Kate’s notes: In the 1900 census for Caddo County, Louisiana, John H. Gilliland (b. abt 1844) is found in a household that includes his Alabama-born wife Josephine, plus sons James (a deputy sheriff) and Walter. According to the information provided to the census taker, John was born in Florida but both of his parents were Irish-born.

The Caucasian
Shreveport, Louisiana
June 08, 1911

Died.
     In this city at 6 o’clock yesterday evening, Mrs. J. H. Gilliland, wife of the late John H. Gilliland.
    The funeral will take place this evening at 5 o’clock. Interment in Oakland cemetery.
    The deceased was an old resident of Shreveport, and is survived by two sons, J. H. and Walter Gilliland, and two daughters, Mrs. J. E. Goodwin and Mrs. Paul Southerland of this city.

-transcription by Kate Maynard, 2013