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==Background==

==Background==

Gleason was born in [[rural]] Shongaloo in central Webster Parish to William Thomas Gleason (1868-1947), a planter and banker,<ref>"W. T. Gleason, Planter, Banker, Succumbs Sunday", ''Minden Herald,'' September 18, 1947.</ref> and the former Ida Camille Lunsford (1867-1909), who is interred at Cotton Valley Cemetery in nearby Cotton Valley.<ref name=idagleason>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Gleason&GSfn=Ida&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1168&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=127872950&df=all&|title=Ida Camille Lunsford Gleason|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 11, 2020}}</ref> His mother died when Gleason was about ten years of age. His father remarried. Gleason's stepmother was the former Annie Craton (1877-1952), the aunt of the 38-year Webster Parish tax assessor, Richard B. Garrison (1916-1991),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Garrison&GSfn=Richard&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1168&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=139251091&df=all&|title=Retired Tax Assessor dies: Richard B. Garrison|publisher=''[[Minden Press-Herald]]'' on findagrave.com|date=August 28, 1991|accessdate=June 11, 2020}}</ref> She was the sister of William Banks Craton (1904-1989), and the Minden banker James Aubrey Craton (1908-1999).<ref name=mcr/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=124461457|title=Annie Craton Gleason: Prominent Minden Woman Dies After Long Illness|publisher=''Minden Press'' from findagrave.com|date=February 22, 1952|accessdate=June 11, 2020}}</ref>​

Gleason was born in [[rural]] Shongaloo in central Webster Parish to William Thomas Gleason (1868-1947), a planter and banker,<ref>"W. T. Gleason, Planter, Banker, Succumbs Sunday," ''Minden Herald,'' September 18, 1947.</ref> and the former Ida Camille Lunsford (1867-1909), who is interred at Cotton Valley Cemetery in nearby Cotton Valley.<ref name=idagleason>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Gleason&GSfn=Ida&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1168&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=127872950&df=all&|title=Ida Camille Lunsford Gleason|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 11, 2020}}</ref> His mother died when Gleason was about ten years of age. His father remarried. Gleason's stepmother was the former Annie Craton (1877-1952), the aunt of the 38-year Webster Parish tax assessor, Richard B. Garrison (1916-1991),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Garrison&GSfn=Richard&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1168&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=139251091&df=all&|title=Retired Tax Assessor dies: Richard B. Garrison|publisher=''[[Minden Press-Herald]]'' on Findagrave.com|date=August 28, 1991|accessdate=June 11, 2020}}</ref> She was the sister of William Banks Craton (1904-1989), and the Minden banker James Aubrey Craton (1908-1999).<ref name=mcr/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=124461457|title=Annie Craton Gleason: Prominent Minden Woman Dies After Long Illness|publisher=''Minden Press'' from findagrave.com|date=February 22, 1952|accessdate=June 11, 2020}}</ref>​

Gleason graduated in 1918 from Cotton Valley High School north of Minden. The school closed in 2011. He worked in Caddo Parish from 1919 to 1935, when he began to manage his own farm at Evergreen. He was subsequently named vice president of the Webster Parish [[Farm Bureau]].<ref>"Gleason Is Juror Candidate," ''Minden Herald,'' December 10, 1943, p. 1.</ref>

Gleason graduated in 1918 from Cotton Valley High School north of Minden. The school closed in 2011. He worked in Caddo Parish from 1919 to 1935, when he began to manage his own farm at Evergreen. He was subsequently named vice president of the Webster Parish [[Farm Bureau]].<ref>"Gleason Is Juror Candidate," ''Minden Herald,'' December 10, 1943, p. 1.</ref>