Kate's Notes: Thanks go to cousin Nancy Downard for providing the newspaper article below. Although I contacted the office of the Van Wert Times-Bulletin in an effort to obtain the very nice photo that accompanied the article, it appears they were unable to locate the original.
Alonzo Gilliland Celebrates Birthday | Van Wert Times-Bulletin | Date: Feb. 20, 1969
(Alonzo Gilliland, the subject of this article, was born 15 February 1879 and died in January of 1971, not quite two years after this article was published.)