John Gilliland

Brief Life History of John

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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Family Time Line

John Gilliland
1840–1916
Martha Ellen Hupp
1845–
Marriage: 2 February 1871
Adelaide L. Gilliland
1871–1954
Elizabeth Gilliland
1873–1970
Reuben Wesley Gilliland
1875–1955
William Edward Gilliland
1878–1944
Nellie M Gilliland
1880–
Clara Mae Gilliland
1886–
Amy Viola Gilliland
1889–1960

Sources (42)

  • John Gilliland, "United States, Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890"
  • John Gilliland, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • John Gilliland in entry for Charles T. Cory and Clara M. Gilliland, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"

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World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1858 · Establishment

Settlers adopted the name of Herndon in 1858.

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

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.

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.

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