Gillis, Robert

GILLIS

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 7/5/2021 at 13:40:25

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.652

GILLIS, ROBERT, farmer, White Oak Township, Sec. 27; P. O. Indianola; born in Kentucky; while an infant his parents moved to Cass county, Ill., where he was raised; he came to this county in 1869; has a farm of 145 acres. He married Miss May F. Monroe, in 1852; she was born in Morgan county, Ill.; she died in August, 1867; he afterwards married Miss Marinda M. McMurry, of Cass county, Ill., in 1868; their family consists of three children by the first marriage: Harvey, Ella (now Mrs. Beaty), and Ida; and five by the second marriage: Nana, Robert, William, Angeline, and Sallie; Mrs. Gillis has one son, John McMurray, by a former marriage.