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 250 GILMORE. GLEAS< >N. GILMORE, HENRY HUBBARD, son of Mitchel and Czarina (Currier) Gilmore, was born in Warner, Merrimack county, N.H., August 31, 1832. He obtained his early education at the common schools of his native place, and at Concord, supplemented by a course at the academy at Concord, N. H. His first connection in business was in 1S57, with Joseph Ballister & Company of Boston. He subsequently was with John Dutton, agent for Earl, Smith & Company, Steel manufacturers, Sheffield, England, and in 1854 succeeded to Mr. Dutton's business. He was for a time manager of the sales department of the Whipple File & Steel Manufacturing Company, later establishing an iron rolling mill at Croton, N. Y. He is now the proprietor of the Cambridge Rolling Mills, a large and liberal employer of labor, in the manufacture of wrought iron. On May 19, 1858, at Charlestown, Mr. Gilmore was married to Sarah D., daughter of Robert and Susan (Dearborn) Todd. Their children are : Robert H., James M., S. Helen, Frank 1.. and Bessie A. T. Gil- more. Previous to taking up his residence in the city of Cambridge, where he now re- sides. Sir. Gilmore lived for ten years in the adjoining town of Medford, where he held the offices of selectman, overseer of the poor, highway surveyor, assessor of taxes, and member of the board of health. During the war of the rebellion he was an active war Democrat. On his removal to Cambridge he at once became prominent anil active in the many institutions and in- dustries which have made that city con- spicuous for intelligence and good govern- ment. Mr. Gilmore has served his fellow-citi- zens most acceptably in the common council and in the bo. ml of aldermen, and in 1884 was elected to the stale Senate, to repre- sent the 3d Middlesex district, serving upon the committees of mercantile affairs and the state-house, and was chairman of the committee for expediting the business of the session. In [885 he re- ceived the unanimous nomination of the Democratic party for lieutenant-governor, Hon. F.. Prince being at the head of the ticket. Although formerly an advocate of the high-license system. Ins voice and vote have been given to the advancement of the cause of "no license" for the past three years, and in t888 he was placed in nomination as a candidate for mayor of the city, as one most worthy to be made the head of the government he had previously served so well. His selection was endorsed by his fellow-citizens at the polls, and Mr. Gilmore has, in his treatment of the im- portant questions of the day, amply justi- fied their verdict. GLEASON, Charles A., son of El- bridge and Emeline (Ranger) Gleason, was bom on the 7th of February, 1846, at New Braintree, Worcester county. He was educated in the common schools of New Braintree, and later studied in the Westlicld Academy. He has always lived upon the farm on which he was born, which at present he owns and conducts. On the 17th of November, 1875, at Hardwick, Mr. Gleason was married to Elizabeth, daughter of |oel I), and Melinda H. (Winter) Mandell. " For several years he has been superin- tendent of the Congregational Sabbath- school. He is also justice of the peace, president of the Worcester West Agricul- tural Society, and for eighteen years has been upon the school committee ; for sev- eral years he was town treasurer and select- man ; for fourteen years town collet tor. In 1873 he was elected as representative to the General Court, and was sent to the Senate in 1886, '87 and '88. He is a trustee of the Amherst Agricultural College, and for many years has been a member of the Congregational parish committee, and par- ish treasurer. He is a man whose influence is widely felt in his community, and who, without ostentation, has won for himself an enviable name in the state. GLEASON, Daniel Angell, son of John Fiske and Maria (Tourtelotte) Glea- son, was born in Worcester, May 9, 1836. The public schools of Worcester gave him the preliminary training enabling him to enter Harvard University at the age of sixteen. He graduated from Harvard in the class of [856. After graduation he taught for three years in a private school in Meadville, Pa. During this period he also studied law and was admitted to the bar in Craw- ford count v, l'a. Returning East, he re- ceived the degree of 1. 1.. II. from Har- vard in i8o. At this time he assisted Prof. Washburn in the preparation of his work on " Easements," and later edited " Bouvier's Law I )ictionary," and an edition of " Bouvier's Institutes." and assisted Mr. Phillips in that author's last edition ol his work on insurance.