Dickinson Co., KS AHGP-Portrait and
Biographical Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and
Marion Counties-William C. Gilliland
Portrait and Biographical
Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and Marion
Counties
Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1893
WILLIAM C. GILLILAND, one of the extensive
farmers and stock-raisers of Holland
Township, Dickinson County, residing
on section 26, was born on the 20th of September,
1844, in Mifflin County, Pa., and spent his
early boyhood days in the county of his nativity,
where he remained until about sixteen years old.
During several succeeding years he was a resident
of Montgomery County, Ind., and later removed
to Tippecanoe County, that State, where he continued
to make his home until the autumn of 1878.
He then came to Kansas, locating in Norton
County, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits
for two years. We next find him in Chapman,
Dickinson County, and for more than ten years,
or since February, 1882, he has resided upon the
farm which is now his home, on section 26, Holland
Township. Mr. Gilliland has been one of the
extensive land-owners of this county, his possessions
having at one time aggregated fourteen
hundred and forty acres. He is now extensively
engaged in the stock business and is meeting with
good success in his chosen work.
In Montgomery County, Ind., Mr. Gilliland was
united in marriage with Mrs. Sally Carney, who
was born in Mercer County, Ky., on the 31st of
October, 1836. In her maidenhood she was Miss
Sally Stagg, and after arriving at years of maturity
she became the wife of Jacob Carney, who died
in Montgomery County, Ind. By this union there
were born live children: Mary L., who is now the
wife of Jesse Phillips; Eliza A., who married William
Campbell, and died in Wyandotte, Kan.;
James H.; William H. and John E. Unto Mr. and
Mrs. Gilliland have been born two sons and a
daughter, namely: Frank S., Fannie B. and Charles
M.
Mr. Gilliland takes quite an active part in local
political affairs and votes with the Republican
party, of which he is a stanch supporter. His wife,
a most estimable lady, is a member of the Methodist
Church. The family is one well and favorably
known in this community, and our subject and
his wife well deserve the high regard in which
they are held. Mr. Gilliland has led a busy and
useful life, and industry and energy are numbered
among his chief characteristics. By his own unaided
efforts he has won success and now has a
comfortable competence. He is public-spirited and
progressive and manifests a commendable interest
in all that pertains to the welfare of the community.
(c) 2009 Sheryl McClure for
Dickinson County KS AHGP