In a message dated 4/29/00 2:55:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ESuzukawa writes:
<< I'm a descendent of the Gullion family. About 1789 John Gullion married
Catherine (Kitty) Riffle. I am wondering if she may be in your Riffle
family. I have absolutely nothing about the family except her name. >>
Hi Eva! So glad to hear from you!! This Catherine RIFFLE has been a topic
on the RIFFLE-L. Someone posted a query about her, but no one else has known
anything about her.
According to the other person, Jean, she was also married to a -?- TANNER and
had a son Edward in 1791 in Kentucky. She also said If you go to Switzerland
Co., IN. and look for the name of GUILLON, you will find a page about John O.
GULLION who it seems was her second husband.
Catherine's son Edward is said to be one of the first landowners in Decatur
Co., IN.
Catherine died in 1845 and she is buried in Clinton Twsp, Decatur Co. IN.
Some of the discussion on the RIFFLE-L included that we did not think
Catherine RIFFLE TANNER GUILLON showing up in Switzerland Co. was a pure
coincidence since Mary SHAVER and Jeremiah SEE's family was there. Mary was
the d/o Jacob RIFFLE Sr. and his wife Dorothy -?-.
Jacob RIFFLE Sr. had a niece, Catherine RIFFLE who we know went to Bourbon
Co., KY with her mother Eleanor -?- RIFFLE where she married Paul SHAVER in
1794. We know she died 1840-1845. We also know they had at least five
children, one of them, John being born in Bourbon Co., KY in 1797. We also
know he returned to (W)VA by 1817 as he married in Roane Co., (W)VA and he
died there in 1871.
In trying to determine if this Catherine RIFFLE TANNER GULLION and Catherine
RIFFLE are one in the same woman, I have tried to compare them by a small
timeline.
Catherine RIFFLE TANNER GUILLON
1771 - Estimated year of birth based on her age being 20 years when Edward
was born.
1791 - Had a child with -?- TANNER. Edward TANNER b. 1791 in KY.
____ - Married John O. GULLION
1845 - Died in Clinton, IL
Catherine RIFFLE d/o Francis RIFFLE and Eleanor -?-
1774 - Born sometime in this time frame. (This date from Tim Ramsey, her
descendant.)
June 3, 1784 - Monongalia Co., (W)VA Court Record stating she assigned her
portion of her father's estate to Joseph Crouch.
1790 - In KY with her mother by this date.
1794 - Married Paul SHAVER in Bourbon Co., KY
1797 - One of her five children - John SHAVER was born in KY.
1840-1850 - Died
That is all I was able to put together to compare these two women. I don't
know if there is a known date of marriage to John O. GULLION or if they had
children. Do you?
What do you think??
Cindy Kostka
PS - I am sending this email to the Switzerland Co., IN list, RIFFLE-L, Jean
and Eva.