William Kerr Gilliland and Nancy Foster

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Husband William Kerr Gilliland ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 11 Mar 1828 - Penn's Valley, Potter Twp, Centre Co, PA 1 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Dec 1907 - Saegertown, Crawford Co, PA 5
         Buried:  - Sugarcreek Memorial Cemetery, Sugarcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: Joseph A. Gilliland (1796-1861) 1 4
         Mother: Nancy Kerr (Abt 1799-1844) 1 4

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       Marriage: 4 Nov 1852 1 5 6

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Wife Nancy Foster ^{1 3 7}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Dec 1893 5
         Buried:  - Sugarcreek Memorial Cemetery, Sugarcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: John Foster (1768-1844) 7 8
         Mother: Isabella Beatty (1804-1867) 7 8

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Children

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1 F Margaret Irwin Gilliland ³

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           Born: 30 Jun 1853 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Sep 1857 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M Levi Speer Gilliland ^{3 6}

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           Born: 21 Dec 1855 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Nov 1912 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Maggie M. Grove (1855-      ) 3
           Marr: 1895 - ? Venango Co, PA

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3 M Foster Madison Gilliland ³

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            AKA: Foster W. Gilliland 6
           Born: 23 Apr 1857 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Jul 1905 3
         Buried: 

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4 F Effie Belle Gilliland ³

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            AKA: Effie G. Gilliland 6
           Born: 14 Feb 1860 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1919
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Prof. John Dudley Goodwin (1858-1927) 3 6 9 10

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5 M John Adam Gilliland ^{3 6}

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           Born: 17 May 1862 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1919
         Buried: 

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6 M Cyrus Abner Gilliland ^{3 6}

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           Born: 6 Nov 1865 - Sunville, Plum Twp, Venango Co, PA 3 11
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1919
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Ada "Addie" Graham (1868-      ) 3 11
           Marr: 1895 3

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7 F Mary Alwilda Gilliland ^{3 6}

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           Born: 5 Nov 1868 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1919
         Buried: 

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8 M William Kerr Gilliland, Jr. ^{3 6 12}

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           Born: 15 Feb 1871 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1919 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Henrietta Lupher (      -      ) 3 12

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General Notes: Husband - William Kerr Gilliland

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He came to Venango county when five years of age. He ob­tained his education at the log school house, and in 1838 received one year's instruction at a select school taught by his uncle in Centre county. He served an apprenticeship at the blacksmith trade, after which he worked in Franklin and various other places until 1854, when he settled in Sunville. On account of an accident that made him a cripple for several years he aban­doned his trade in 1859. In 1851 he traveled through the western states, Illinois, and Iowa. In 1863 he was elected a justice of the peace. In 1871 he was elected county auditor; in 1883 he was appointed by the court to fill a vacancy, and was re-elected to the office in 1884. He and his wife had ten children, seven were living in 1890. Mr. Gilliland was an earnest Republican and with his wife belonged to the Sugar Creek Presbyterian church, of which he was an elder. [HVC 1890, 1056]

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 631.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1055, 1060.

3 Helen M. Snyder, Genealogy of Robert Beatty 1760-1823 (Franklin, PA: Self-published.), Pg 91.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1055.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 892.

6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1056.

7 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1060.

8 Helen M. Snyder, Genealogy of Robert Beatty 1760-1823 (Franklin, PA: Self-published.), Pg 89.

9 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 176.

10 Earl Prather, The Alcorn Family in Northwestern Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1997), Pg 24.

11 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 893.

12 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 782.