Bessie Coston and Charles Levi Gillihan

CHARLES LEVI GILLIHAN was born February 10, 1901 in Blanchard, Page, Iowa,^{56, 3130} and died November 3, 1988 in Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri.^{56, 12135} He is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Skidmore, Nodaway, Missouri.⁴⁵⁶

He married BESSIE COSTON on March 1, 1927 in Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri,^{940, 3130} daughter of MARY JEANETTE STAMBAUGH and VOLNEY AUGUSTUS COSTON. She was born November 16, 1903 in Skidmore, Nodaway, Missouri,^{56, 3130} and died August 25, 1994 in Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri.^{56, 12136} She is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Skidmore, Nodaway, Missouri.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • Felix Stambach Descendant Report (Ancestor of Bessie Coston)
  • Georg Michael Romich Descendant Report (Ancestor of Bessie Coston)
  • Jacob Meyer Descendant Report (Ancestor of Bessie Coston)
  • John Heilman Descendant Report (Ancestor of Bessie Coston)

Children of BESSIE COSTON and CHARLES LEVI GILLIHAN:

1. Daughter
2. Daughter

Obituaries

St. Joseph News-Press, November 4, 1988¹²¹³⁵

Charles Gillihan

SKIDMORE, Mo. — Charles L. Gillihan, 87, died Thursday, Nov. 3, 1988, at a health-care center in Maryville, Mo.

Mr. Gillihan was born in Blanchard, Iowa, and was a lifelong resident of Skidmore.

He married the former Bessie Coston on March 1, 1927, in Maryville. She survives of the home.

Mr. Gillihan was a retired farmer and a member of Skidmore Christian Church.

Additional survivors: two daughters, Norma Jean King, Crown Point, Ind., and Charlene Grahl, Quitman, Mo.; a brother, Eddie, Maryville, four grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Johnson Funeral Home, Maryville. Burial, Hillcrest Cemetery, Skidmore. Visitation, anytime at the funeral home.

St. Joseph News-Press/Gazette, August 26, 1994¹²¹³⁶

Bessie Gillihan

MARYVILLE, Mo. — Bessie (Coston) Gillihan, 90, Maryville, formerly of Skidmore, Mo., died Thursday, Aug. 25, 1994, at a Maryville health-care center.

Born in Skidmore, Mrs. Gillihan, a homemaker, had lived in that area most of her life until moving to Maryville two years ago.

In 1927, she married Charley L. Gillihan at Maryville. He died in 1988.

Mrs. Gillihan also was preceded in death by four sisters, Ethel Snell, Clara Steph, Dale Auer and Mae Hardman; and a brother, Frank Coston.

Surviving: two daughters, Norma J. King, Crown Point, Ind., and Charlene Grahl, Quitman, Mo.; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Service: 2 p.m. Saturday, Price Funeral Home, Maryville. Burial, Hillcrest Cemetery, Skidmore.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
April 29, 19103117	Clay, Holt, Missouri	Volney Augustus Coston Mary Jeanette Stambaugh Clara Elsie Coston Hulda Mae Coston Frances Dale Coston Frank Merle Coston Bessie Coston
January 29, 19203118	Clay, Holt, Missouri	Volney Augustus Coston Mary Jeanette Stambaugh Clara Elsie Coston Hulda Mae Coston Frances Dale Coston Frank Merle Coston Bessie Coston
April 24, 19303119	Liberty, Holt, Missouri	Bessie Coston Charles Levi Gillihan
April 15, 19403129	Liberty, Holt, Missouri	Bessie Coston Charles Levi Gillihan Daughter Daughter