GILLILAND BIBLE RECORDS
submitted by
Mrs. Ruth E. Williams
to
The John Heinz Regional History Center
Pittsburgh, PA
Transcribed for Gilliland Trails by Kate Mayard, 2007

Cover Sheet:
David R. P. Gilliland moved his family from Huntingdon County, Pa. to find work. Most of the family stayed in the West Elizabeth area. More information about the ancestors and heirs of this family is available by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to the address below.

Mrs. Ruth E. Williams
4120 Nina Drive
Chesapeake, VA 23321

[It is unknown whether this is still a valid address as these records date from around 1970. -- Kate ]

First Bible
Bible records --- Gilliland.

Holy Bible   Printed by A J Holman & Co 1021 Arch Street Philadelphia, Pa 1880

Bible is in good condition except for the back which is broken

Marriage Record of David R P Gilliland of Huntingdon, Pa
                             and Mary L Beverly of Huntingdon, Pa
                on May 22, 1862 at Huntingdon, Pa by the Rev. Samuel Reed
                                                                 Witness: Mr. Wm. M Beverly
                                                                                  Miss Ella Gilliland

Births
        David R. P. Gilliland was born February the 3rd A.D. 1839
        Mary L. Beverly was born December 25th A. D. 1840
        Nannie E Gilliland was born July the 26th A. D. 1863
        Hannah E Gilliland was born March the 29th A. D. 1865
        Josehine C Gilliland was born January the 26th A. D. 1867
        John H Gilliland was born February the 5th A. D. 1869
        Annie M Gilliland was born February 23 A. D. 1871
        Mary E. N. Gilliland was born December 14 A. D. 1872

Marriages
         John H Gilliland and Sarah E Weimer were married May 25th 1899 at Blair, Pa
         C. F. Adams and Anna M Gilliland were married October 1, 1923 at Altoona, Pa
         Elias Weimer Gilliland and Elizabeth Bradshaw were married Aug 11, 1925 at Wilson, Pa

Deaths
          David Gilliland died June 13, 1902
          Mary L Gilliland died June 12, 1909
          Nannie E Stilley died November 18, 1941
          Lidie Grace died Aug. 26, 1940 (Hannah E)
          Josehine C Gilliland died Dec 31, 1951
          J. H. Gilliland died Dec 23, 1945
          Annie M Spangle died June 21, 1940
          Molly Gilliland Beitzell died Jan 24, 1958
          Sarah Elizabeth Weimer Gilliland, widow of J. H. died April 12, 1955

Births
          Sarah E Weimer was born March 17th 1876 at Belle Vernon, Pa
          Anna May Gilliland was born April 7th, 1900 at West Elizabeth, Pa
          Elias Weimer Gilliland was born Oct, 20th, 1901 at  West Elizabeth, Pa
          Betty Jane Adams was born June 29th, 1932 at Greensburg, Pa
          Edward Weimer Gilliland was born at Pittsburgh Feb 9, 1937.
          Margaret Elizabeth Gilliland was born at Pittsburgh May 13, 1939

Second Bible
Bible Records--Gilliland-Stouffer-Beitzell

The Devotional Family Bible    A J Holman & Co No 1222 Arch St Philadelphia, Pa [no date]

F. V. Stouffer and Mollie E Stouffer Jefferson   Allegheny Co Pa

Family Register
          Parent's Names
          Husband: Frank Vance Stouffer born November 5th 1868
          Wife: Mary Ellanora Gilliland born December 14th 1872
          Married: October 19th 1891 by Rev. Nelson Davis at West Elizabeth, Pa.

Marriages
          J. H. Beitzell, Fort Wayne, Indiana and Mollie E Stouffer, West Elizabeth, Pa married at the Clerk's office Pittsburg, Pa January 21, 1909
          William Schaner, Wheeling, West Virginia and Mary Elizabeth Stouffer mrried July 3, 1919 Parsonage West Elizabeth Presbyterian Church by Rev. French
          Frank P Stouffer, West Elizabeth, Pa and Sina P Main, Clarksburg, W.Va married  November 3, 1926 Methodist Parsonage Adamston W.Va
          Dorothy Beitzell, West Elizabeth, Pa and Wm L Stout, Elrama, Pa married [no date given] divorced [no date given]
          Ralph Henry Beitzell, West Elizabeth, Pa and Virginia Margaret Menz, Wheeling W.Va married October 15th 1938 Bridgeport, Ohio

Deaths
          John Henry Stouffer died March 20th 1900
          Frank Vance Stouffer, Father & Husband died November 18th, 1912
          Henry J. Beitzell, Father of Ralph and Dorothy, died May 8, 1912
          Ralph Henry Beitzell, son of Henry and Mollie Beitzell, died May 8 1948 Buried Upland, California
          Mollie Gilliland Stouffer Beitzell died January 24, 1958
          Frank Pierce Stouffer Schaner died March 10, 1972
          Mary elizabeth Stouffer Schaner died May 10, 1976

Children's Names
          Mary Elizabeth Stouffer born January 16, 1895
          John Henry Stouffer born July 2nd, 1897
          Frank Pierce Stouffer born December 4th 1899
               2nd Marriage
          Ralph Henry Beitzell born Nov 7, 1909
          Dorothy May Beitzell born June 5th, 1911
          Neil Donald Beitzell son of Ralph, born Aug 1, 1939

[The third Bible is the family record of William Martin Schaner and Mary Elizabeth Stouffer. Because the names and dates within are more contemporary and may list living members of the family I am not including this information as a public posting to our library. Should anyone wish copies of the original documents, including the Schaner-Stouffer Bible record, please write to:

Send a check for $5 (payable to Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania) to Library and Archives, John Heinz Regional History Center, 1212 Smallman St., Pittsburgh, PA 15222, ATTN: Richard Price.
Make sure that you specify that you are requesting copies of the following records:
  Gilliland (David, 1839) family Bible records