Eleazar "Eli" Gilliam

1840 - 1902  (61 years)

• Name	Eleazar "Eli" Gilliam
  Birth	3 Dec 1840	Savannah, Andrew Co., MO
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Mar 1902	Pendleton, Umatilla Co., OR; bur:Olney Cem., Pendleton, Umatilla Co., OR
  Person ID	I4580	forneyclark
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family	Nancy "Jane" Robbins,   b. 8 Mar 1842, Sandcreek, Decatur Co., IN d. 29 Mar 1929, Pilot Rock, Umatilla Co., OR (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	13 Oct 1861
  Family ID	F1778	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2026

  
  

• Histories

  Robbins, Jacob "Red House Jake" "Pappy" & Sarah Spillman Robbins: Jacob "Red House Jake" "Pappy" Robbins (1809-1896) & Sarah Spillman Robbins (b.1813) account, JACOB AND SARAH SPILLMAN ROBBINS AND FAMILY IN OREGON AND THE MOLALLA PRAIRIE by Zella S. Muller **SOME INDIVIDUALS APPEAR MORE THAN ONCE IN OUR TREE AND HAVE BEEN LINKED ACCORDINGLY. This brief account, JACOB AND SARAH SPILLMAN ROBBINS AND FAMILY IN OREGON AND THE MOLALLA PRAIRIE by Zella S. Muller, tells of the departure of the family from Greenburg, Indiana, on March 19, 1852 and their lives after they arrived in Oregon. This document came from the Willard "Jack" Davis Archives. (In both the title and text of this history, Molalla is misspelled several times.)

  
  

• Notes

  Source: Tom Lenon: Nancy Jane Robbins married Eleazar "Eli" Gilliam of Polk County, Indiana, rather than Ela Dillian. Eli and Nancy Jane Robbins Gilliam relocated to Pilot Rock, Oregon after their marriage. Source: Willard "Jack" Davis Archives: GOOD BYE INDIANA by Kate Sharp Jones, a story that is in the HISTORIES section of this website, http://www.forneyclarkgenealogy.com/Histories/Goodbye%20Indiana.html Name of Ela Dillian (Donna Forney Clark: The name of Ela Dillian as the husband of Nancy Jane Robbins is incorrect. I suspect this was an error in hearing the name or in transcribing the name from another document.) Source: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ8R-C8J Record Collection: United States Western States Marriage Index Document Information: Eleazer Gilliam United States Western States Marriage Index Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 13 Oct 1861 Event Place: Clackamas, Oregon, United States Event Place (Original): , Clackamas, Oregon, United States Name: Eleazer Gilliam Sex: Male Spouse's Name: Nancy June Robbins Spouse's Sex: Female Page Number: 145 Volume Number: 1 Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21308683/eleazar-gilliam Eleazar "Eli" Gilliam BIRTH 3 Dec 1840 Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri, USA DEATH 15 Mar 1902 (aged 61) Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon, USA BURIAL Olney Cemetery Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon, USA MEMORIAL ID 21308683 · View Source Created by: LoRetta Hughes Added: 2 Sep 2007 Find a Grave Memorial 21308683 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 February 2021), memorial page for Eleazar “Eli” Gilliam (3 Dec 1840–15 Mar 1902), Find a Grave Memorial no. 21308683, citing Olney Cemetery, Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon, USA ; Maintained by LoRetta Hughes (contributor 46865226) .