Alexander Gladstone^[1]

1854 - 1939  (85 years)

• Name	Alexander Gladstone
  Born	25 Mar 1854	Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Free Church
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-154016
  Died	3 May 1939	, Missouri, USA   [3]
  Buried	Knox Presbyterian Cemetery, Worth, Worth, Missouri, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I154016	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Walter Gladstone,   b. 1816, , Roxburghshire, Scotland ,   d. 22 Oct 1882, , Worth Co., Missouri  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Jane Easton,   b. 28 Jan 1826, , Roxburghshire, Scotland ,   d. 3 Mar 1914, Bogle Township, Gentry County, Missouri, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Married	8 Jan 1848	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4]
  Family ID	F39555	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Jane Maxwell,   b. 3 Oct 1860, , Washington Co., Iowa ,   d. 9 Jul 1928, Grant City, Worth, Missouri, United States  (Age 67 years)
  Married	24 Apr 1878	, Worth Co., Missouri   [1]
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F39559	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Alexander Gladstone was born March 25, 1854, at Ayr, Ontario, Canada, and there received his early education in the public schools. He was fifteen years of age when he accompanied the family to Missouri, and here his education was completed in the country schools, following which he took up farming with his father. On April 24, 1878, he was married, and at that time erected a residence, barn and other buildings on a tract of seventy-five acres, belonging to his father, land which he soon broke to corn. This property has since been sold to two younger brothers, Mr. Gladstone purchasing 200 acres in Middlefork Township, section 33, township 64. Mr. Gladstone is accounted one of the most practical and progressive agriculturists of his township. He uses the latest improved machinery in the development of his farm, studies the best methods for producing the various cereals adapted to this climate, practices rotation of crops, and, above all, brings to his work that unflagging industry which seldom fails of accomplishment. It is this factor that has brought him a desired success and has gained him a place among the well-to-do farmers of his community. He has a set of good buildings, kept in the best of repair, and his live stock is fat and contented, while the general air of prosperity which hovers over the property gives eloquent evidence as to the good management and thrift of the owner. Mr. Gladstone married Miss Nancy Jane Maxwell, daughter of Sam and Mary (Houser) Maxwell, of Gentry County, both of whom are now deceased. The Maxwells came originally from Ohio, moved later to Iowa, then to Kansas, and in 1877 came to G-entry County. There were eight children in the Maxwell family, namely: Robert F., Martha Ann, Helen, George, Nancy Jane, Mary, Samuel, and William J. Mrs. Gladstone was educated in the public schools and for several years was a teacher at Great Bend, Kansas, where she received the second teacher's certificate issued at that place. Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which she has served as superintendent of the Sunday school for a numbar of years and is also president of the Missionary Society, and has been active in religious work. Mr. Gladstone has been identified with the republican party, and although he has not sought political preference has been foremost in advancing the interests of his community, particularly in the line of educational work and good roads. He has served for several years as a member of the school board. To Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone there have been born the following children, all of whom have been given good educational advantages and fitted for the positions in life they have been called upon to fill: Mary, who married E. J. Lyle, a farmer of Nodaway County, Missouri, and has four children, Gladys, Merle, Ross and Hardie; Walter, a farmer whose property is located close to the family homestead, married Charlotte Marshall, and has two children, Opal and Ralph; Martha, who married C. E. Temple, professor of botany in the University of Idaho, and has four children, Margaret, Martha Ross, Helen and Robert; Samuel, of Salem, South Dakota, where he is engaged as a barber, has three children, Fern, Loreu and Bella; Bessie, who is the wife of J. W. Barker, proprietor of a livery and sales stable at Grant City, Missouri; Jane, who is attending the normal school at Marysville; and Helen, who resides at home with her parents." \bA History of Northwest Missouri, 1915, The Lewis publishing company, Volume 2 pg 1217

  
  

• Sources

  [S846] Book - The History of Northwest Missouri, 2: 1217. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 2 Page 10. [S3231] Find A Grave, Knox Presbyterian Church Cemetery Worth Gentry County Missouri, USA. Birth: Mar. 25, 1854, Canada Death: May 3, 1939 Missouri, USA [S12] Vit - ON, Gore - Gore District Marriage Register - Waterloo Entries, Revd Killbee Presbyterian not Hamilton area (pg. 111). Walter Gladstone, married Jane Easton, both of Dumfries. 8 Jan 1848, by licence, Witnesses: Wm. Easton and Robt. Black.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 25 Mar 1854 - AYR, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Free Church - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 24 Apr 1878 - , Worth Co., Missouri Died - 3 May 1939 - , Missouri, USA Buried - - Knox Presbyterian Cemetery, Worth, Worth, Missouri, United States  = Link to Google Earth