Gladden Family - Ourfolk

William Gladden, who is still living and almost a nonegenarian,
has been a resident of Marion County and Wayne township for sixty years;
always a hightly respected citizen and for may years a prominent man in public affairs.
He was born in York County, Pa., and moved with his father's family to Maryland when six years of age,
and afgterwards emigrated to Ohio, where he was married in August 1823,
and came in the same year to Wayne township, Marion Co., Ind.

In 1829 he was assessed on wo hundred and forty-seven acres of land,
desreibed as the nrotheast quarter, and the east half f the northwest
quarter of section 4, survey-township 15,
range 2. Afterwards he added largely to his lands by purchase,
and in 1835 was the owner of about five hiundred and forty acres.

The chidren of William and Eva Gladden were nine in number, vix. William,
John, Washington, Alfred, George, David, Elizabeth, Hannah, and Mary.
Five of them are now living, viz. :
Alfred, in Indianapolisl george, John, and David in Wayne county; and William, in California.

(When this was written (Decemeber, 1833) Mr. Gladden and his aged wife were iving and in good health. He died Jan 29, 1884,
and she died the day following. After a married life of more than sixty years, the rest together in Crown Hilll Cemetary).

William GLADDEN was a native of Pennsylvania, and when a child accompanied his parents to Maryland, where he was reared. When he was twenty-two years of age he came West and for three years taught school in Butler County, Ohio. He then removed to Marion County, Ind., and entered 400 acres of land, which he improved, enduring all the hardships of pioneer life. After a life of usefulness he died Jan. 29, 1884, his wife surviving him but one day. They were buried in the same grave at Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery, in this township. Of ten children born to them, nine grew to maturity, and six are still living--William N., John W., Alfred H., George L., Hannah O. and David F. Mr. Gladden was recognized as one of the best mathematicians of Indiana, and was often called on to solve knotty problems.


See http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/hendricks/henbioref-17.htm
#jgladden John W. GLADDEN

William Gladden, the father of our subject, was born in Virginia, in 1795, and when he was twenty years of age he married, in Montgomery County, Ohio, Magdalena Yost, daughter of Anthony and Catherine Yost, of sturdy Pennsylvania-Dutch stock. The latter, pioneers of Montgomery County, were well-to-do farmers, and gave to each of their children land or its equivalent. In religious faith they were Dunkards, or German Baptists. They lived to reach a good old age and to see their children honored and respected in their several homes and spheres in life. The were named, in order of birth, John, Jacob, Abraham, Anthony, William, Polly, Betsy, Magdalena, Catherine, Sally and Susan.

After his marriage William Gladden settled on a sixty-two acre farm, which had been entered in Perry Township by his father, and for several years he continued to dwell in Montgomery County. At first he built a rude round-log cabin, and later a hewed-log house took the place of the former humble home. Later he sold his farm and bought a quarter section of land in Preble County, Ohio. This he cleared and made a fine homestead, but the spirit of the frontiersman was in him, and in the spring of 1834 he made another move to the westward. His brother Joseph had previously settled in Lauramie Township, Tippecanoe County, and, having persuaded Mr. Gladden to come her also, he returned with a two-horse team and assisted in the removal of the family. They made the journey in a wagon drawn by four horses, and were seven and a half days on the way, the men camping out at night while the rest of the family were sheltered at hospitable houses along the route. They located on a quarter section of land on Wildcat Prairie, the place having been improved by the former owner, and a one-story frame house erected.

The numerous plans and improvements, which the new owner contemplated, were cut short by his untimely death, in August 1835, when he was but forty years of age. He was a man who was looked up to and highly esteemed by all, and while he lived in Montgomery County he was a Justice of the Peace, and at one time was a Captain of a company of the Ohio State Militia. His widow, who was a member of the German Baptist Church, survived him but five years. Their children were Elizabeth, Richard, John, Joseph, William, Harrison, Jacob W., Catherine and Sarah Jane.

Resource Materials

View: Richard Gladden Biography - with reference to William Gladden