Hiland - George S.
GEORGE S. HILAND 
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review, Monday, December 5, 1949, P. 1, Col. 6
George S. Hiland, 73, a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II, died at 8:20 a.m., Sunday, in Culver hospital, where he had been a patient eight days with a heart ailment. Mr. Hiland was a merchant in Manila, when the Japs took over the Philippine capital late in December, 1941, and remained a prisoner of the Nips until the city was freed by American troops more than three years later. He had been a soldier in the U.S. Army for more than 30 years, serving in the Spanish American war. He later served for a time in the Far East and decided to stay in the Philippines after his discharge. Mr. Hiland was imprisoned at Santo Tomas prison by the Japs but later was removed to another prison camp. He told his relatives that he did not receive any particularly harsh treatment, although the food was not the best. Soon after he was freed, he was brought back to the United States on an Army transport. He came to the home of his cousin and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Hall, 110 Wallace drive, where he had since made his home. Born Dec. 23, 1875, in Boone county, he was the son of Taylor and Harriet Graham Hiland. Mr. Hiland was a member of the Moose lodge in Indianapolis. Surviving are a brother, James Hiland, of Brownsburg; a half-brother, Roy Hiland, of Lebanon; two half-sisters, Mrs. Arlie Jett of Lebanon and Mrs. Uni Vidito, of Jamestown, and nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Proffitt and Sons funeral home, with burial in Old Union cemetery northeast of Jamestown. Rev. William F. Hole will be in charge. Friends may call at the funeral home.
(Repository: Crawfordsville District Public Library, Crawfordsville, IN. Transcription by Vernon Threlkeld.) - thanks muches Mr. T :) kz