When Dyly Diana Gillespie was born on 26 February 1786, in Dobson, Surry, North Carolina, United States, her father, Elijah Gillespie, was 38 and her mother, Mary Rabon, was 28. She married Tyre Dunagan about 1807, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 6 May 1871, in her hometown, at the age of 85.
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