Obituary of William Madison Gilham, La Grande, Union, OR 1900
Surnames: Gilham, Rinehart, Wade, Barton

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The Morning Democrat, Baker City, OR; 09 May 1900

WILLIAM GILHAM

Short Sketch of a Worthy Citizen Who Has Crossed the Last River.

The funeral of the late Wm. Gilham took place in La Grande, Sunday afternoon
and was largely attended by a concourse of friends.

William Madison Gilham was born March 1, 1835, in Bond county, Illinois, moved
to Iowa with his parents in 1840. He crossed the plains to California in 1853,
where he was in the mines until 1857, when he returned via Isthmus of Panama
to New York city, thence to Kansas, where he engaged in farming until 1864,
when he was married to Miss Jane Barton and went to Montana, where he engaged
in mining on Alder gulch. Again returned to the states and located in Des
Moines, Iowa, and engaged in coal mining until 1872, where he again farmed in
Dalles county, Iowa, until 1886 when he came to Oregon.

The deceased leaves a wife and large family of grown children, viz. Harry
Gilham, auditor of columbia county, Washington; Mrs. H. C. Rinehart and Mrs.
Irvin Wade, of Summerville; William, Thomas, James, Ralph and Addison Gilham,
who are well known residents of La Grande.