Myrtle Ellen Gleason

Female23 July 1889–14 January 1952

Brief Life History of Myrtle Ellen

When Myrtle Ellen Gleason was born on 23 July 1889, in Newton Township, Pike, Ohio, United States, her father, James Francis Gleason, was 30 and her mother, Sarah Gleason, was 28. She married Charles Benjamin Slagle on 11 April 1908, in Pike, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 14 January 1952, in Piketon, Pike, Ohio, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Piketon, Pike, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Benjamin Slagle
1887–1972
Myrtle Ellen Gleason
1889–1952
Marriage: 11 April 1908
Eva Pearl Slagle
1908–1971
Sarah Slagle
1919–2003
Franklin J. Slagle
1910–1981
Jennie Esther Slagle
1913–1995
Ruby Mae Slagle
1915–1980
John Raymond Slagle
1921–1946
Lucille Slagle
1925–2011

Sources (13)

  • Myrtal Gleason in entry for Eva Pearl Slagle, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Myrtle Slagle in household of Charles Slagle, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Myrtle Gleason in entry for Fred Newsome and Lucille Slagle, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    11 April 1908Pike, Ohio, United States
  • Children (7)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

    Age 1

    This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

    1890 · Woman's Suffrage

    Age 1

    An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.

    1906 · Saving Food Labels

    Age 17

    The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

    Name Meaning

    Irish (Waterford): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Glasáin, from a diminutive of glas ‘green, blue, gray’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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