New Fort Gibson Era
Fort Gibson, Oklahoma
16 June, 1921

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   Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Gilliland former residents of Ft. Gibson, will celebrate their Golden Wedding on the 22nd. of June, having been married in Johnson County, Ark., on June 22, 1871. Mrs. Gilliland was Eliza Murray and is 66 years old while Mr. Gilliland is 70. Both were born and reared in Arkansas and lived there for 25 years after their marriage, moving to the old Cherokee Nation about 25 years ago. They now reside on Mr. Gilliland’s farm, about one mile northeast of Bacone College.
   There were 10 children born to this couple, 8 of whom are living: J. H. Gilliland of Eufaula, Okla. Mattie Ragsdale, W. A. Gilliland, Homer Gilliland and Lydia Maddox, all of Ft. Gibson; Mollie Stevenson of Van Buren, Ark.; R. A. Gilliland and Ethel Carter, of Ft. Gibson. There are 42 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren living.
   The congratulations and well wishes of their host of friends are with Mr. and Mrs. Gilliland and we trust that they will be with us to celebrate their Diamond Wedding, too.
    A wedding celebration is planned for Sunday, June 16th at the residence of M. l. Ragsdale, Mr. and Mrs. Gilliland’s son-in-law, at Ft. Gibson.

-transcription  by Kate Maynard, 2012