Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Gleason, Henry 1840 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Roxanne Munns rmunns@uwalumni.com June 14, 2007, 2:30 pm Author: Unknown HENRY GLEASON, station agent at Winona Junction; P. O. La Crosse; was born in Tioga Co., N. Y., in 1840; in 1854, he went to Lake Co., Ill., and in August, 1862, he enlisted in Co. G, 96th Ill. V. I. where he served until the close of the war. In January, 1866, Mr. G. came to La Crosse Co., and lived at Onalaska until 1875, when he removed to where he now lives. He has been station agent at Winona Junction for about three years, but has been in the employ of the C., M. & St. P. and the C. & N. W. R. R. Cos. as baggage master, etc., for about ten years. In 1866, Mr. Gleason was married to Hellen A. Pierce, daughter of Norris and Ellen Pierce, born in Potsdam, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1849. They have one child - Emogene. Additional Comments: From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 855. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/lacrosse/bios/gleason726gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb