John Gilliland was born in 1840, in Hancock, Ohio, United States. He married Catharine Riggles on 18 October 1861, in Hardin, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Blendon Township, Franklin, Ohio, United States in 1880 and Herndon, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States in 2006. He died in 1916, in Westerville, Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 76.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Settlers adopted the name of Herndon in 1858.
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
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 .
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