HISTORY 
OF
CRAWFORD COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA,

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CONTAINING A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, VILLAGES, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, INDUSTRIES, ETC.; PORTRAITS OF 
EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; BIOGRAPHIES;
HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA; STATISTICAL AND
MISCELLANEOUS MATTER, ETC., ETC.

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ILLUSTRATED

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CHICAGO:
WARNER, BEERS & CO.,
1885

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   MRS. NANCY W. GILLILAND, P. O. Linesville, was born in Warren, Penn., September 15, 1821, daughter of Thomas T. and Margaret Page, who were born and brought up in Philadelphia, parents of ten children. They were good, Christian people, members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Page, who had been a farmer all his days, died in 1849, his widow in 1853. Our subject, who is fifth in the family, was married in September, 1847, to Samuel Gilliland, a native of Conneaut Township, son of Samuel Gilliland, Sr., one of the very early settlers and farmers of Conneaut Township, the father of a large family. Samuel Gilliland, Jr., died in March, 1865, leaving his widow, our subject, over 140 acres of excellent land, most of which he and his sons cleared. He carried on a lumber business at one time in Warren County, Penn., in which he earned the money that bought his farm. Mrs. Gilliland is the mother of three children: William P., married and has a family; Frank L., also married and has a family; and Samuel D., who is single and lives with his mother, managing the old homestead which they still hold. Our subject managed to keep her children together after her husband’s death, and raised them in a manner reflecting the highest credit on her. She and two eldest sons are members of the Disciple Church.

-- transcribed by Kate Maynard, 2009