Kate’s Notes:  In the 1900 census for Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, 7 year old Chester Blain Gilleland is listed as the son of Joseph M. Gilleland and Iowa-born wife Lucinda. Joseph’s birthplace was Colorado and both of his parents were Pennsylvania-born.
    For the 1910 census of Routt County, Colorado, Chester is listed as the stepson of John C. Frye and Chester’s sister Ethal, some five years older than Chester, is no longer in the household.  ( Mr. Frye’s father was Ohio-born, which makes it possible that he was related to the Gillilans of SE Ohio, a branch that included the marriage of Capt. Coleman Gillilan and Sarah K. Frye.)
    In 1930 we find Chester and his wife Ruth living in Great Falls, Cascade Co., Montana with two children, Betty and Terrence.

The Routt County Sentinel
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
2 July, 1920

Gilleland – Moffatt.

    Chester B. Gilleland and Miss Moffatt, two popular young people of Steamboat Springs, completely escaped the watchful attentions of their friends when they slipped away on Sunday night’s train and went to Craig, where next morning they were united in marriage. They returned to Steamboat Tuesday morning, and are stopping with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Frye, until they are able to secure a house. The groom is a son of Mrs. Frye, and since his return from the army, where he served with the 164th Depot Brigade, has been a lineman with the Mountain States Telephone company. His bride, who is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Moffatt, has also been with the telephone company, having been an operator at the Steamboat exchange until a couple of months ago, when she became chief operator at the exchange in Craig. She resigned three weeks ago and returned home, but few of their friends knew that the wedding date had been set.

-transcription by Kate Maynard, 2011