Kate’s notes: From the sparse information provided by this clipping, the record most closely matching this William H. Gilleland is a man who was an immigrant from Canada, born about 1831 and in 1863 was living at East Bear River, California. (Information from Civil War draft registration ledger.)

Sacramento Daily Union
Sacramento, California
29 December, 1868

NEVADA COUNTY. — We clip the following items from the Gazette of December 28th :

    William H. Gilleland died last night about five o'clock, near the Half Mile House. He was taken ill suddenly near the suspension bridge a few minutes before his death, and was carried on a litter to the Half Mile House, but death ensued before he reached the hotel. Gilleland was about thirty-three years of age.

-transcription by Kate Maynard, 2012