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JAMES M. GILLILAND, farmer, P. O. Ripley, is a son of James, Jr., and Marcissa (McLain) Gilliland, natives of South Carolina and Pennsylvania respectively. He came to this county with his son, James, whose record appears in another portion of this work. James, Jr., was a farmer by occupation, but was largely engaged in the pork business in this county for some years. He was one of the original organizers of the Farmers’ State Bank, and its President for many years, and an active business man all his life. He was deeply interested in church and educational affairs, and died in this county in 1880, on the homestead now occupied by his son, the subject of this sketch. His wife followed him to the better home the following year. James M. Gilliland was born in Union Township May 5, 1842. He has always made farming his principal occupation, and under his supervision the homestead farm has been so improved as to make it one of the finest in the county. Mr. G. was united in marriage, in 1873, to Miss Ella Sutherland, a native of Dayton, Ohio, and a daughter of William H. Sutherland, a Methodist divine, residing at Yellow Springs, Ohio. To this union five children have been born, four of whom are living — Mary N., James L., Verna T. and Eddie. Mr. G. is a Director of the Farmers’ National Bank, at Ripley, and Trustee of the Presbyterian Church; a man of unostentatious tastes, who lives in the enjoyment of his home and family. Politically, he is a Republican.