From The Portsmouth Daily Times
Portsmouth, Ohio
October 13, 1925

SOCIETY EVENTS 

  Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Gilliland, of Jackson, who are well known in this city, entertained with a birthday dinner Sunday in celebration of the eightieth birthday anniversary of Mr. Gilliland. All came with well-filled baskets, and at the noon hour a sumptuous dinner was served. Included in the guest list were four generations, Mr. and Mrs. O. Gilliland and daughter Viola; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Gilliland, Jr., and children Beldan and Glena Fay; Mr. Charles Gilliland, Nellie Grace, Dorothy Louise and Lucille Gilliland, all of Jackson; Mr. Byron Reed, of Chillicothe; Mr. and Mrs. John Kent and children, Delmer, Carl, Mabel, Betty Jane and Alice; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kent, of Lucasville; Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Kent; Mrs. Anna Cooper and children, Henrietta, Pauline and Paul; Chester Rickey, Herbert Conkel, Russell Conkel and Miss Bertha Oney, all of this city, Mr. Gilliland is one of the few remaining old soldiers, and he is enjoying very good health despite his advanced years.

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2010