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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889


    A. J. GLEASON, dealer and manufacturer of harness, collars, whips,
    combs, brushes, etc.  All kinds of harness made to order at Holstein,
    Iowa.  He is the son of E. H. GLEASON, deceased, whose sketch and
    portrait appear elsewhere in this work (one of the well-known promi-
    nent pioneers of Cherokee County).  A. J. was born in La Salle County,
    Illinois, on the 28th of April, 1854.  He was fifteen years of age
    when his father removed to Jones County, Iowa, later to Clinton County,
    and thence to Silver Township, Cherokee County, where A. J. grew to
    manhood.  He was reared a farmer and received his education in a common
    school.  After finishing his education he taught school one term in Ida
    County.  In the fall of 1880 he engaged in his trade at Cherokee, Iowa.
    He worked there one year, and then went to Ida Grove, where he worked
    eight months.  He started in business at Aurelia, May 4, 1882, and
    worked there until June 11, 1883, when he commenced business in
    Holstein.  His extensive acquaintance, fair dealing and good workman-
    ship have been such as to give him a successful business.  Mr. GLEASON
    was united in marriage, February 5, 1882, to Miss BESSIE McCARTHY, of
    Cherokee, Iowa.  They had one child, I. D., who was born November 1,
    1882, and died April 15, 1883.  Mrs. GLEASON died March 20, 1888.  She
    was a woman of many virtues, and her death was regretted by all.  Mr.
    GLEASON is Republican, and he served as constable one year.  He is in
    the prime of life, intelligent, cordial and honorable.  He is one of
    the successful and enterprising business men of Holstein.

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