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Elijah S. Gleason
d.22 May 1863 Harpersfield, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States
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m. 4 Apr 1765
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m. Est 1799
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m. 1838
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1850 Census: Andrew, Adele. The Ancestors & Descendants of Elijah Gleason and his First Wife Cynthia Johnson, and his Second Wife Betsey Davis (by author, 1960) See: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89080568249;view=1up;seq=11 A biography of Elijah Gleason can be found in the book entitled "The Ancestors & Descendants of Elijah Gleason and his First Wife, Cynthia Johnson, and his Second Wife, Betsey Davis" (by Adele Andrew, 1960), available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89080568249;view=1up;seq=11 [4] starting on page 2. Among a good deal of other information it says his father was Ariel Gleason of Canaan, Connecticut, and that he is buried with his wives in the Harpersfield, Ashtabula County, Ohio cemetery "in a long row covered with myrtle, with only markers, no inscriptions". Title: SIXTH GENERATION IN AMERICA 1. ELIJAH SIXTH GENERATION IN AMERICA 1. ELIJAH GLEASON (son of Ariel and Lucy Green Gleason) (See page 90) Born probably 1778 or 79 (1850 and 1860 census records list him as 71 and 81 re- spectively) probably in or near Canaan, Conn. His son Will said Enfield, Conn., but land records indicate his father, Ariel, was of Canaan, Conn. by 1772 at least. In the 1880 census, which gives parents' birthplaces, most of the sons and daughters of Elijah Gleason list Mass. as his birthplace, but the 1850 and 1860 records (at which time Elijah was living and may be assumed to have supplied the information) give Conn. A grandson, Thornton Prentice, reported that his mother told him that her grandfather (Ariel, father of Elijah) lived near the Conn.-Mass. line with a farm in one state and a mill in the other. The 1790 census lists Ariel Gleason in Litchfield, Conn. Died in Harpersfield, Ohio in 1863, aged 84 (according to Will Gleason, his last living son). A court record of May 22, 1863, as published in the "Ashtabula Sentinel", indicates that Elijah Gleason was dead by then. No record of his death was found in the Ashtabula Sentinel for 1862, 1863, or 1864. He is buried with wives and others of his family in the Harpersfield, Ohio cemetery, in a long row covered with myrtle, with only markers, no inscriptions. (Reported by son Will) Married (1) probably in Berkshire Co., Mass. and probably before 1800 Cynthia Johnson, daughter of Jared and Rebecca Johnson of Sheffield, Mass. (See page 94) The 1830 cen- sus lists her as between 40 and 50 years old, so she was probably born in the very early 1780s (since the first child was born in 1800). She died probably Sept. 1838 (Major Custin's Bible, in which entries are greatly confused) Married (2) probably within a few months unless the 1838 date of death for Cynthia is a mistake or a misreading, Betsey Davis, daughter of Ora and Proper Davis. She was born in Montgomery Co., N.Y. Nov. 10, 1817 (or 1818), died Aug. 30, 1881 Har-persfield, Ohio, of typhoid fever. Little is known about Elijah Gleason before he came to Harpersfield, Ashtabula Co., Ohio. As indicated by the places of birth of his children he lived in Sheffield and New Marlboro, Berkshire Co., Mass. The 1800 census lists him in Sheffield, Mass., 1 male and I female. It is not known exactly when he came to Ohio. The Gleason Gen. gives both 1818 and 1820 as dates of removal to Ohio, and states that he first came to Ohio with his brother Enoch and lived at various times in Painesville, Cleveland, War-rensville, and Harpersfield. Will Gleason, the youngest and last living son, said that his father went to Cleveland, later rented land in Warrensville from the Shakers, and came to Harpersfield probably about 1822. A newspaper article of 1939, honoring Will Gleason, states that Elijah Gleason came to Cleveland in 1820 and to Harpersfield in 1822, that he cleared a 100 acre farm, much of the timber being stacked and ready to burn. According to "Names of Women Who Were Born in the Western Reserve or Came to it Prior to 1840" Cynthia Gleason, wife of Elijah, came to Harpersfield in 1821 from Sheffield, Mass., as did daughters, Caroline and Lucy Gleason Custin. The obitua~j of son Alanson Gleason indicates that he came in 1821, also~ A land record in Berkshire Co., Mass. indicates that Elijah Gleason of Sheffield, Mass. sold land in Sheffield on Brush Hill in June 1821. Thus it would appear that the move of the family to Ohio was made in 1821 and that settlement was first made in Harpersfield. Therefore, if reoorvs of his having previously been in Cuyahoga Co. are correct, he evidently did not settle his family there but returned for them in 1821. His older brother Enoch, according to Johnson's "History of Cuyahoga Co." came to Warrensville in 1816 and he is listed in Warrensville, Ohio in the 1820 census. Elijah Gleason is not listed in Cuyahoga or Ashtabu!a Co. in 1820. In 1827 Elijah and Lewis Gleason (his oldest son) purchased in Ashtabula Co., Ohio Lot No. 53, 100 acres, of the executors of Gideon Granger, and this property was settled at his death. Ail census records list Elijah Gleason as a farmer. A letter from Thornton Prentice (a grandson) in 1935, in which he gives to a niece a brief record of the Gleason family, says "Grandfather Gleason was fairly well off, not rich, but had a good farm, cattle, horses, etc., and his family always had a good living and what was considered in those days a good chance for school." It is not known whether Elijah Gleason himself could read or write; however in a deed of 1821 he signed by making his mark. Cynthia Gleason evidently was better educated as letters of 1824 and 1827 written to her by a brother and a sister are quite well written. Source: https://www.familysearch.org/tree-data/pdf/family-group/L41R-313/spouse/DEFAULT?locale=en References
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