Ed's great grandmother was Eliza
Dillion Gullion Washburn, daughter of James and and Sarah Moore
Gullion. She was also a descendant of Patrick through his great
grandson Jeremiah Gullion.
Patrick was 100 years of age or older at the
time of his death. His obituary in the Kentucky Gazette read:
Lexington, October 10 (1805), Died on
Tuesday morning last, Mr. Patrick Gullion, a citizen of this
town. The age of Mr. Gullion was not known to any person in this
place; but it has been considered as considerably upwards of 100
years. He has been a citizen of Lexington for about 20 years;
and when he first came here was called a very old man.
He probably had more than one wife and several
children but we have only found proof of his oldest son Henry who
was surely in his 80s in 1803. Patrick had at least one
son, Henry. Henry also probably had more than one wife and
several children, but we only know of his two eldest sons, Edmund
and Edmund P. The later used only the name Edmund after his older
brother died about 1803. Edmund and Edmund P. must have been very
close to their father Henry and grandfather Patrick as all lived
close to each other in Pennsylvania and Kentucky.
In 1764 Patrick was probably living close to
Edmund when his grandson, Robert, was born on the banks of the
Potomac River near Ft. Frederick. By 1773 he apparently had moved to
Hempfield Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania since he was on the
tax list there. About 1786, he came to Kentucky with Henry and his
grandsons, Jeremiah, John, and Robert, plus George, Nathaniel,
Edmund and Edmund P. From 1788 to 1803 he appeared on the tax lists
in Franklin County, Kentucky with the notation "very old man."
On August 10, 1796, Edmund purchased a home
where Patrick lived on Mulberry Street (now
Limestone Street) in Lexington, Kentucky. Edmund died, left
the house to his father Henry. On February 15 1803, Henry gave the
home to Patrick and Mary Gullion with the understanding that it
would pass to his next oldest son, Edmund P., at their death. |