"The Ancestry and Posterity of
George Gledhill and Rose Whitaker Gledhill"
written by John Benjamin Nichols, Wash. D.C. 1935
Available in some U.S. libraries.
Extract:
The earliest known ancestor of George was William Gledhill.
1.1 William Gledhill had a son Jeremiah
2.1 Jeremiah. Died about 1853. Married 3 times. Had the following children:
3.1 William born 10 Nov 1812 Morley.
3.2 Benjamin born 26 May 1816 in Churwell near Morley
3.3 Samuel born 6 Nov 1819 in Morley
3.4 Mary born in Churwell, married John Brown - had no children - died in Morley.
3.1 William born in Rooms Lane Morley was a woollen mill foreman.
- Married Hannah Outhwaite - born Dec 1813 Holbeck Leeds - died Churwell 29 Oct 1848
- Married second time Betty Smith - born 24 Aug 1824 Morley - died 9 Aug 1875 Morley.
- William died 4 Apr 1882 at Banks Hill Morley. Had 5 children:
4.1 George born 19 Dec 1836 Holbeck Leeds
4.2 Frances Elizabeth born 28 May 1841 Churwell
4.3 Charles born 27 June 1843 Churwell died 14 Aug 1853 Morley
4.4 Sarah born 24 Sep 1846 Churwell died 1853 Morley
4.5 another child died young
3.2 Benjamin born 26 May 1816. He was an agent of Leeds Town Mission. Married Hannah Bradley. Died 19 Dec 1881. 4 children
4.6 David born 22 Dec 1844 Morley - lived in Leeds - advertising manager Leeds Mercury. Married Sarah Wormald 15 Aug 1878. 2 children
4.7 Martha born 9 May 1858 Leeds - unmarried - lived at Mayfield Keighley
4.8 Mary Ann died young
4.9 Rebecca died young
3.3 Samuel was a cloth finisher. Married Elizabeth ... who died 18 Mar 1881 in Morley. He died 12 Jun 1889 in Morley. 3 children
4.10 John Walker born 28 Jly 1848 in, and died, in Morley
4.11 Thomas born 9 July 1851 in Morley - an estate agent in Morley - married Sarah Ann Ellis 17 Jun 1876 and had 2 children
4.12 James born 30 Mar 1855 in Morley - unmarried
4.1 George - lived in Morley from childhood until 1869 and in London 1869-72. Came to USA in Spring of 1872 and lived in British Hollow and Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin 1872-5 Jefferson Wisconsin 1875-81 Oswego Kansas 1881-1895 Galena Missouri 1895-1910. Was a cloth manufacturer to 1881 and a court reporter 1881-85. Married Rose Whitaker 28 Nov 1860. She died 16 Dec 1894 in Oswego Kansas. 3 children born in Churwell.
5.1 Henriette born 11 Apr 1862
5.2 Annie born 23 Nov 1866
5.3 Emily born 15 Jan 1869
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6.6 Howard Gledhill Nichols, son of John Benjamin Nichols and Anne Gledhill Nichols born 23 Apr 1892 in Washington D.C. Graduated Cornell University 1915 BA. In World War I served with the American Expeditionary Force in France, as First Lieutenant, 316th Infantry 79th Division. Participated in the Argonne Campaign from September 1918. From 1919 he was accountant and administrative officer in the US Internal Revenue Bureau, Washington D.C.