HISTORY

OF

MILLS COUNTY, IOWA

CONTAINING

A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY, ITS CITIES, TOWNS, ETC.

A BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF MANY OF ITS LEADING CITIZENS, WAR
RECORDS OF ITS VOLUNTEERS IN THE LATE REBELLION, GENERAL AND
LOCAL STATISITICS, PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMI-
NENT MEN, HISTORY OF IOWA AND THE NORTHWEST, MAP OF
MILLS COUNTY, CONSITUTION OF THE STATE OF IOWA,
REMINISCENCES, MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC.
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ILLUSTRATED.
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DES MOINES:
STATE HISTORICAL COMPANY.
1881.

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    GILLILAND, EDWARD, farmer, P.O. Pacific City; born in Brown county, Kentucky, May 6, 1814. At an early age he moved with his parents to Orange county, Indiana, and there passed the major part of his youth. In 1851 he became a resident of Atchinson county, Missouri, and in May following come to this county. He first located in Plattville township, and in 1857 located where he now resides. He was married February 15, 1835, to Miss Florence Wright. They are the parents of eight children, six of whom are now living: Reuben W., John W., Amanda K., Emma, Shirly*, and Anna. Mr. Gilliland has long been identified with the best interests of Mills county, and is an honored and exemplary citizen.

-transcription by Kate Maynard, 2013

*Isom Shirley Gilliland, known as “Shirley Gilliland”, became a prominent lawyer and politician in Iowa. In historical records and documents his first name is rarely noted.