Husband Wilson A. Gilleland 1
Born: 24 Mar 1845 - Butler Co, PA 1
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Father: John Gilleland ( - ) 2
Mother: Selina Thompson ( -Bef 1895) 1
Marriage: 14 Nov 1877 3
Wife Marie L. Bowers 3
Born: - Lancaster, Lancaster Co, PA
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Father: Jacob H. Bowers ( - ) 3
Mother: Catherine E. [Unk] ( - ) 3
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1 M Wilson Gilleland 3
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2 F Catherine Louise Gilleland 3
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Spouse: Charles H. King ( - ) 3
General Notes: Husband - Wilson A. Gilleland
He and a cousin were students in Witherspoon Institute, a preparatory school of excellent repute, and were both ready for college entrance when the Civil War began. The cousin chose to enter college, later becoming a prominent member of the Presbyterian clergy, while Mr. Gilleland offered his services to the Union, becoming a soldier in Company D, Eleventh Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves. He was taken seriously ill with typhoid fever and placed in the hospital, wakening in the morning to find his brother Robert occupying the next cot, having received a bullet wound in the leg, the brothers being sent home with the same observation of time of arrival, Wilson A. arriving on Saturday, his brother, Robert, on Sunday. At the Appomattox surrender he was within one hundred yards of the spot where the Confederate flag of truce was raised, his regiment having marched thirty-eight miles the previous day to arrive at the scene of action, five lines of battle being already arrayed when they appeared. During his war career Mr. Gilleland participated in some of the hardest fighting of the struggle, and although never wounded, experienced the sensation of having his comrades fall to his right and to his left, with no knowledge of what might be his last earthly moment.
When peace followed war, he returned to his home and took a course in Duff's Business College, whence he was graduated. He then went to Missouri, later returned to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he was employed as bookkeeper for the firm of Stephen Foster & Company, proprietors of a printing establishment. He later spent four years in Massachusetts, then formed a partnership with a Mr. Osborn as Gilleland & Osborn, their line being printers' supplies. This association continued until 1896. Beginning in 1903 Mr. Gilleland was connected with the office of the county recorder. His home was in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania.
He was always active and interested in local political affairs, although the only office that he accepted was that of borough auditor, which he held for six years. He was a member of the Improved Order of Heptasophs, the Royal Arcanum, the Tribe of Ben Hur, Fraternal Union of Americans, the Masonic Order, and the Grand Army of the Republic.
General Notes: Wife - Marie L. Bowers
She was a graduate of the School of Design, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.