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Robert Lee Gililland
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Robert Lee Gililland

24 Nov 1864 - 2 Nov 1939
bornGrain Valley, Missouri, USA
diedTempe, Arizona, USA
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BiographyCame to Tempe 1882.
Laborer in 1921. Farmer. Janitor in 1925, '30.
Worked for Niels Petersen and lived at the Petersen Ranch in 1900.
Arrived in Tempe with a wagon train on July 23, 1882.
Watchman for Pacific Creamery in 1919.
Became superintendent of buildings at Tempe Grammar School. Janitor in 1926., '28.
Member of the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias.
Lived at 1038 Van Ness Avenue, c1918-1939.
OSB 23; OSB 28; OSB 29; OSB 31; OSB 32
BIO-Gililland
Old Settlers Collection, THM
Federal census, 1900
Tempe CD, 1913-1921, '25, '26, '28, '30, '31, '32
Tempe Telephone Directory, 1924, 1940
Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe
Painter Scrapbook
Person TypeIndividual