Individual Details
Ebenezer Learned Gleason
(7 Apr 1808 - 1 Mar 1887)
Events
| Birth | 7 Apr 1808 | Rowe, Hampshire County, Massachusetts |  |  | |
| Marriage | 2 Jun 1833 | New York - Polly Ann Spink | | | |
| Census | Jun 1840 | Middlebury Township, Knox County, Ohio | | | |
| Residence | 1840 | Belvidere, Boone County, Illinois | | | |
| Census | 1850 | Belvidere, Boone County, Illinois | | | |
| Census | Jun 1860 | Spring, Boone County, Illinois | | | |
| Census | 11 Jun 1880 | Spring, Boone County, Illinois | | | |
| Death | 1 Mar 1887 | Spring, Boone County, Illinois | |||
| Burial | Aft 1 Mar 1887 | Shattuck's Grove Cemetery, Spring, Boone County, Illinois | | ||
| Negative results | |
Families
| Spouse | Polly Ann Spink (1815 - 1890) |
| Child | Learned Ebenezer Gleason (1836 - 1918) |
| Child | Adeliza Jayne Gleason (1838 - 1886) |
| Child | Mary E. Gleason (1840 - 1908) |
| Child | Amos Hoyt Gleason (1846 - 1924) |
| Child | Sarah Ellen Gleason (1847 - 1919) |
| Child | Zemira Ann Gleason (1851 - 1883) |
| Father | Amos Gleason (1778 - 1849) |
| Mother | Lucy Hall Emerson (1771 - 1871) |
| Sibling | Emerson Hall Gleason (1806 - 1871) |
| Sibling | Adaliza Gleason (1810 - ) |
| Sibling | Elvira Gleason (1811 - ) |
| Sibling | John Burknap Gleason (1813 - 1815) |
| Sibling | Jonas Melville Gleason (1815 - 1815) |
| Sibling | John Melville Gleason (1816 - ) |
| Sibling | Lucy Gleason (1818 - ) |
| Sibling | Amos Gleason (1820 - 1854) |
Notes
Birth
Hampshire County was divided into two parts in 1811; Franklin County in the north and Hampshire in the south. Rowe is on the northern border of the state.Marriage
States that Miss P. A. Spink of New York was born in Vermont April 5, 1815 and married June 2, 1833.Census
Ebenezer Gleasonone boy under 5 (Learned Ebenezer) years old,
one man 30 and under 40;
two females under 5 (Adeliza and Mary)
one female 20 and under 30 years.
Residence
In 1840 Ebenezer moved to Boone County, Illinois, where he bought 225 acres of land. He settled in Belvidere, IllinoisCensus
Eben G Gleeson age 42 farmer born New YorkPolly age 35 born Vermont
Leanord age 13, born Pennsylvania
Eliza G age 11 born Ohio
Mary E age 10 born Ohio
Amos H age 4 born Illinois
Sarah E age 2 born Illinois
Census
Ebenezer Gleason age 52 farmer, real estate 3000, personal 450, born Massacheuttes, Mary wife age 45 born Vermont, Learned age 24 farmer born Pennsylvania, Mary 20 wife born Ohio, Amos 14, born Illinois, Ellen age 12 born Illinois, Jemina 8 female born Illinois.Census
E. L. Gleason is a 73 year old farmer born Massachusetts and not information on the birth place of his parents. Mary A. his wife is 66 years old and born in Vermont. Her parents were born in Conneticut. L. E. (Learned Ebenezer) age 43 born in Pennsylvania and his wife Julia M. age 32 born in Illinois and father born in New York and mother born in Ohio are living with Ebenezer. Ellen age 32 was born in Illinois and Jemious A age 28 are daughters living at home. A granddaughter Katie L. age 1 born in Illinois and father born in Massachusetts and mother born in Vermont. Katie is identified as the daughter of L. E. Gleason by family genealogy.Negative results
Negative Gleason searchEarly Massachusetts marriages prior to 1800, FHL call number 974.4 V2b 1991
Index to marriages, 1758-1789, in the court of sessions, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, 1758-1789 FHL 1508791.
Franklin County probate files, Massachusetts, ca. 1812-1915 need to check again
Elmer I. Shepard Collection: Massachusetts family group records, ca. 1550-1900, 15 reels checked Berkshire County but need to do again.
Probate dockets, records and Indexes, 1810-1971. Massachusetts, Franklin County. Did get list of Gleason names but unable to associate with anyone, will put into file of Delos Gleason.
Endnotes
1. 1880 US Census, Boone County, Illinois, population schedule, Spring, ED 10, family 107, line 19, page 445, Ebenezer Gleason, NARA microfilm T9, roll 176.
2. , (: , ), Lillian May Wilson, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Gleason of Watertown, Mass 1607-1909, Press of the Nichols Print, Haverhill, Mass, 1909, FHL 929.273 6471w. Also digitized by BYU on-line book..
3. 1840 US Census, Knox County, Ohio, Middleberry Township, page 297, line 13, Ebenezer Gleason, NARA micropublication M904, roll 406.
4. , (: , ), Lillian May Wilson, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Gleason of Watertown, Mass 1607-1909, Press of the Nichols Print, Haverhill, Mass, 1909, FHL 929.273 6471w. Also digitized by BYU on-line book..
5. 1850 U.S. Census, Boone County, Illinois, population schedule, Belvidere, p. 15 printed, family 43, line 17, Eben G Gleeson; NARA microfilm publication M432, 98.
6. 1860 US Census, Boone County, Illinois, Spring PO, line 13, page 409, Ebenezer Gleason , NARA micropublication M653, roll 157..
7. 1880 US Census, Boone County, Illinois, population schedule, Spring, ED 10, family 107, line 19, page 445, Ebenezer Gleason, NARA microfilm T9, roll 176.
8. Helen Maxwell Williams compiler, Belvidere Townships Cemeteries, Boone County, Illinois, Volume 1 (P.O. Box 5503 Rockford, IL 61125-05003: Kishwaukee Genealogists, 1988). Hereinafter cited as Belvidere Township Cemeteries.