BIO: Samuel GILLILAND, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, page 345.
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  SAMUEL GILLILAND, farmer, of Cromwell township, Huntingdon county, 
was born August 25, 1831, son of Andrew and Mary (Curran) Gilliland. 
His father, born and reared in Cromwell township, settled after 
marriage on 96 acres in his native township. He was a blacksmith, as 
well as a farmer. At his death he owned 130 acres of land in addition 
to the original tract. In April, 1864, he died, and is buried in 
Cromwell township. His wife survived him a few years. Their children 
were: Catharine (Mrs. Michael Shearer), deceased; John, deceased; 
Hannah Jane (Mrs. Samuel Doran); George, deceased; Mary Ann (Mrs. James 
McElwee), deceased; Elizabeth (Mrs. William Morrison), deceased; Nancy 
(Mrs. Gifford); Andrew; Michael, deceased; and Margaret Belle (Mrs. 
Jeremiah Shope), deceased.
  Samuel Gilliland, until he was twenty-one years old, attended school 
in winter and worked on the farm in summer. He was married, October 25, 
1860, to Adeline E. Carothers, of Shirleysburg, Pa., after which he 
rented the home farm one year; then rented a farm in Dublin township 
near Burnt Cabins, where he stayed four years. After that he bought the 
homestead from the heirs, has improved it, and has cultivated it ever 
since. The house upon it was built by his father in 1836. In 1868 he 
bought a tract of mountain land containing 200 acres adjoining this 
farm. In 1882 he purchased "the old Orbison farm," containing 210 
acres.
  His children are: Brice B.; Cora D.; James G.; Sara L.; Samuel Bruce; 
and Mary Mead. Mrs. Gilliland was a school teacher for several years 
before and after marriage. Mr. Gilliland, a strong Democrat, has served 
as township auditor, also as supervisor, and is highly esteemed in the 
community. His grandchildren are: Ross Carmichael Gilliland, born 
August 28, 1890; Augusta Dell Gilliland, born November 29, 1892, 
children of B. B. and C. C. Gilliland, of Kalispell, Mont.; Mary 
Kathleen Gilliland, born in Dillon, Mont., 1889; and Jamie Otho 
Gilliland, born June 19, 1892, children of J. G. and H. J. Gilliland, 
of Orbisonia, Pa.