Squire John L. Gladden

1800 - 1884  (84 years)

• Name	John L. Gladden
  Prefix	Squire
  Born	10 Mar 1800	South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Cemetery	Gladden Family Cemetery
  Occupation	Public School Teacher : Singing School Teacher : Justice of the Peace
  Died	23 May 1884	Cleveland County, North Carolina
  Notes	John L. and Patience Hardin Gladden lived above Shelby, NC on the 1st Broad River near Double Shoals and Lithia Springs. From notes of P. Cleveland Gardner written in the early 1930's: According to reliable family tradition John L. Gladden was born in South Carolina, probably just across state line adjoining Cleveland County, North Carolina, and his mother died when he was ten (10) days old, leaving him with his father. And his father placed him with James Lucus and wife Rebecca Lucus. In the old family bible of John L. Gladden, now in the possession of his grandson, Ansil C. Gladden of Blacksburg, South Carolina, Route #1, we find the following record in the hand writing of John L. Gladden, to wit: "Rebecca Lucus died July 26, 1838, age 73 years"; "James Lucus died November 19, 1841, age 78 years, 7 months, and 14 days". It is not known at present time just where this Lucas family lived. However it is possible that the Lucas family lived at the old Botts homestead some three miles north of Shelby in Cleveland County, since there is an old grave yard on this place in which members of a Lucas family were buried, and in which John L. Gladden and his wife , Patience Hardin , werer buried. John L. Gladden was a man of unusual natural ability, with a mind trained and developed far superior to that of almost any man of his community during his time. Evidently the Lucus family which reared him were well educated, and hense provided an opportunity for schooling the infant child placed in their custody. John L. Gladden was the most prominent pubic school teacher, and singing school teacher, of his day. Also, he was for many years Justice of the Peace, and member of the court of "Pleas and Quarter Session", of Cleveland County. He was "attorney and counselor" for the people of his community. He probably drafted more wills, deeds, mortages and liens, and married more people, than any other one man of the community in which he lived. Following his first marriage it seems that he settled at what is now known as the old Botts homestead North of Shelby in No. Six Township. He later resided one mile west of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church on No. Nine Township, now known as the old homestead of the late A. Dillard Hamrick. Here he owned a farm and lived during the civil war, and kept post office, the office being kept in his home. I understand that the name of the Post Office was "Beams Mill". This post office when first established was kept at the home of Andy Beam on Buffalo Creek some two miles Northeast of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, and took its name from the late Andy Beam who owned and operated a corn mill and other machinery on said creek. The post office kept by John L. Gladden in his home during the war was the only post office in the entire community for miles around. He was living here when his first wife died, and he carried her back to the old Lucas grave yard on the Botts farm and buried her there. He was buried by the side of his first wife.
  Person ID	I4375	myfamilytree
  Last Modified	20 May 2022

  
  

  Father	James Lucus Gladden,   b. 5 Apr 1763,   d. 19 Nov 1841  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Rebecca,   b. 1764,   d. 26 Jul 1838  (Age 74 years)
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F3553	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Patience (Patsy) Hardin,   b. 15 Aug 1802, North Carolina ,   d. 6 Feb 1868, Cleveland County, North Carolina  (Age 65 years)
  Married	26 May 1819	Rutherford County, North Carolina
  Children	+ 1. James A. Gladden Gladden,   b. 27 Feb 1820,   d. 19 Mar 1884  (Age 64 years) + 2. Leonlous Frank Gladden,   b. 11 Jul 1822,   d. 2 Feb 1859  (Age 36 years)   3. Washington L Gladden,   b. 19 Dec 1825, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 23 Jul 1844, Cleveland County, North Carolina  (Age 18 years) + 4. Hosea M. Gladden,   b. 29 Sep 1828,   d. 25 Apr 1864  (Age 35 years) + 5. Rebecca Gladden,   b. 28 Oct 1831, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 15 Nov 1876, Cleveland County, North Carolina  (Age 45 years) + 6. Martha S. (Patsy) Gladden,   b. 26 Nov 1833,   d. 16 Jun 1905  (Age 71 years) + 7. John Turner William Alexande Forsyth (Turner) Gladden,   b. 10 Aug 1836,   d. 1 Jul 1863  (Age 26 years)   8. William Henry Gladden,   b. 8 Sep 1839,   d. 16 May 1864  (Age 24 years)
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F2982	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary A. Harden,   b. Sep 1839,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	27 Sep 1868
  	Married by Jessie R. Willis, Esq.
  Children	+ 1. Amanda Gladden   2. Issah Davis Gladden,   b. 25 Apr 1876,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2007
  Family ID	F3023	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Mary A. HARDEN,   b. Sep 1839,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	27 Sep 1868
  	Married by Jessie R. Willis, Esq.
  Children	1. Amanda Gladden   2. Issah Davis Gladden,   b. 25 Apr 1876,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	6 May 2022
  Family ID	F12174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Married - 26 May 1819 - Rutherford County, North Carolina Died - 23 May 1884 - Cleveland County, North Carolina  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  NC, Cleveland, 1870, Gardner Leonidas as a child living with widowed mother Mary Jane and sister. Mary Jane's mother is next door on one side and Leonidas's Aunt Margaret is on the other side. John Gladden, his future wife's grandfather is a few doors down.