"HERE'S TO GRANDPA JOHN"

by T. G. Rhodes

My wife, Eunice, does the best she can
to keep me straight on the Gleason clan.
But they were a prolific bunch you see,
they came so fast down the family tree.
So I just listen and try to understand,
and figure it out the best I can.
Some of the nicest people I ever saw,
but one of them just has to be his own Grandpa.

The poem above was written by T.G. Rhodes, August, 1997.
He is the husband of Eunice Burks, daughter of Allie Belle Gleason.
Eunice is the granddaughter of John Drious Gleason
and Mary Mandana Barnett Gleason.

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN DRIOUS GLEASON was born November 15, 1856 in Claiborne,
Louisiana, and died October 30, 1937 in Plain Dealing, La. , Bossier Parish,.
He married (1) CYNTHINA ADELINE BURKS March 17, 1880 in Plain Dealing, La.
, Bossier Parish,. She was born 1854, and died November 15, 1888 in Rocky
Mount, La. (Cemetery). He married (2) MARY MANDANA BARNETT 1889 in Plain
Dealing, La. , Bossier Parish. She was born December 03, 1858 in Plain
Dealing, La. , Bossier Parish, and died July 07, 1934 in Plain Dealing, La. ,
Bossier Parish,. 
      
Children of JOHN GLEASON and CYNTHINA BURKS are: 

                 i.
                   
                     KATE LOUANNIE GLEASON, b. March 24, 1881,
                     Plain Dealing, La. , Bossier Parish,; d. September
                     06, 1952, Plain Dealing, La. , Bossier Parish,.

                ii.
                   
                     JOHN HUGH GLEASON, b. April 16, 1883, Plain
                     Dealing, La. , Bossier Parish,; d. April 07, 1948,
                     Plain Dealing, La. , Bossier Parish,.

                iii.
                   
                     BENJAMIN FRANKLIN GLEASON, b. November 06,
                     1884, Plain Dealing, La. , Bossier Parish,; d. July
                     17, 1974, Plain Dealing, La. , Bossier Parish,.

                iv.
                   
                     IRA AUSTON GLEASON, b. May 04, 1886, Plain
                     Dealing, La. , Bossier Parish,; d. June 23, 1975,
                     Plain Dealing, La. , Bossier Parish,.

                v.
                   
                     ESSIE GLEASON, b. October 23, 1887, Plain
                     Dealing, La. , Bossier Parish,; d. May 24, 1985,
                     Plain Dealing, La. , Bossier Parish,.

      
Children of JOHN GLEASON and MARY BARNETT are: 

                vi.
                   
                     CLAUDY GLEASON, b. June 10, 1890, Plain
                     Dealing, La. , Bossier Parish,; d. March 17, 1953,
                     Plain Dealing, La. , Bossier Parish,.

               vii.
                   
                     CLARA GLEASON, b. June 10, 1890, Plain Dealing,
                     La. , Bossier Parish,; d. January 08, 1984, Bossier
                     City, La. , Bossier Parish.
 
              viii.
                   
                     ALLEN GLEASON, b. August 17, 1893, Plain
                     Dealing, La. , Bossier Parish,; d. February 05,
                     1919.

                ix.
                   
                     ALLIE BELLE GLEASON, b. August 17, 1893, Plain
                     Dealing, La. , Bossier Parish,; d. October 22,
                     1965, Ivan, La., Bossier Parish.
 
                x.
                   
                     RUBY LEE GLEASON, b. February 09, 1896, Plain
                     Dealing, La. , Bossier Parish,; d. December 16,
                     1907, Plain Dealing, La. , Bossier Parish,.
 
                xi.
                   
                     A. JACK GLEASON, b. January 05, 1899, Plain
                     Dealing, La. , Bossier Parish,; d. November 02,
                     1924.

               xii.
                   
                     VERNON GLEASON, b. November 02, 1902, Plain
                     Dealing, La. , Bossier Parish,; d. November 10,
                     1964, Shreveport, La. , Pleasant Hill.