Albert Downer GLEASON

Male 1834 - 1891  (57 years)


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  • Name Albert Downer GLEASON  [1, 2, 3
    • Albert D. Gleason, the father, was a soldier in the Civil War, enlisted in Co. B, 12th Illinois Inf., and was with Sherman on his famous march to the sea, and also in the battles of Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, the Seven Days Fight at Atlanta, and the skirmish at Wilmington. received an honorable discharge at Springfield, Ill.

      In May 1866, he removed to Barrington, Cook Co., Ill. He was a carpenter and from 1870 to 1876, in partnership with R.R. Mates, he built over 200 houses in Irving Park, near Chicago and vicinity. From 1879 to 1881 he was employed in erecting station buildings on the Union Pacific R.R., and was in charge of a force of 75 men, with headquarters at Cheyenne, Wyo. He was a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and of the Thos. H. Sweeney G.A.R. Post, No. 275. He and is wife were members of the Baptist Church.

      Albert H. Gleason, the second son of this family, has been for a number of years, greatly interested in genealogical research and collected a large proportion of the records used in compiling the present volume. [1]
    Birth 24 Jan 1834  Tiogo, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 6 Jul 1891  [1, 3
    Person ID I69349  Main Tree
    Last Modified 8 Sep 2021 

    Father Hiram GLEASON,   b. 15 Oct 1802, Saratoga, Saratoga County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1878, At the Home of his Daughter in Libertyville, Lake Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Caroline FARNHAM,   b. 29 Dec 1808, Owego, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 1868, While visiting in Owego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 24 Nov 1832  Oswego, Oswego Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F27939  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Eliza SANBORN,   b. 1824, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1863 (Age 39 years) 
    Marriage 29 Sep 1857  Libertyville, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F43039  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Sep 2021 

    Family 2 Eliza Matilda COLGROVE,   b. 29 Mar 1845, East Georgia, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1871 (Age 26 years) 
    Marriage 24 Jan 1864  Wauconda, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F43040  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Sep 2021 

    Family 3 Emily Orcelia TRIPP,   b. 26 Aug 1844, West Canada Creek, Warren Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Oct 1872  [1
    Family ID F43041  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Sep 2021 

  • Sources 
    1. [S3022] Pub. by John Barber White, Edited by Lillian May Wilson, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas GLEASON of Watertown, Mass. 1607-1909.

    2. [S00094] S. Whitney Phoenix, "The Whitney Family of Connecticut and its Affiliations; being an Attempt to trace the Descendants, as well in the Female as the Male Lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878" , (Privately Printed, New York - 1878).

    3. [S4985] Ancestry.com: Family Trees - Gleason Family Tree by willandtammy.