From the Lima News (Lima, Ohio) August 2, 1935 

GILLILAND FAMILY HOLDS
100TH ANNIVERSARY
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(Lima News Bureau)
   
   DELPHOS, Aug. 2 -- The 100th anniversary of the arrival of members of the Gilliland family in Van Wert-co in 1835, was observed Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Duprey on the Van Wert-Decatur pike, Van Wert-co, with 60 members present. The short talks were reminiscent of the incidents in the 100 years history of the family.
   The original members of the Gilliland family came from County Down, Ireland, and settled in Pennsylvania. Members of the family came to Ridge-tp between here and Van Wert and took up 240 acres of land in 1835. Since then the pioneers and their descendants have taken an active part in the establishment of the county.

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2010