marie Costello May 16, 1932 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | James Francis Costello 1934 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a grandson | James Francis Costello 1934 (Age 55 years) |
| Census | April 1, 1940 (Age 61 years) |
| Obituary | Nita Bell Barnett (nee Gillespie) Obituary and Family Listing August 27, 1945 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 63 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
 Death | 1945 (Age 66 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Barnett Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Charles Fremont Gillespie Birth: May 6, 1857 — Kosciusko, Indiana, United States Death: October 13, 1929 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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Anna Elisabeth Epler Birth: August 3, 1859 — Kosciusko, Indiana, United States Death: October 26, 1929 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: January 26, 1878 — Washington, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States |
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5 months herself |
Nita Belle Gillespie Birth: July 9, 1878 21 18 — Kosciusko, Indiana, United States Death: 1945 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Laura Una Pearl Gillespie Birth: November 26, 1880 23 21 — Kosciusko, Indiana, United States Death: April 5, 1963 — Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States |
| Family with John Aleck Barnett |
| husband |
John Aleck Barnett Birth: July 16, 1874 36 32 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: March 2, 1950 — Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
| herself |
Nita Belle Gillespie Birth: July 9, 1878 21 18 — Kosciusko, Indiana, United States Death: 1945 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: October 22, 1897 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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7 months daughter |
Enid A Barnett Birth: May 16, 1898 23 19 — Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: December 1976 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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14 months daughter |
Edith Anna Barnett Birth: July 20, 1899 25 21 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: 1965 — Indiana, United States |
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21 months son |
Aleck Gillespie Barnett Birth: April 7, 1901 26 22 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: August 1953 — Indiana, United States |
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John Charles Fremont Gillespie - Household
Prairie, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John Aleck Barnett - Household
Kewanna, Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John Aleck Barnett - Household
Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - John Aleck Barnett - Household
Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - John Aleck Barnett - Household
Kewanna, Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - John Aleck Barnett - Household
Kewanna, Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Obituary | Nita Bell Barnett (nee Gillespie) Obituary and Family Listing
Published in The Rochester News-Sentinel
Monday, August 27, 1945
Nita Bell Barnett
Final rites for Mrs. Nita Bell BARNETT, 67, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the residence, Kewanna, with the Rev. Douglas B. STARKE officiating. Interment will be made in the Barnett cemetery near Kewanna.
Nita Bell [GILLESPIE], daughter of J. C. and Anna (EPLER) GILLESPIE, was born on July 9, 1878, in Kosciusko county, where she resided until about six years of age, when she removed with her parents to Fulton county. In October, 1897, she became the bride of John BARNETT and with him established a home in Kewanna, where she has since resided. For the past 20 years she has been employed as a librarian in the Kewanna public library. Her death occurred at the Ewing nursing home in Rochester at 3:40 o'clock Sunday after an illness of several months.
Surviving are the husband; two daughters, Miss Edna [BARNETT], and Mrs. Edith COSTELLO of Kewanna; one son, Alex [BARNETT] of Evansville; two sisters, Mrs. Una WILSON, Kewanna, and Miss Barbara GILLESPIE of Roann; three brothers, Freemont [GILLESPIE] of Fort Wayne, Jack [GILLESPIE] of Roann and Ted GILLESPIE of Winslow, Ariz.; two granddaughters, Helen Louise [COSTELLO] and Anna Marie COSTELLO of Kewanna.
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| Name | John Aleck Barnett Obituary and Family Listing
Published in The Rochester News-Sentinel
Thursday, March 2, 1950
John A. Barnett
John A. BARNETT, Kewanna, retired rural mail carrier, died at 1 a.m. today at Woodlawn hospital. He was 75 years old.
Born July 16, 1874, near Kewanna, he was the son of John A. and Nancy HARVEY BARNETT. In October, 1897, he was married to Nita B. GILLESPIE, who preceded him in death in August, 1945.
He was a member of the Kewanna Masonic and I.O.O.F. lodges and a branch of the Rochester I.O.O.F.
Survivors include a son, Alec [BARNETT], South Bend; two daughters, Mrs. Edith COSTELLO and Miss Enid BARNETT, both of Kewanna; two granddaughters; four sisters, Mrs. Charles TROUTMAN and Mrs. Oliver SMITH, Kewanna, and Mrs. Candace ZELLERS and Mrs. Bessie SCHIRM, South Bend.
The body was taken to the Harrison Funeral Home, Kewanna, where services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday. The Rev. Henry F. BOLGER, assisted by the I.O.O.F. will officiate and burial will be in the Barnett cemetery.
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