An email friend requested information on the Gleason family. She says: Searching for information on the David Gleason family who resided in Franklin Co. between 1820's and 1850's. They are descended of the Thomas Gleason line found in "Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Gleason of Watertown, MAss, 1607 - 1909 by John Barber White. Specifically looking for death date for David's wife Nancy Fairbanks Gleason, and where buried. David b. 1 Nov 1786 at Grafton, (maybe Greenfield, says Franklin Co)MA d. 1862 , buried LaGrange Township cemetery, Monroe Co. Wisconsin. son Joel Alonzo Gleason b. 1833 Wendell, m. Martha J. Braman son Albert Gleason b. 1835 in ?Mass. m. Eliza Carrie Taylor dau. of Alonzo Taylor son George Gleason b. 1832/3 in ?Mass. M. Lucinda Murdock Census records indicate more unknown children. Albert reportedly returned to Wendell to live with his in-laws after harboring a Civil War fugitive in WI. Did they remain in Franklin Co? She has a web page at http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~sbosmans/gleason/index.html I see she has two dates for Joel, and spelled Wendell wrong, but let's give her a hand...