Daniel Gleason, blacksmith,
Elkader, was born in Tipperary County, Ireland, in 1825;
son of Edmund and Mary Gleason, who emigrated to the
United States in 1837, and locatd in New York City, where
the father followed the trade of a blacksmith until 1842,
when they removed to Wester New York, and in 1854 came to
Dubuque, and afterward to Clayton County. Edmund Gleason
died here in 1869; his wife on Dec. 18, 1881. Daniel
learned his trade in his native country, commencing at
the age of fifteen and serving a five years'
apprenticship. In 1846 he came to America, landing in
Boston, and from there went to join his parents then
residing in Western New York. In 1854 came with them to
Dubuque, where he worked at his trade until 1858, then
came to Elkader, and embarked in his present business. In
the fall of 1853 he married Johanna Ryan. They have three
children-- Timothy, Mary Ann (now the wife of Dennis
Liddy) and Daniel. Mr Gleason is one of the
representative business men of Elkader. source: History of Clayton
County, Iowa, 1882, p. 656 |