GLADDEN AND ELIZA ALANSON
In the 1880 United States Census of Lakefield Township, Saginaw County, Michigan, Gladden's occupation was a farmer. It states Gladden was born in Michigan in 1851 and Eliza was born in Michigan in 1862.
In the 1880 Michigan Agriculture Census, Gladden owned 40 acres of land; 3 acres of it was tilled land and 37 acres was woodland or forest.
Gladden was elected School Inspector April 5, 1880.
SOURCES: 1880 Michigan Agricultural Census; 1880 United States Census; Lakefield Township Records.