Kate’s Notes: The marriage of John Gilleland and Nancy Pope, parents of the subject of this biography, was not the only connection between these two families of Hendricks County, Indiana.  In the Indiana Historical Society's publications, Volume 1, we find the record, “on 17 Aug 1851 Thomas J. Pope married Martha Ann Gilleland in Hendricks County Indiana.” This family’s genealogy and history is profiled in Some History of the Thomas J. Pope Family by Eldon Jerome Niebaum, which can be found online at: http://www.wizardofkansas.com/smithpopereunion/ThomasJ.PopeHistory.htm
    There is a small discrepancy between the reference to John O. Gilleland, a plasterer, in the Hendricks County history and the 1867 City Directory for Indianapolis, which lists a John W. Gilleland, plasterer, as well as a George Gilleland, carpenter.
    I am not well versed in this Gilleland line so whether or not John is of the same Pennsylvania origins as the Gillelands granted lands during th 1820’s in Fayette County, Indiana is, at this time, unknown to me. Some discussion of the Indiana families can be found on the Gilliland Trails discussion forum under “Gillilands in the Indiana Records”. As always, corrections or additional notes are welcome.

HISTORY
OF
HENDRICKS COUNTY,
INDIANA,

TOGETHER WITH SKETCHES OF ITS CITIES,VILLAGES AND TOWNS,
EDUCATIONAL, RELIGIOUS, CIVIL, MILITARY, AND POLITICAL
HISTORY, PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT PERSONS, AND
BIOGRAPHIES OF REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

ALSO A CONDENSED

HISTORY OF INDIANA,

EMBODYING ACCOUNTS OF PREHISTORIC RACES, ABORIGNES, WINNE-
BAGO AND BLACK HAWK WARS, AND A BFRIEF REVIEW OF ITS
CIVIL AND POLITICAL HISTORY,

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ILLUSTRATED
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CHICAGO:
INTER-STATE PUBLISHING CO.
1885.

    Theodore R. Gilleland, teacher in the intermediate department of Cartersburg graded schools, is one of the oldest teachers in Hendricks County. He was born in Indianapolis, Ind., Sept 6, 1846, the only son of John O. and Nancy J. (Pope) Gilleland, and grandson of William Pope. In 1851 his parents moved to Hendricks County, where, in connection with working at his trade (plasterer), his father engaged in farming. He attended in his boyhood the district schools, and later, the Belleville Academy, and in the spring of 1877, a term at the State Normal School, at Terra Haute. He commenced teaching in 1868 and has taught nine years in Belleville, five years in Brownsburg and three years in Cartersburg. He has been a successful disciplinarian and instructor and has a reputation second to none in the county. In addition to teaching he carries on a small farm on section 31, Liberty Township. He was married Feb. 26, 1874, to Amanda M. Wilson, of Danville. They have two children -- Daisy I. and Raymond I. Mr. Gilleland is a member of Belleville Lodge, No. 205, I.O.O.F.

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2009.