When John Streator Gleason was born on 13 January 1819, in Livonia, Livingston, New York, United States, his father, Ezekiel Gleason, was 42 and his mother, Polly Howard, was 38. He married Desdemona Chase on 7 December 1838, in Sparta, Livingston, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Davis, Utah, United States in 1850 and Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 21 December 1904, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Possible Related NamesBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF JOHN STREATOR GLEASON AUTHOR/DATE UNKNOWN Ezekiel Gleason and Polly Howard married and settled in Livonia, Livingston County, N.Y. They were hard-working, industrious peopl …
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