Kate’s Notes: Dr. Gillilan was a brother of writer and humorist Strickland Gillilan; his name was misspelled in the headline with the additional “d” at the end, the form originally used by his ancestors back in Augusta County, Virginia and all other branches of this family not descended from James Gillilan, Sr.

This obituary appeared in the Jackson (OH) Sun Journal on December 30, 1938

Dr. E. E. Gilliland
Dies in Columbus
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Heart Ailment Fatal
To Jackson County
Native
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   Funeral services for Dr. E. E. Gillilan, 71, retired Columbus physician and a brother of Strickland Gillilan, famous poet and humorist, will be held at two o’clock Friday afternoon at the Hoge Memorial Presbyterian church in Columbus.
   Dr. Gillilan, a native of Jackson, died Wednesday morning in White Cross hospital of a heart ailment. He had been ill only six days. Since his retirement from active practice about two years ago he had lived near Amanda, Ohio, where he owned a fruit farm.
   He graduated from the University of Cincinnati Medical college in 1893 and established his practice at Amesville, Ohio. In 1912 he moved to Columbus where he practiced until his retirement two years ago.
   Surviving besides his brother who lives in Washington, D. C., are his wife, Mrs. Kittie H. Gillilan, a daughter, Mrs. J. G. Bowser, of Columbus, and two grandchildren.
   Dr. Gillilan was well known in this city and several Jackson residents are planning to attend the funeral services Friday.

-- Submitted by Wayne Gilleland and transcribed by Kate Maynard, 2009.