The Altamont Enterprise
Altamont, New York
3 September, 1897

DELMAR.

    Mr. W. C. Gilliland died Thursday morning, Aug. 26th 1897, after an illness of a few days. The funeral service took place Saturday afternoon from his late residence, Rev. J. Lansing Pearse and Rev. J. H. Gilliland, brother of the deceased, officiating. Mr. Gilliland had been an employee of the “D. & H.” office for twenty years and will be greatly missed. A special train conveyed the remains to the Rural cemetery where the interment took place. A large circle of friends sympathize with the bereaved daughters.

--transcription by Kate Maynard, 2011