William Henry Hunt Gleason Explained

William Henry Hunt Gleason
Birth Date:4 July 1862[1]
Birth Place:Baltimore, Maryland, US
Office:Mayor of Eau Gallie, Florida
Order:19th
Term Start:December 1920
Term End:December 1921
Predecessor:H. W. Mullins
Successor:G. P. Bond
Party:Republican[2]
Relations:William Henry Gleason (father)

William Henry Hunt Gleason (July 4, 1862 – ?) was an American politician who served as a Republican mayor of Eau Gallie, Florida from December 1920 to December 1921.

Gleason was born on July 4, 1862, in Baltimore,[1] to politician William Henry Gleason and Sarah Griffin Gleason. He married Flora Belle Lansing in 1897 in Eau Gallie, where he was a real estate agent.

Gleason and his brother George G. Gleason incorporated a land development company, Gleason Brothers in 1899.[2] The Gleason brothers also opened an intracoastal shipping business and operated steamships, and dry dock facilities. Both of the brothers were licensed pilots.[2] William also became a lawyer, and took over his father's law practice.[2]

His mother, Sarah, left the William H. Gleason House to him in 1912.

He was the father of William Lansing Gleason, who also served as mayor of Eau Gallie.[2]

Along with William Jackson Creel, he served as a trustee of Eau Gallie Schools.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.tqsi.info/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I31004&tree=stedman_main Stedman
  2. http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/Gleason.htm A Guide to the Gleason Family Papers