(Note: His name has been transcribed both ways. Probably "Mark" is correct)
Mart GILLESPIE, from St. Marys, was a lay teacher at St. Marys Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. (Source: Saint Marys Immaculate Conception Parish, written by Rev. Carl A. MEIER, is copied from the History of Warren County, Iowa, by Gerard SCHULTZ and Don L. BERRY, The Record and Tribune Company, Indianola, Iowa, 1953, pages 119-15)
He also served as township clerk for Jackson Township in Warren County 1903-1904, 1907-1913. (Source - Financial Reports of Warren County, compiled annually by the county auditor.)