BIO:  S. A. GILLILAND, Straban Township, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Page 508

S. A. GILLILAND, farmer and stock grower, P. O. Gettysburg, was born on the farm 
where he now resides, June 4, 1834, a son of Flemming and Sarah Gilliland, 
natives of Straban Township, this county.  His paternal and maternal ancestors 
were among the early Scotch-Irish settlers of Adams County, and many of them 
participated in the Revolution and also in the war of 1812.  Our subject’s 
father, who was a farmer by occupation, was a soldier in the latter struggle.  
His family consisted of four children, three of whom are still living:  J. J. 
F., a druggist in Texas; S. A.; and Sarah E., who resides om Gettysburg.  S. A. 
grew to manhood in Straban Township on the farm where he now resides, and was 
educated at the country school.  As an agriculturist he has met with great 
success and his farm consists of 225 acres of land.  In 1865 he married Margaret 
G., daughter of James McKnight, of Allegheny County, Penn., and their union was 
blessed with five children, three now living; W. Fleming, Sarah E. and John H.  
Mrs. Gilliland died May 20, 1885, a member of the Presbyterian Church.  
Politically Mr. Gilliland is a Democrat.  His grandfather was a judge and held 
the first court in Adams County; also was in the State Senate a number of terms.