GENEALOGICAL AND
PERSONAL HISTORY
OF
FAYETTE COUNTY
PENNSYLVANIA
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UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF
JOHN W. JORDAN, LL.D.
Librarian of Pennsylvania Historical Society, Philadelphia

AND

JAMES HADDEN,
Of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, author of “Washington and Braddock’s Expeditions Through
Fayette County,” and the reproductions of Judge James Veech’s work entitled “The Monongahela of Old, or Historical Sketches of Southwestern Pennsylvania to the year 1800”

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ILLUSTRATED
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Volume III.

NEW YORK
LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY
1912

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GILLELAND  The emigrant ancestor of this family was Henry Gilleland, who came from Ireland to America in pre-revolutionary days. He first settled in New Jersey, and there took up arms against the tyranny and oppression of George III, and fought through the war for independence. After the war he came to Franklin township, Fayette county, taking up a large tract of land. He was a Federalist in politics, later belonging to the Whig party. He married and had three sons: Thomas, Adam and William, of whom further.
    (II) William, son of Henry Gilleland, was born in Fayette county. He had inherited the old farm from his father; but this being claimed by his brother Thomas through some misunderstanding, he purchased a farm in the same county, which he cultivated very successfully all his life. He married Mary Henry, and had issue: 1. George, a farmer of Franklin township. 2. Elizabeth, married David Lindeman, and lived in Franklin township. 3. Mary Jane, married Solomon Davis. 4. Henry (2) of whom further. 5. William, lived in Illinois and Iowa. 6. Margaret, married George Foster, and lived in Franklin township. 7. Susan, married Robert McLaughlin.
   (III) Henry (2), son of William and Mary (Henry) Gilleland, was born in Franklin township, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, September 26, 1826, and died June 8, 1903. His life was spent in his native township, where he was a successful farmer, a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and a democrat in politics. He married (first) Phoebe Patterson;  (second) Maria Patterson,  a cousin of his first wife, daughter of William and Martha (McKnight)  Patterson, born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania. William Patterson was a farmer of Dunbar township. His wife was of Scotch descent, a member of the McKnight family, who settled in New Jersey from Scotland. Children of William and Martha (McKnight) Patterson. 1. Maria, mentioned above. 2. Millie, married Jonathan Deams. 3. James, deceased. 4. Robert, deceased. 5. Hannah, married Louis La Clair, and lives at Hopwood, Pennsylvania.  6. Charles. 7. Job. 8. Jane. 9. Oliver. 10. Oscar. Children of Henry (2) Gilleland, by his first wife: 1. William, lives in Menallen township. 2. Ellen, married William Whetsel. 3. Jerome, died young. 4. Thomas, lives in Kansas. 5. George, a farmer of Perry township. 6. James, lives in Vanderbilt.  7. Caroline, married Robert Barrows. 8. Narcissa, married (first) Allen Nelson; (second) William Dennis. 9. Anna Elizabeth, married Albert Norris. 10. David Henry, of whom further. 11. Laura Bell, married Ross Thomas. 12. Martha Jane, died young. 13. Alva. 14. Eliza, married William Reynolds. 15. Charles. 16. Sadie.
    (IV) David Henry, son of Henry (2) and Maria (Patterson) Gilleland, was born in Menallen township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, February 29, 1868. He obtained his education at Thorne Bottom schoolhouse, and after his schooldays were over helped his father on the farm. He became a coal miner at Cheat Haven and Juniata, later becoming a lumberman. In 1907 he purchased the one hundred and ten acre farm of Lawrence Curry, which he had formerly rented. He is a celebrated stock-raiser and has on his farm some of the best Herefords in the county. A limestone quarry was discovered on his land, and he now receives many orders for lime to be used for road construction and building purposes. He is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry,  and with his wife a member of the Old Laurel Hill Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Democrat.
   He married February 22, 1900, Anna (Abraham) Work, born in North Union township, daughter of Enoch and Catherine Abraham, and widow of Isaiah Work, a carpenter, of Franklin township. Isaiah Work had one child Phoebe, employed in the office of the Tribune, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Child of David and Anna (Abraham) Work Gilleland: William Austin, born May 4, 1902.

-transcription by Kate Maynard, 2012