Melissa Rice Gilliland (1813-1902) - Find a Grave Memorial

Melissa Rice Gilliland

Birth

25 Nov 1813

Tennessee, USA

Death

19 Sep 1902 (aged 88)

Johnson County, Missouri, USA

Burial

Rose Hill Cemetery

Latour, Johnson County, Missouri, USA Add to Map

Plot

South East Section

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Johnson County Pioneer - First white woman to settle in Johnson County, Missouri, USA.

Inscription

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.

Gravesite Details

On same headstone with husband, George Gilliland.

Family Members

Parents

Dangerfield Rice

1775–1827

Spouse

George Gilliland

1809–1855

Siblings

Sally Rice Brown

1797–1874
Prudence "Prudie" Rice Ingrum

1801–1888
Pleasant Rice

1803–1892
CPT James Porter Rice

1816–1892
John Madison Rice

1823–1910
Nancy Celeste Helen Rice Newton

1827–1897

Children

William K Gilliland

1833–1883
Robert Sloan Gilliland

1835–1878
James Abel Gilliland

1843–1933

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Geneanet Community Trees Index
1850 United States Federal Census
1860 United States Federal Census
U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current
Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002

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Melissa Rice Gilliland

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Dangerfield Rice

George Gilliland

Sally Rice Brown

Prudence "Prudie" Rice Ingrum

Pleasant Rice

CPT James Porter Rice

John Madison Rice

Nancy Celeste Helen Rice Newton

William K Gilliland

Robert Sloan Gilliland

James Abel Gilliland

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