Personal Details

Born	November 1st, 1839
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Occupation(s)	Engineer, machinist
Died	May 5th, 1873, aged about 34 years
Died at...	Kewanee, Illinois, Usa
Cause of Death	Boiler explosion at Morris and Niles distillery
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Parents

Father	[1016saf]	Dr. Hiram Gleason 7
Mother	[1016sam]	Mary (?) Gleason 7

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [1016] - Helen Louise (Blish) Gleason 8 Married by: No Entry Married at: No Entry Children by this spouse: I [1312] Nellie Helen (Gleason) Thompson 9 b. No Entry c. ? II [1309] Frederick William Gleason 9Mult. Birth b. March 27th, 1860 c. June III [1310]+ Hiram Francis Gleason 9Mult. Birth b. March 28th, 1860 c. June IV [1311] Carrie Louise (Gleason) Blair 9 b. June 26th, 1861 c. September

Immediate Family Tree

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Personalized History Timeline, 1839 to 1873

1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 12 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 21 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from before birth until age 3 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from before birth until age 1 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until after line end 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from before birth until age 0 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 0 to age 3 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 2 to age 5 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 3 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 5 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 6 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 6 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 6 to age 9 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 6 to age 10 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 7 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 7 to age 9 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 9 to age 17 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 9 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 9 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 9 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 10 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 10 to age 13 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 11 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 11 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 11 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 11 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 11 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 12 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 13 to age 20 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 14 to age 17 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 14 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 15 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 15 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 15 to age 17 1857-1860: James Buchanan president of US from age 18 to age 21 1857-1866: Transatlantic cable laid from age 18 to age 27 1857: Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 18 1858: India bill transfers government of India to England at age 19 1858: Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 19 1859: Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 20 1859: Oil Well at age 20 1859: Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 20 1860: Rifled barrel invented at age 21 1860: South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 21 1861: Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 22 1861: Gold rush in New Zealand at age 22 1861: The Apache Declare War on the US at age 22 1861-1865: Confederate States of America Exist from age 22 to age 26 1861: Colorado organized as a territory at age 22 1861: Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 22 1861: Nevada organized as a territory at age 22 1861-1865: Civil War from age 22 to age 26 1861-1865: Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 22 to age 26 1861: South Dakota organized as a territory at age 22 1861: North Dakota organized as a territory at age 22 1862: US Homestead act at age 23 1863: Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 24 1863: Idaho organized as a territory at age 24 1863: Arizona organized as a territory at age 24 1863-1879: 4th Cholera pandemic from age 24 until after line end 1863: West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 24 1863: Battle of Gettysburg at age 24 1864: Louisiana organized as a territory at age 25 1864: Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 25 1865: Ku Klux Klan founded at age 26 1865: Lister invents Disinfection at age 26 1865: President Lincoln assassinated at age 26 1866: Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 27 1866-1868: Andrew Johnson president of US from age 27 to age 29 1867: Confederation of Canada at age 28 1867: Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 28 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia at age 28 1867: Dynamite at age 28 1867: Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 28 1868-1878: War between Cuba and Spain from age 29 until after line end 1869: Cutty Sark built at age 30 1869: Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 30 1869: Suez canal opened at age 30 1869: Trans-continental railroad completed at age 30 1869-1876: Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 30 until after line end 1870: 1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 31 1870-1871: Franco-Prussian war from age 31 to age 32 1870: US black men can vote at age 31 1871: Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 32 1873: Color Photographs at age 34 1873-1878: Depression, banks fail from age 34 until after line end

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