Kate’s notes: I believe the Pierre Gilliland of this marriage announcement was the son of D. J. and Lydia Gilleland. At the time of Lydia’s death (1909) the family was living in Pasadena, California, but her body was taken to LaPorte, Indiana for interment. It was stated in her obituary that her son Pierre was returning to Indiana with the body and would not return to California.

The New York Times
New York, NY
29 August, 1912

LOCHINVAR IN AN AUTO.
___________

Came Out of the West and Quickly
Carried Off His Bride.

Special to The New York Times

ASBURY PARK, N.J., Aug. 28. – After a very brief courtship, Pierre Gilliland, 26 years old, a manufacturer at Evansville, Ill., and Miss Grace Connerton, 18, of 730 Cornelia Avenue, Chicago, were married by the Rev. Dr. W. A. Atchley at the First Baptist Church to-day.
    Gilliland came here from Chicago in an automobile and left with his bride after the wedding ceremony for the return trip. Mrs. Gilliland sent a note to her grandmother, Mrs. George Hurd, with whom she was staying at the Plaza Hotel here telling her of the wedding.
    According to the story told by Gilliland here, he first saw Miss Connerton in a store at Chicago a few weeks ago. It was love at first sight, he said. He hunted up a friend who knew Miss Connerton and was presented. He began courtship and when Miss Connerton left for her annual visit home he followed by automobile.

-transcription by Kate Maynard, 2013