Descendants of Patrick Gullion of Gallatin Co., KY - GullionFamily.org

Generation 7 (con't)i. ELLA MAY 8 BOLEN (daughter of William Spencer Bolen and Jane Gullion) was bornon 15 Sep 1864 in Indiana. She died on 27 Jan 1958. She married William OrlandoGrove in 1882 in Probably Amity Twp., Page Co., IA. He was born in Feb 1854 inOhio. He died on 28 Mar 1910.ii.HARRY BURTON BOLEN (son of William Spencer Bolen and Jane Gullion) was bornon 05 Jun 1866 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., IN. He died in Aug 1942 in Lincoln,Lancaster Co., NE. He married Martha Caroline Mulkins on 08 Jan 1888 inBuchanan, Page Co., IA. She was born on 26 Apr 1870 in East River, Page Co., IA.She died on 18 Jun 1965 in Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., CO.iii.LEOTA FRANCES BOLEN (daughter of William Spencer Bolen and Jane Gullion) wasborn on 14 Jun 1876 in New Ross, Montgomery Co., IN. She died on 25 Oct 1965in Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE. She married Joseph Stanton on 11 Mar 1896 inCollege Springs, Page Co., IA. He was born about 1873 in Iowa. He died on 20 Mar1950 in Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE.Notes for Leota Frances Bolen:Leota and Joseph had a total of six children. Virginia was the youngest.138. MARTHA L. 7 GULLION (William Henry 6 , Thomas 5 , Jeremiah 4 , Edmund P. 3 , Henry 2 , Patrick 1 ) wasborn on 29 Dec 1845. She died in Jun 1887. She married Francis M. McPike (son of JamesMcPike and Nancy E. Dayton) on 27 Jun 1867 in Boone Co., IN. He was born in 1842.Notes for Francis M. McPike:FRANCIS M. McPIKE was a veteran soldier in the war of the Rebellion, and as such deservesmention in this connection. He was born on a farm in Lawrence County, Indiana, in 1842, and is ason of James McPike, and one of a family of twelve children. His mother's maiden name wasNancy E. Dayton. The father died on his farm in Lawrence County, Indiana, in 1865, at the age ofseventy-five years. He was a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a soldier inthe war of 1812. He was very prosperous in his business and owned at the time of his health 500acres of land in Lawrence County.Francis M. McPike was reared to the occupation of a farmer, but at the age of eighteen years,when Abraham Lincoln called for 300,000 troops to go to the defense of this nation, he abandonedagriculture and enlisted for three years' service in Company A, Twenty-fourth Indiana VolunteerInfantry. He participated in the battles of Shiloh, Port Gibson, the sieges of Vicksburg, Jackson,Mississippi, and Blakely, Alabama He was under fire in all about sixty-five times; he was woundedover the left eye with buck shot at the siege of Port Gibson in 1863. He was exposed a great dealduring the time that he was in the service and contracted rheumatism, from which he has neverrecovered. He served out his term of enlistment and re-enlisted January 1, 1864, in the sameregiment and company for three years more, and served until the end of the war, when he wasmustered out and honorably discharged at Galveston, Texas, November 15, 1865. He thenreturned to Indiana and farmed in Boone County until 1874.Mr. McPike was united in marriage in 1867 to Miss Martha Gullion, daughter of William and MaryE. (Young) Gullion. Two children have been born of this union: Myrta E. and Lillie A. Mr. McPikecame to Page County, Iowa, and bought a homestead near Braddy¬ville in 1883. Since 1874 hehas been disabled from active work by rheumatism, but he was not granted a pension by theGovernment until 1882. Mrs. McPike died in June, 1887. In his political opinions Mr. McPike is astrong Republican. He passed his young manhood in the service of his country, and has anhonorable record as a soldier and a citizen, and his descendants for generations will refer withpride to the military career of their revered ancestor. Mr. McPike is a member of Warren Post, No.11, G. A. R., of Clarinda, Iowa.[Source: Biographical history of Page County, Iowa , (Chicago: Lewis & Dunbar, 1890).]89