John W. Gilland

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John W. Gilland

Source: History Morris County New Jersey, Volume II, Lewis Publishing Co., 1914

A resident of Pompton Plains, Morris county, New Jersey, and a conspicuous figure in the financial and industrial affairs of the county, it might with propriety be said that John W. GILLAND is also identified with its commercial interests; he has been closely associated with the agricultural and coal interests of Morris county, and has owned and cultivated a large farm here for many years.

John W. GILLAND was born in Pompton Plains, February 25, 1870. He acquired his elementary education in the public schools, then attended a business college in Newark, and completed his education in the New Brunswick Preparatory College. Becoming associated with his father in the conduct of the hotel business, he was thus occupied until the death of his father, and has since that time been identified with extensive farming and coal operations. He is the largest land owner in that section of the county, having a farm of 300 acres, on which he raises annually 150 tons of hay, 1500 bushels of corn, and other grain in proportion. He is also the owner of a coal business, the only one in the town of its kind. His hay is stored in a yard on the Erie Railway, and he has a depot on the canal for the storage of his coal. He is Republican in political matters, and a member of the Reformed church. His fraternal affiliations are with the I. O. O. F., the F. and A. M., in which he has attained the thirty-second degree, and various other organizations. Mr. GILLAND married Jennie De BOW, and has children:

J. Wisewell,
Alfred McLean,
W. Colfax.

This biography was transcribed by John Cresseveur (1949-2003).