Articles from The Athens Messenger, Athens County, Ohio.

1) Wednesday, October 20, 1926

  Mr. Barclay Welch (Anne Gillilan) and two children Gertrude Ann and David of Salt Lake City, will arrive Thursday from a visit in the East with relatives. They are en route home and will spend one week in Athens visiting relatives. They will be the house guests of Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Jones, S. University Terrace. Mrs. Welch is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis M. Gillilan of Salt Lake City and with her parents are alumnae of Ohio university. She is a member of Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority.

Kate’s note: I believe the Delaware referred to in the article below is Delaware, Ohio, not the state of Delaware.

2) November 10, 1926

   Mr., and Mrs. Ralph Gilliland and children of Delaware were guests of Mrs. Nora Wise at the end of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Gillilan and children of Belpre joined them on Sunday.

3) Friday, May 19, 1929

Baby Is Dead.
Five-Weeks’ Old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Gillilan Dies.
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Nelsonville, May 10. -- Carrie June, the five-weeks’-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Gillilan, died Thursday at the parents home on Mason City Hill.
   Funeral services conducted by the Rev. C. [F] Pridgen of the Pilgrim Holiness Church will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the residence. Burial will be made at Greenlawn.

-- Articles contributed and transcribed by Kate Maynard, 2009.