When James Robert Gillespie was born on 9 March 1916, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, Sharp Claud Gillespie, was 22 and his mother, Eva Petrea Giles, was 20. He married Wilma Wiscombe on 4 June 1941, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to World in 1939 and lived in United States in 1949 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 26 May 1998, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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