Philip K. Gleed

[2] He then studied law with his brother Thomas, attained admission to the bar, and practiced in Morrisville.

[1] Gleed rose to prominence as a lawyer, practicing with H. Henry Powers and attaining election as President of the Vermont Bar Association in 1888.

[3] Gleed served in the American Civil War, attaining the rank of Captain in the 4th Vermont Militia Regiment, which protected the Vermont-Canada border following the St. Albans Raid.

[4] A Republican, Gleed served in several local and county offices, including school board member, village trustee for Morrisville, Selectman for Morristown, Vermont, State's Attorney for Lamoille County from 1863 to 1868, Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1867 to 1868, and a federal assessor of internal revenue from 1870 to 1874.

Gleed married his first wife, Ellen Jane Fuller (1833–1883) of Moira, New York in 1861.