Gleed, Charles S., lawyer and writer, was born at Morrisville, Vt., March 23, 1856, a son of Thomas and Cornelia (Fisk) Gleed. In early life he came to Kansas, and from 1876 to 1880 he was a student in the state university, receiving from that institution the degree of A. B. He then became a student in the law school of the University of Kansas, and from 1880 to 1884 he was connected with the traffic and law departments of the Union Pacific and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroads. In 1884 he was admitted to the bar, and on June 28, 1888, he married Miss Mabel Gore of Lawrence, Kan. Mr. Gleed has served as editor of the Denver Daily Tribune; as president of the Kansas City Daily Journal, the Missouri and Kansas Telephone company, and the Bell Telephone company of Missouri; vice-president of the Pioneer Trust company, and as a director of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad. From 1889 to 1893 he was a regent of the University of Kansas. He has written many legal, economic and feature articles for newspapers and magazines is a life member and director of the Kansas State Historical Society, and belongs to various clubs in Topeka, here he resides, and elsewhere.