Kate’s notes:  George Gilleland  was the son of William and Jane Gilleland, the former being a survivor of a Comanche attack that took the lives of his parents and left him gravely wounded. That story has been recounted in detail by William’s sister, Rebecca Jane Gilleland Fisher. That piece, as well as a short biography and poem by William, may be found among “Historical and Biographical Sketches” in the Gilliland Trails library.
   George was survived by his mother and his sister, Kate, who married Kenneth Louis Anderson in 1882.

San Antonio Light
San Antonio, Texas
18 June, 1898

DEATH OF GEORGE GILLELAND

   After a lingering illness, George J. Gilleland passed away at his home, 118 Kingsbury street, yesterday afternoon. He was 29 years of age, and a more popular boy never walked the streets of San Antonio. He was one of the original members of the old Belknap Rifles, none of whom are now with the company, as most of them are married. Deceased was afflicted with consumption and had suffered a number of hemorrhages. He was mailing clerk in the local post office and had been employed there the past fourteen years. He was the son of William Gilleland, who has also died of consumption. The funeral takes place this afternoon from St. Mark’s Episcopal church. The pall bearers will be Judge R. B. Green, Mr. Carlos Bee, Lieut. Hal. L. Howard, Mr. Kraus, Joe Fuller and Jeff Cotton.

-transcription by Kate Maynard, 2012

For more on the Belknap Rifles, see:
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qyb01