Minneapolias, Minnesota is where my great grandpa, Donald S. Gleason was born. He was a very tall, strong, and lean man. He had huge hands, broad shoulders, very dark hair, and a strong jaw line.
He was born and raised in Minnesota but he moved to California when he was older. In Minnesota during the Prohibition time he decided to sell sugar to bootleggers. When he sold the sugar he was making a lot of money. After the Prohibition was over he decided to stop selling sugar because he wasn't making as much money before. So, he decided to go into the food industry.
He worked in the food industry for a while before he invented an ingredient. He invented margarine but didn't get the credit for inventing it because someone stole it from him and made millions off of it.
After living in Minnesota for his whole life he suddenly moved to California and changed his last name from Peterson to Gleason. Nobody really knows why he changed his last name to Gleason but the rumor in the family is that he was trying to get away from the law.
While living in California he worked at the Planters Peanuts factory. He would sometimes send little bags of peanuts or a shirt that said Planters Peanuts on it to his family back in Minnesota. While working at the factory he met his wife Jeanette. They probably feel in love because they both were wild and crazy and loved to get dressed up and go to parties.
After being together for a while Donald and Jeanette got married and had three kids. At the age of five their son, Bobby died. Donald and Jeanette didn't have any more kids after their son died, instead they just raised their two other kids, Jim and Sharon. Once Donald's two kids grew up and got married Donald became a grandpa. Donald's son, Jim(my grandpa) had four daughters, Paige, Collen,Ann(my mom), and Julie. Donald's daughter Sharon had one daughter, Bet, and one son, Matt.
When Donald would go over to see his four grand daughters he would sometimes bring over some peanuts or a shirt that had the Planters Peanuts logo on it that you could color.
Overall, Donald S. Gleason seemed like a pretty descent guy.
I liked the story. I liked how you wrote myths in your story,"...running from the law". An improvement would be to add yourself in the story. How did your parents meet?
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