The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 478

LENOX GILLILAND.

Lenox Gilliland owns twenty acres of land near Zillah, of which ten are in
orchard. Recently the Northern Pacific Railroad has placed a switch on his ranch
and the station has been named in honor of our subject. Mr. Gilliland was born
in Van Wert county, Ohio, July 4, 1850, and is a son of Robert and Henrietta
Caroline (Marsh) Gilliland, natives of Maryland and Connecticut respectively.
They became pioneers of Ohio, in which state they lived during its early
history. The father was a prominent lawyer in his locality and was often
employed by the United States government and also by his county and state. He
took a most helpful interest in politics, and held many offices of distinction.
He assisted in establishing the Insane Asylum at Dayton, Ohio, among many other
public measures which have proven of benefit and in which he took part. Both
parents passed away in Ohio.

Lenox Gilliland was reared in his native state and there he received his primary
education, subsequently attending college at Niagara Falls, New York, and also
at Fordham, that state. After completing his studies he worked in a clock
factory in Connecticut and subsequently taught school in Ohio. Later he became
superintendent of a stare mill in Ohio and was afterward connected with a
similar enterprise in Indiana. The year 1907 marked his arrival in Yakima county
and in 1908 he acquired twenty acres of land a mile southeast of Zillah, having
previously investigated local conditions and found everything to his liking. He
has ten acres in orchard, devoted to apples, pears and prunes, while the
remainder of the land is under the plow and in hay. He has erected a handsome
residence and substantial barns and outbuildings and everything about the place
denotes the up-to-date agriculturist.

In 1879 Mr. Gilliland was united in marriage to Miss Amanda C. Kopp, a native of
Pennsylvania, and to this union were born the following children: Bertha, the
wife of E. J. Brand, of Grandview, Washington, by whom she has two children;
Henry, a rancher near Zillah, who married Susie Bush, by whom he has two
children; Hiram, who wedded Miss May Allsbarry and has one child, their home
being in Zillah; Katie, who married M. O. Thomas, a rancher near Zillah, and
they have three children; and one who died in infancy.

Mr. and Mrs. Gilliland and their family are highly respected by all who know
them, having proven themselves valuable, public-spirited citizens. In politics
he is a republican, staunchly upholding the principles of the party but has
never been an office seeker. The branch station, Gilliland, which has been
placed upon his property by the Northern Pacific Railroad, promises to make the
place more valuable and is therefore to be considered highly advantageous.
There is great credit due Mr. Gilliland for what he has accomplished in life, as
he started out practically empty-handed and is now numbered among the prosperous
orchardists of Yakima county.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.