Finding Uncle Walter – Mining and Murder in Searchlight

October 23, 2016 0 Comments

When my Grandmother Stila M. (Harlan) Gleason passed away on May 7, 2002, not only did we lose the family matriarch but we lost the our family historian.  I had been dabbling with the family tree for a couple of years and but hadn’t really delved into researching and documenting the life stories of individuals.  …

Chicken Ranches, Poorhouses etc. – The Gleason Family Arrives

June 30, 2016 0 Comments

William Henry Gleason and Louisa Emeline Dunning   William Henry Gleason William Henry “Hank” Gleason was born July 26, 1857, in Putnam County Missouri, to George H. and Mary Ann (Griffin) Gleason.  Hank’s 4x great-grandfather, Thomas Leeson\Gleason, settled in Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1652.    Mary Ann’s family roots also go back to the early 1700s, in Connecticut. Hank’s …

Following Gold, Finding Timber and a Place to Call Home

June 19, 2016 0 Comments

George Washington Stiles and Mary Jane Cunningham George Washington Stiles George Washington Stiles was born at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in July of 1835.  According to US census information, both of his parents were U.S. born, his father in Massachusetts and his mother in Ohio. According to the 1900 census his family returned to the U.S. in …