Biography

03/31/1813 - 11/06/1895

GILLILAND, Samuel, a Representative from Centre County; born, March 31, 1813 in Potter Township, Centre County, Pa.; farmer; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1858 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1859 term; elected, auditor, Harris Township (1851, 1860); employed, woolen factory; elected, Inspector, College Township (1880); died, November 6, 1895 in College Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania; interred, Spring Creek Presbyterian Cemetery, State College, Centre County, Pennsylvania.