From the Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana
May 10, 1916

VAN WERT WOMAN DIES
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   Van Wert, Ohio, May 6. -- Mrs. Ruhama Gilliland, one of the oldest and best known women of Van Wert county, is dead at the family home here, where she had been in feeble health for many months, although able until recently to be active in the family circle. Mrs. Gilliland was born near Lima, on July 27, 1839, and was the daughter of Jacob S. and Mary East-Baker. Her marriage to Thaddeus S. Gilliland was celebrated on November 12, 1857, and her residence here dated from 1857. Mrs. Gilliland was a long time member of the Presbyterian church.

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2010.