Born in Virginia. She was the daughter of Richard Holliday and Anna McDonald Holliday. Father born in Ireland, mother born in VA.
On the 1880 census she was living in Shelbyville,Shelby County,Mo. Also in the household was daughter Anna M. Gillis age 49
LOCAL.
--- Margaret D. Gillis, whose maiden name was Holliday, died at the home of her son Wm. Gillis at Martinsdale, Montana, April 8, 1897. She was born in Winchester, Virginia, Oct. 14, 1806; married Joseph [sic] G. Gillis Jan. 28, 1830; moved to Shelby county, Mo, in 1834, where she lost her husband on August 23, 1835. She remained in this county until June 15, 1886, when she started with her son and his family for Montana, arriving there on July 1st of the same year. On Jan. 4, 1894, she met with an accident by falling, which rendered her as helpless as an Infant. She lived to a ripe old age. She was in a true sense one of Shelby county's pioneers. She was during all her womanhood a consistent member of the Methodist church. She was a kindly woman, a good mother, and a good neighbor.
Shelby County Herald, Shelbyville, Missouri • Wed, Apr 21, 1897, Page 4, Column 5
(Contributed by Shelby County (MO) Historical Society, Museum & Library and Pam Witherow)
On the 1880 census she was living in Shelbyville,Shelby County,Mo. Also in the household was daughter Anna M. Gillis age 49
LOCAL.
--- Margaret D. Gillis, whose maiden name was Holliday, died at the home of her son Wm. Gillis at Martinsdale, Montana, April 8, 1897. She was born in Winchester, Virginia, Oct. 14, 1806; married Joseph [sic] G. Gillis Jan. 28, 1830; moved to Shelby county, Mo, in 1834, where she lost her husband on August 23, 1835. She remained in this county until June 15, 1886, when she started with her son and his family for Montana, arriving there on July 1st of the same year. On Jan. 4, 1894, she met with an accident by falling, which rendered her as helpless as an Infant. She lived to a ripe old age. She was in a true sense one of Shelby county's pioneers. She was during all her womanhood a consistent member of the Methodist church. She was a kindly woman, a good mother, and a good neighbor.
Shelby County Herald, Shelbyville, Missouri • Wed, Apr 21, 1897, Page 4, Column 5
(Contributed by Shelby County (MO) Historical Society, Museum & Library and Pam Witherow)
Born in Virginia. She was the daughter of Richard Holliday and Anna McDonald Holliday. Father born in Ireland, mother born in VA.
On the 1880 census she was living in Shelbyville,Shelby County,Mo. Also in the household was daughter Anna M. Gillis age 49
LOCAL.
--- Margaret D. Gillis, whose maiden name was Holliday, died at the home of her son Wm. Gillis at Martinsdale, Montana, April 8, 1897. She was born in Winchester, Virginia, Oct. 14, 1806; married Joseph [sic] G. Gillis Jan. 28, 1830; moved to Shelby county, Mo, in 1834, where she lost her husband on August 23, 1835. She remained in this county until June 15, 1886, when she started with her son and his family for Montana, arriving there on July 1st of the same year. On Jan. 4, 1894, she met with an accident by falling, which rendered her as helpless as an Infant. She lived to a ripe old age. She was in a true sense one of Shelby county's pioneers. She was during all her womanhood a consistent member of the Methodist church. She was a kindly woman, a good mother, and a good neighbor.
Shelby County Herald, Shelbyville, Missouri • Wed, Apr 21, 1897, Page 4, Column 5
(Contributed by Shelby County (MO) Historical Society, Museum & Library and Pam Witherow)
On the 1880 census she was living in Shelbyville,Shelby County,Mo. Also in the household was daughter Anna M. Gillis age 49
LOCAL.
--- Margaret D. Gillis, whose maiden name was Holliday, died at the home of her son Wm. Gillis at Martinsdale, Montana, April 8, 1897. She was born in Winchester, Virginia, Oct. 14, 1806; married Joseph [sic] G. Gillis Jan. 28, 1830; moved to Shelby county, Mo, in 1834, where she lost her husband on August 23, 1835. She remained in this county until June 15, 1886, when she started with her son and his family for Montana, arriving there on July 1st of the same year. On Jan. 4, 1894, she met with an accident by falling, which rendered her as helpless as an Infant. She lived to a ripe old age. She was in a true sense one of Shelby county's pioneers. She was during all her womanhood a consistent member of the Methodist church. She was a kindly woman, a good mother, and a good neighbor.
Shelby County Herald, Shelbyville, Missouri • Wed, Apr 21, 1897, Page 4, Column 5
(Contributed by Shelby County (MO) Historical Society, Museum & Library and Pam Witherow)
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