Ann was born on 19 June 1810 in
South Carolina. She was the daughter of
Thomas Gillespie and
Anna McLin. She married
John S. Savage. ....After John's death, Ann married James Hamill (1849) with whom she had one child (Henretta)..... She married
James H. Hamill on 30 December 1848. Another record says the marriage was performed by a Methodist Minister named Ruben Mason on January 2, 1849.. Ann died on 17 February 1885 in
Winston County,, Mississippi, at age 74.
All the references to Ann in the writings I have found just refer to her as Ann H. , no surname is ever given. I am convinced that she was a Gillespie based on a letter fragment from Eleanor Jane Savage Atkins dated 31 March, 1883, mailed from Canton, Mississippi addressed to Nancy McLin Gillespie Jones in which she refers to her as my dear and only living aunt. In the letter she makes references to Polly (Gillespie) and Rhoda (Gillespie) and Nancy (Gillespie), known to be the daughters of Thomas and Anna Gillespie. She makes statements and ask questions which check out factually.The letter reads in part "My dear and only aunt, My last recollection of you was when your little girl was buried at the old chuch where mother and father held their membership and where brother Edwin was buried." She also added "write and tell me about Aunt Pollie's children and Aunt Rhody's family."