Ann Violinda Simpson Gulick (1817-1882)

Ann Violinda Simpson Gulick

Birth

22 Oct 1817

Mount Gilead, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA

Death

21 Dec 1882 (aged 65)

Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA

Burial

Sharon Cemetery

Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA Add to Map

Plot

Lot 119

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James and Ann Violinda Simpson married on 11 Feb 1839 in Loudoun County Virginia. They had 14 children together.

James ran a mill on Goose Creek in Loudoun County and was a founder of the "Loudoun Agricultural Institute" along with George Bitzer.

He died of consumption while serving in the Civil War. He was a Confederate Soldier who was at the Battle of Upperville.

James owned more than 500 acres in Aldie, western Loudoun County bought originally by his grandfather John Gulick (1729-1808). A part of the land is now the National Beagle Club Institute Farm. In 1858 he had Harmon Bitzer build the main building for the "Loudoun County Agricultural and Chemical Academy". The 1857 panic brought an end to the "Academy". The building however remained in existence and was used again. It underwent a restoration in 2013.

The remains of the foundation of the Gulick Mill on Goose Creek are still partially visible, (2023) although the mill house is gone.

Ann outlived James but remained in Middleburg, VA continuing the farm and raising their children. Three of their sons died "out west", Richard and Ashby in Colorado, John in Tulsa Oklahoma. The rest of the family remained in Virginia.