Francis Gilley and
Orra Taylor Wells
Francis Gilley b about 1780 d 22 May 1853 Powell River, Lee (now Wise) Co VA;
s/o Francis Gilley and Mary Bateman. Francis Gilley m. about 1806 Lee Co VA to
Orra Taylor Wells b about 1789 VA d 15 Jan 1858 Lee Co VA. Children of Francis
Gilley and Orra Taylor Wells;
I. Rachel Gilley b about 1808 Lee Co VA; m. Elias Hughes b 6 Jun 1803 Washington
Co VA d 17 Jun 1888 St Joseph, Andrew Co MO; s/o Isaac Hughes and Else Halliard. Children of Elias
Hughes and Rachel Gilley;
1. Clarinda Hughes b 1825
2. Martin Hughes b 1828 d 1909
3. Ora Hughes b 1832
II. Elizabeth Gilley b 1811 Lee Co VA d 17 Dec 1884 Wise Co VA; m. about 1826 to
Isaac John Willis
b 1 Aug 1804 Wythe Co VA d 11 Aug 1888 Wise Co VA; s/o
Abner Willis and Eve Sifert.
III. Ruth Bishop Gilley b 26 Nov 1808
(or 26 Jan 1808) VA d 26 May 1883 Wise Co
VA of fever; m. Francis "Frank" Sturgill b 1808 d 1883 Letcher Co KY; s/o
John Sturgill and Jemima Wells;
IV. John W. Gilley b 25 JAN 1814 Lee Co VA d 20 Nov 1875 Lee Co VA; m. Julia Ann
Duff b 9 Aug 1815 Lee Co VA d 25 Aug 1877 Lee Co VA; d/o Samuel Duff Jr and
Virginia Margaret Olinger. Children of John W Gilley and Julia Ann Duff;
1. William T Gilley b 2 Oct 1854 Lee Co VA d 3 Jul 1924 Lee Co VA; m. 27 Nov
1872 Lee Co VA to (1) Mary Elizabeth Howard b 16 Jan 1858 Lee Co VA d 4 Oct 1887
Lee Co VA; d/o Chadwell B Howard and Elizabeth P Ely. Child of William T Gilley
and Mary Elizabeth Howard;
i. Creed Brittain Gilley b 28 Feb 1877 d 19 Jan 1951; m. Piner Quillen b 4 Mar
1877 d 17 Nov 1976; d/o William Quillen and Mary Ely.
William T Gilley b 2 Oct 1854 Lee Co VA d 3 Jul 1924 Lee Co VA; m. 27 Feb 1889
to (2) Eliza F Carter b 6 Sept 1865 d 29 Jul 1889.
William T Gilley b 2 Oct 1854 Lee Co VA d 3 Jul 1924 Lee Co VA; m. (3) to Lizzie
E Bolling b 22 Feb 1872 d 8 Mar 1898. Child of William T Gilley and Lizzie E
Bolling;
i. Daisy Gilley b about 1896 Lee Co VA; m. about 1917 Lee Co VA to George F Ely
b 20 Jun 1892 Lee Co VA d 8 Jul 1968 Lee Co VA. George F Ely m. 1940 to Jennie
Newman b about 1900 Lee Co VA
William T Gilley b 2 Oct 1854 Lee Co VA d 3 Jul 1924 Lee Co VA; m. (4) Dollie
Ball Combs b 8 Feb 1880 d 5 Jul 1956.
2. Marion R Gilley b 19 Nov 1856; m. 20 Sept 1873 to Nervesta Jane Myers b 1857
Lee Co VA; d/o Joseph Myers and Elizabeth Russell.
V. Clarinda Gilley b about 1816; m. Larkin Elkins
VI. Joseph H. Gilley b about
1820 Lee Co VA; m. Delilah
Elkins b about 1819 Lee Co VA.
VII. Mahala Holly Gilley b about 1825 Lee Co VA; m. about 1842 to
Isaac Maggard
b 8 May 1822 Franks Creek, Harlan (now Letcher) Co KY; s/o
John Benjamin Maggard
and Sarah "Sally" Adams. Isaac Maggard m. Holly Gibbs.
VIII. Alfred Taylor Gilley b about 1826 Lee Co VA d 23 Jun 1863 KY; m. Amanda L
Riggs b 17 Jul 1830 KY d 29 Nov 1883
IX. William T. Gilley b about 1828 Lee Co VA; m. Harriet Unknow.
X. Mary "Polly" Gilley b about 1830 VA; m. Isaac D Coldiron b about 1825 VA
XI. Levina Gilley b about 1832; m. Washington Miller
