MARTIN GILLIHAN
Oct. 30, 1824 Jackson Co. Tenn.
JAN. 26, 1906, Portland, Oregon
BURIED; OLD CITY CEMETERY, VANCOUVER, CLARK CO. WA.

SON OF; THOMAS GILLIHAN & LUCY BROWN

In 1844 Martin left Polk Co. Missouri and started across the Overland Trail with ox teams and driving a band of cattle along with the wagon group, the "California Company" or, the "Cornelius Gilliam Wagon Train". Martin married first, on May 21, 1844, on the Oregon Trail to, Elizabeth AZBILL/ASABILL, daughter of Franklin Azbill. They may have had a child in 1844 along the Oregon Trail, possibly in Missouri. They divorced in 1846.

After six months on the Oregon Trail they arrived in Washington Co. Oregon. He worked on a ranch during that Winter and the following Spring. In 1845 he farmed on a piece of land and in the Fall of 1846 came to Sauvie's Island. In the Spring of 1847 he traded his land for three Cayuse horses and with his Brother, William rode on horseback into California where they worked in the woods near San Francisco. In the Spring of 1848 they went to Sutter's Mills and saw the first gold taken out of that place. He returned to Oregon in 1848 but in the Spring of 1849 returned to California across mountains with ox teams and prospected/mined in the vicinity of Hangtown. In the Winter of 1849 he returned to Oregon with his brother's widow, and her three children.

Martin married a second time to, Sarah C. Howell, Dec. 15, 1850. They had thirteen children and settled on a donation land claim that same year signed by President Grant.

In the 1870's Martin traveled back Eastward to bring his brothers, Gideon and Thomas West.

Martin Gillihan
Age: 54
Estimated birth year: <1826

Birthplace: Tennessee
Occupation: Farmer
Relationship to head-of-household: Self
Home in 1880: Columbia, Multnomah, Oregon
Marital status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Spouse's name: Sarah C. Gillihan
Father's birthplace: NC
Mother's birthplace: NC

Presley Gillihan (Martin Gillihan, Sarah C. Gillihan)
Columbia, Multnomah, OR <1861

Rebecca Ann Gillihan (Martin Gillihan, Sarah C. Gillihan)
Columbia, Multnomah, OR <1863

Sara Eliza Gillihan (Martin Gillihan, Sarah C. Gillihan)
Columbia, Multnomah, OR <1868

Mary Gillihan (Martin Gillihan, Sarah C. Gillihan)
Columbia, Multnomah, OR <1873

Harriet Gillihan (Martin Gillihan, Sarah C. Gillihan)
Columbia, Multnomah, OR <1879

Clara Gillihan (Martin Gillihan, Sarah C. Gillihan)
Columbia, Multnomah, OR <1867

Thomas N. Gillihan
Age: 31
Estimated birth year: <1849

Birthplace: Missouri
Occupation: Farmer
Relationship to head-of-household: Self
Home in 1880: Columbia, Multnomah, Oregon
Marital status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Spouse's name: Mary Jane Gillihan
Father's birthplace: TN
Mother's birthplace: TN

Rosa A. Gillihan (Thomas N. Gillihan, Mary Jane Gillihan)
Columbia, Multnomah, OR <1871

Florine L. Gillihan (Thomas N. Gillihan, Mary Jane Gillihan)
Columbia, Multnomah, OR <1873

Leona M. Gillihan (Thomas N. Gillihan, Mary Jane Gillihan)
Columbia, Multnomah, OR <1875

Walter F. Gillihan (Thomas N. Gillihan, Mary Jane Gillihan)
Columbia, Multnomah, OR <1877

Millie E. Gillihan (Thomas N. Gillihan, Mary Jane Gillihan)
Columbia, Multnomah, OR <1879

Wm R Gillihan
Age: 21
Estimated birth year: <1859

Birthplace: Missouri
Occupation: Farmer
Relationship to head-of-household: Self
Home in 1880: Cornelius, Washington, Oregon
Marital status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Spouse's name: Ada F. Gillihan
Father's birthplace: TN
Mother's birthplace: TN

Robt. H. Gillihan Columbia, Multnomah, OR <1850

James T Gillihan (Wm R Gillihan, Ada F. Gillihan)
Cornelius, Washington, OR <1879

Divorce:
Elizabeth Gillihan vs. Martin Gillihan.
Filed by Elizabeth.
[Oregon Spectator 4/9 Jul 1846]