Kate’s Notes: Sarah L. (Bailey) Gilliland was the wife of Eli Nathan Gilliland. Additional notes on this family may be found in the library report for Scioto Cemetery, Lucasville, Ohio.

The Portsmouth Times
Portsmouth, Ohio
15 March, 1950

Mrs. Sarah L. Gilliland

    Mrs. Sarah L. Gilliland, 83, died at her home on Lucasville rt 3, Tuesday at 4:20 p.m.  She had been ill for a year.
    Mrs. Gilliland was born in Scioto County, Feb 5, 1867, a daughter of Joel and Nancy Sprouse Bailey. Her husband, Nathan Gilliland, has been dead for 38 years.
   She is survived by a brother, John W. Bailey of Lucasville rt 3; several nephews and nieces.
    The body is at the residence on Lucasville rt 3. It will remain there until the funeral hour.
    Funeral services are to be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Scioto Baptist Church near Wakefield. Rev, John Kemper is to officiate, and burial will be in Scioto Cemetery under the direction of Howe Funeral Home.

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2011