Nancy Ruth Gillespie

Nancy "Ruth" Perkins - Daughter of John Wilson Perkins and Margaret Dancer.

Sister of Naomi Jane, James Washington, William I, Martha Rebecca, Mary N, Viola, Margaret Louise, John O, Sarah Elisah, Dollie and Maybelle Perkins.

Ruth married, before 1870, William H Wood Sr. Ruth married, 2 Mar 1886, Robert Knox Gillespie.

Mother of (by William) Albert H, Mary E, Ruth, Kathern, John Edwin, William and George W Wood.

Mother of (by Robert) Annie Lee, Margaret Lee, Robbie May, Jesse H and James Perkins Gillespie.

Granddaughter of Jacob Hardin Perkins & Maria Ferrell and Ashell Dancer & Mary Ward.

Note: Ruth's year of birth engraved on her headstone is 1849 while her TX Death Certificate #26262 shows her year of birth as 1850. The above listed dates are from her TX Death Certificate. Inscription: Mother RUTH GILLESPIE 1849 ~ 1931

• Updated from Find A Grave Memorial via daughter Mary Elizabeth 'Bettie' Josserand (born Wood) by SmartCopy: Oct 3 2015, 21:16:35 UTC