PORTRAIT AND
BIOGRAPHICAL 
RECORD

OF
Dickinson, Saline, McPherson
and Marion Counties,
Kansas,

CONTAINING
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS,
Together with Biographies of all the
Governors of the State, and of the Presidents,
OF THE UNITED STATES
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CHICAGO:
CHAPMAN BROS.
1893

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William C. Gilliland, one of the extensive farmers and stock-raisers of Holland Township, Dickinson County, residing on Section 26, was born on the 20th of September, 1844, in Mifflin County, Pa., and spent his early boyhood days in the county of his nativity, where he remained until about sixteen years old. During several succeeding years he was a resident of Montgomery County, Ind., and later removed to Tippecanoe County, that state, where he continued to make his home until the autumn of 1878. He then came to Kansas, locating in Norton County, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits for two years. We next find him in Chapman, Dickinson County, and for more than ten years, or since February, 1882, he has resided upon the farm which is now his home, on section 26, Holland Township. Mr. Gilliland has been one of the extensive land-owners of this county, his possessions having at one time aggregated fourteen hundred and forty acres. He is now extensively engaged in the stock business and is meeting with good success in his chosen work.
    In Montgomery County, Ind., Mr. Gilliland was united in marriage with Mrs. Sally Carney, who was born in Mercer County, Ky., on the 31st of October, 1836. In her maidenhood she was Miss Sally Stagg, and after arriving at years of maturity she became the wife of Jacob Carney, who died in Montgomery County, Ind.. By this union there were born five children: Mary L., who is now the wife of Jesse Phillips; Eliza A., who married William Campbell, and died in Wyandotte, Kan.; James H.; William H.; and John E. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Gilliland have been born two sons and a daughter, namely: Frank S., Fannie B. and Charles M.
    Mr. Gilliland takes quite an active part in local political affairs and votes with the Republican party, of which he is a staunch supporter. His wife, a most estimable lady, is a member of the Methodist Church. The family is one well and favorably known in this community, and our subject and his wife well deserve the high regard in which they are held. Mr. Gilliland has led a busy and useful life, and industry and energy are numbered among his chief characteristics. By his own unaided efforts he has won success and now has a comfortable competence. He is public-spirited and progressive and manifests a commendable interest in all that pertains to the welfare of the community.

Additional notes:

William C. Gilliland married Sallie Banta Stagg, daughter of Abraham Conover Stagg and Mary Banta, on 5. Nov. 1868 at Montgomery County, Indiana.

Some vitals on the children of William C. Gilliland and Sallie Banta Stagg Carney Gilliland:
    Frank Speed Gilliland, b. 26. Aug. 1869 - d. ? (Though I don't have a date of death for Frank, he appears on the census for Butler County, Indiana as late as 1930, with wife Flora.)
    Fannie Belle Gilliland b. 7. Dec. 1871, d. 9. Jun. 1932
    Charles Matthew Gilliland, b. 4. Dec. 1874, d. 1951

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2009.