Melvin Dean Gloden was born at Elkhart, in Morton County, Kansas, the son of Barton Farrell Gloden and Dorothea Richterburg.
Dean married Linda Marie Miller on December 24, 1957, at Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. Linda Miller was born at Okmulgee, the daughter of Leonard Alvie Miller and Lillie Lorene Repsher.
Children of Dean Gloden and Marie Miller
1. Steven Devon Gloden, b. Okmulgee Co, OK
2. Melvin Dean Gloden, Jr., b. Okmulgee Co, OK
3. Mark Farrell Gloden, b. Comanche Co, OK
4. Leonard Alan Gloden, b. Comanche Co, OK
5. Timothy David Gloden, b. & d. July 15, 1968, Lawton, Comanche Co, OK
6. Joel Dale Gloden, b. Comanche Co, OK