Kate's Notes: I'm having a difficult time finding more genealogical information for Margaret Eliza (Bernard) Gilliland, so if you have something to share, please drop me a line at hpuppet@verizon.net

-- Kate

From The News-Palladium, Benton Harbor, Michigan
December 28, 1934

MRS. GILLILAND, 87,             
DIES AT HARTFORD;
             RITES ON FRIDAY
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   HARTFORD, Dec. 28. -- Mrs. Margaret Eliza Gilliland, 87, died at 8 o’clock Tuesday evening at the home of her sister, Mrs. David Jonte.
   She was born in Hillsboro, Ohio, May 15, 1847, the daughter of Richard and Eunice Bernard.
   She leaves two sisters, Mrs. David Jonte and Mrs. Flora Sweeney, living in Iowa and one son Carl, of Detroit. The latter arrived Wednesday.
   Funeral services will be held on Friday at 2 o’clock from the Zuver & Calvin chapel with the Rev. William Blanding in charge. Burial will be made at Maple Hill cemetery.

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2010