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

[page 570-571]

    N. D. GLEASON, son of Elisha Gleason, is one of the enterprising and
    progressive farmers of Silver Township. He was born March 22, 1857,
    in La Salle County, Illinois.  He was twelve years of age when his
    father came to Cherokee County, and was reared to the occupation of
    a farmer, receiving his education in the public schools.  He was mar-
    ried October 11, 1879, to Miss SADIE PENNINGTON.  Six children have
    been born of this union: SADIE BELLE, AGNES IRENE, NATHAN COLBY,
    NORMAN BOARDMAN, NOEL EDWIN and LESTER HUFF.  Mr. GLEASON owns 320
    acres of land, a portion of which his the old homestead which his
    father entered on first coming to Cherokee County.  The old house,
    which was built of hewn logs in 1869, still stands, a relic of
    pioneer days, too substantial to yield soon to the inroads of time
    and the elements.  The present residence was erected in 1882 at a
    cost of $1,500, and is one of the best dwellings in the township;
    there are many other improvements on the GLEASON farm, among which
    is noted a good barn, also stock scales, seven miles of fence, ten
    acres of fine grove, and a good tenant house.  In politics Mr. GLEASON
    is Republican.  He is a member of Finvoy Lodge, No. 490, I.O.O.F., of
    Holstein, Iowa.  His long residence in this county, his honorable
    dealings, and his industrious and upright habits, have won for him
    a wide circle of friends.

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