Greenbrier County, West Virginia    Biography: Charles W. GILLILAN

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Transcribed and submitted by Valerie Crook, <vfcrook @earthlink.net>, 1998.
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CHARLES W. GILLILAN - son of Richard H. and Mary (HANDLEY) GILLILAN, was
born near Frankford, this county, May 4, 1843.  His parents were born in
Falling Spring District, his father's birth September 14, 1814, and his
mother born May 13, 1818.  She died at Frankford, January 22, 1878.
Charles W. GILLILAN married Charlotte Catharine BELL, who was born in
Rockbridge County, Virginia, January 20, 1848.  Their marriage was
solemnized near Frankford, November 17, 1869, and their children, all
still at home, were born:  Joseph H., August 14, 1870; Lockhart W.,
June 25, 1872; Charles F., August 5, 1875; Richard A., September 17,
1877; Henry W., November 7, 1879; Mary, February 8, 1882.   Mrs. GILLILAN
was a daughter of Thomas A. and Mary (DICKENSON) BELL.  Her father, now
a resident in Greenbrier County, was born in Augusta County, Virginia,
July 11, 1807, and her mother, born in Greenbrier County, February 12,
1811, died at Frankford, April 26, 1870.  Charles W. GILLILAN entered
the Confederate army when he was eighteen years of age, enlisting in
Company E, 60th Virginia Infantry, June 24, 1861, and taking part in the
seven days' fight before Richmond, and many minor engagements, through all
of which he passed unharmed.  He served until the close of the war, since
which time he has been farming and stock-raising in Falling Spring
District.  His post office address is Frankford, Greenbrier County,
West Virginia.

Source:  Hardesty, Henry H.  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia.  New York: H.H. Hardesty and Company, 1884.
Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia.  Ed. Jim Comstock.
Richwood: Comstock, 1974.