Ada Jesse Gilliland

14 September 1871–7 December 1949 (Age 78)
Laddonia, Audrain, Missouri, United States

The Life Summary of Ada Jesse

When Ada Jesse Gilliland was born on 14 September 1871, in Laddonia, Audrain, Missouri, United States, her father, Jesse Richardson Gililland, was 51 and her mother, Eliza Ann Ferrell, was 40. She married Lewis Wesley McCoy on 11 September 1894, in Laddonia, Audrain, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Prairie Township, Audrain, Missouri, United States for about 40 years. She died on 7 December 1949, in Laddonia, Audrain, Missouri, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Laddonia, Audrain, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lewis Wesley McCoy
1859–1928
Ada Jesse Gilliland
1871–1949
Marriage: 11 September 1894
Byrde Frances McCoy
1897–1982

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    11 September 1894Laddonia, Audrain, Missouri, United States
    • Children

    (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (2)

    World Events (8)

    1872 · The First National Park
    Age 1
    Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
    1872 · The Amnesty Act
    Age 1
    A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.
    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
    Age 25
    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish and Irish (Ulster): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaolain (Scottish) or Mac Giolla Fhaoláin (Irish) ‘son of the servant of St. Faolán (Fillan)’. Compare McClellan .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Gililland
    Gilliand
    Gillilan
    Gilleland
    McClellan
    Gilland

    Sources (7)

    • Ada J Mccoy in household of Louis W Mccoy, "United States Census, 1900"
    • Ada J Gililland in entry for L W McCoy, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
    • Ada J Gilliland in household of J B Gilliland, "United States Census, 1880"

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