Umatilla County OR Archives Biographies.....Gilliam, Frank November 29, 1854 - 
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Author:  Colonel William Parsons 

Page 495, 496

Hon. Frank Gilliam
	The eminent citizen and esteemed pioneer whose name heads this article 
is accorded a representation in this volume, both because of his marked 
capabilities, which have won him distinction, and his intrinsic merit and 
unswerving integrity, that have gained and hold the confidence of his fellows. 
Possessed of those sterling qualities that mark the typical pioneer, and 
dominated by a wisdom that searches out the most intricate proposition without 
compromise, and maintained by a continuity of purpose that brooks no defeat, 
Mr. Gilliam is a man that by force of right must fill the position where his 
fellows have so unhesitatingly installed him leader and in which he has ever 
displayed that depth of resource and faithfulness characteristic of his whole 
career.
	Mr. F. Gilliam is a son of Jasper and Rose Gilliam and was born in 
Clackamas county, Oregon, on November 29, 1854. His parents came to that 
county in 1852 from North Carolina. Ten years later the father died and the 
family removed to Multnomah county, where the subject of this sketch received 
a public school education and remained until 1870, the date of his emigration 
to what is now Morrow county. He located on Rhea creek, about ten miles from 
Heppner, and engaged in stock raising until 1887. At that time he embarked in 
the hardware and implement business, where we still find him, now as the 
senior member of the firm of Gilliam and Bisbee. His business flourished from 
the start and he is still favored with a generous and ever increasing 
patronage.
	Mr. Gilliam has ever devoted that time and attention to political 
matters that become the loyal citizen, and for the past twenty years the 
people have constantly placed upon him the public trusts of various positions. 
In 1899 he was elected mayor of Heppner and has served in that office since. 
He was one of the first commissioners of this county and has also served as 
treasurer for four years, besides various other positions.
	The marriage of Mr. Gilliam and Miss Effie J. Wright occurred in 
Heppner, on November 20, 1882, and to them have been born the following 
children: Ona V., Leonard L., Clinton C., Edwin E., Hazel. He is a prominent 
member of the A. F. & A. M., having taken the thirty-second degree, belongs to 
the W. of W., the A. O. U. W. and the B. P. O. E. Mr. Gilliam has wrought long 
and faithfully in this section, demonstrating his ability both as a stock 
raiser and business man by his almost unbounded success, while he has also 
exemplified the typical citizen, the faithful public official, the kind and 
upright neighbor and the true gentleman of honor.


Additional Comments:
 An Illustrated History of Umatilla County by Colonel William Parsons and of 
Morrow County by W. S. Shiach with a brief outline of the early history of the 
State of Oregon.  W. H. Lever, Publisher  1902.

	Notice: These biographies were transcribed for the Oregon Biographies 
Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the
individual featured in the biographies. 


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