Glass Family
A Glass Tree
Contributed by Laura W. Glass-Steneck, April 2006
Chapter I - FIRST GENERATION:
Caspar Glass and wives, Ann Elisabeth ECKHOLT and
[Mrs.] Mary A. WALLACE
Chapter II - SECOND GENERATION:
Bern [died young]
John Henry Glass and Mary Ann HAGEDORN
John William Glass and Mary J. CROW
Margaret Glass [died young]
Mary J. Glass and Jacob John BEAHR
Ann L. Glass and Lewis T. PHILLIPS
[child with Mary Wallace] Edward Glass [have no additional information]
Chapter III - THIRD GENERATION:
[Children of John Henry]
George Caspar Glass and Effie Mount CRUTCHER
William Bernard Glass and Ida May DEMAREE
Martha Glass and Charles S. EVANS
Henry L. Glass and Effie ROHRER
Francis M. Glass and Rosa WOOD
Margaret Glass and 1.)[Unknown] ROWLAND
2.)William C. MAHIN
Edward J. Glass and Hattie L. WORDS
Charles Jacob Glass and Bessie Daugherty BEARD
[Children of John William]
Charles C. Glass and Mary SCOTT
Elizabeth B. Glass [no information]
Holman Charles Glass and Frances PERRY
William L. Glass and Lulu COMBS
[Children of Mary A.]
George Wendell BEAHR
Martha A. BEAHR
Samuel Major BEAHR
Annie May BEAHR
[Note: Mary A. [Glass] Beahr married a widower with two children. The first two are her stepchildren.]
[Children of Ann L.]
Henry Lewis PHILLIPS
William PHILLIPS
Charles Edward PHILLIPS
May PHILLIPS
James PHILLIPS
Letcher Price PHILLIPS
Samuel Major PHILLIPS
Isaac Sidney PHILLIPS
[Note: Ann L. [Glass] Phillips and husband, Lewis, were the parents of 9 children. The name of one of them is missing.]
Chapter IV - SOME of the FOURTH GENERATION:
[Grandchildren of John Henry Glass
CHAPTER I
CASPAR GLASS
and his wife
ANN ELISABETH ECKHOLT
In 1983 Aunt Stella [Glass] Finley gave me several hand-written pages detailing what she
knew of the GLASS family history. One of the paragraphs was as follows:
"We have always heard that Caspar and Eliz came from
Munster in Westphalia (I wondered if they sailed from
Bremen. There are lists of passengers available but I don't
know the name of the ship.) They brought papers, etc. from
Germany which were stored in a trunk. They were in John
Henry's possession when the colored man, Horace, was sent
to clean out the wash house. He cleaned out the trunk and
burned all the memorabilia as trash."
Well, if we had that trunk full of memorabilia, telling the story of Caspar and Elisabeth would be ever so much easier, but we don't. So let us begin with this:
Name: Caspar Glass
Year: 1836
Place: America
Family Members: Wife Elis; Child Bern; Mother A Elis
Source Publication Code: 5861
Primary Immigrant: Glass, Caspar
Annotation: Westphalian emigrants in the 19th century:
emigration from the governmental district of
Muenster, part 1. From state archives in
Muenster and in Detmold, West Germany.
The lists cover pp. 57-389, with 6,453
numbered entries. Of 4,100 persons who
emigrated officially, most went to America.
Others left without permission, emigrating
to different German principalities in Europe, possibly
returning later to Westphalia.
Part II, 1851-1900, is in typescript
awaiting funds to publish.
Source Bibliography: MUELLER, FRIENDRICH.
"Westfaelische Auswanderer im 19.
Jahrhundert-Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk
Muenster, Part 1. 1803-1850." In Beitraege
zur westfaelischen Familienforschung, vols. 22-24
(1964-1966), pp. 7-484.
Page: 284
Caspar, Elisabeth, their son, Bern, and his mother also named Elisabeth left Germany in 1836, and this passage confirms that they did in fact come from the Munster, Westphalia area. This record might lead one to believe that they all arrived in America, but I do not believe they did. Referring to Stella's notes of 1983:
"The story is there was a storm and one child
was swept overboard. Elisabeth would scrape the
pulp from apples to feed the family - seasickness, I presume."
It was probably the child, Bern that was swept overboard, as he does not appear in the census record of 1840. Neither does the mother, referred to as A. Elis by Friedrich Mueller. Was she lost at sea, perhaps clutching her grandchild? Only the original passenger list would tell us for sure, and that has yet to be discovered. So Friedrich Mueller's book is really a list of people that left Germany with or without permission. It is not a record of those that actually arrived here.
Friedrich's book also causes another problem - names. He calls the mother of Caspar "A. Elis" - Anna Elisabeth??? Caspar's wife is referred to as just "Elis" - Elisabeth. So why do family stories name Caspar's wife as Annie Elisabeth? And why is her grave marker "Annie E."? I believe it is possible that Mr. Mueller erred in his transcription of the German records.
Caspar Glass was born in 1807 in the small village of Oldendorf, Prussia. I presume he was also raised there, as he married a girl from the same village. Her name was Ann Elisabeth Eckholt and she was about a year older than Caspar, born sometime in 1806. I belive the marriage took place about 1830 and the child, "Bern" (could have been short for Bernhard-spelled a dozen different ways) was born about 1832.
Because only the mother went with Caspar and his family, we can safely presume the father was deceased. But what possessed Caspar to obtain permits for his mother and his young family to leave Germany? By the age of 29, married with a child, Caspar must have had a trade, but what was it? Did he apprentice as a young boy and learn the art of carpentry and woodworking? Possibly...Maybe there just wasn't enough work in the area and he couldn't practice his trade. Politics and religion might be other reasons for Caspar to get his permits, gather his family and strike out for a new world.
It is very hard for us to grasp the enormity of this decision. He not only left the town where he grew up, leaving behind perhaps other members of his family - brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins - and his friends from early childhood through young adult, but he left his country! Caspar and Elisabeth left everything they had ever known, bringing very few possessions with them, to start a new life in a new country.
...finding a ship's manifest that includes our immigrant ancestors, Caspar and Elisabeth GLASS is not likely to happen. We may never know what port they sailed from or exactly where they landed in America....
The 1840 census of Jessamine County, Kentucky lists "Jasper" Glass with 1 male child under the age of 6, 1 male adult 30 to 40 years of age and 1 female, 30 to 40 years of age. Though no names, other than head of household are given, we know those mentioned are Caspar, Elisabeth and the son, John Henry who was born in January 1838. No child, Bern, and no older adult that could be the mother of Caspar.
On March 15, 1841 Caspar Glass filed his declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States with the Circuit Court of Jessamine County, Kentucky. He took his oath of citizenship, renouncing his allegiance to King Wilhelm Frederick IV of Prussia in 1844. Naturalization was granted in 1844.
In June 1841 Elisabeth gave birth to another son, whom they named John William. Isn't it interesting that both sons had the same first name! There was some speculation about his first name, but according to several census records, it was John.
The same year Caspar was granted full citizenship, Elisabeth gave birth to their fourth child and first daughter, Margaret. Her exact date of birth is unknown; only the year 1844. About two years later, their daughter, Mary J. was born and in 1849 the sixth child and third daughter, Ann E. Glass was born. Each of the children will be discussed in the second chapter.
In 1846 Elisabeth's brother, Bernhard, received his permit and left Germany to join his sister and brother-in-law in America...Bern was 37 years old when he emigrated and remained with his sister's family the rest of his life...
On August 31, 1862 John Henry Glass married Mary Ann "Mollie" Hagedorn, the eldest child and daughter of George and Martha [White] Hagedorn, in Jessamine County.
Six months later, on January 8, 1863 John William Glass married Mary J. Crow, eldest daughter of Holeman R. and Elisabeth A. Crow. This wedding also took place in Jessamine County.
Margaret, the eldest daughter of Caspar and Elisabeth Glass, died in 1863 at the age of 19 and is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Nicholasville. I do not know what took her life.
In 1865, at the young age of 59 Elisabeth [Eckholt] Glass died, her cause of death unknown. She was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, next to her daughter. In the two census records, previously shown, she is referred to as Elisabeth, yet her grave marker and the record at Maple Grove call her Annie E. Glass. When Elisabeth died, she left behind a grief-stricken husband and two daughters. Mary was about 19 and Annie, about 16. Not to mention her brother, Bernhard who had lived with the family since his arrival in America.
On September 25, 1866 having been a widower for about a year, Caspar married Mrs. Mary A. Wallace in Jessamine County. She was a 28 year old widow with three young children ages 5, 7 and 9. It was very brave of the 60-year-old Caspar to take on the responsibilities of raising a second family, not to mention starting another family, which they did! In 1869 Caspar and Mary A. [Wallace] Glass became the parents of a son, Edward.
I have tried to determine who Mary A. was married to first, but the full name of Mr. Wallace has eluded me. There is no record in Jessamine County, which leads me to believe that she was not from the area.
In 1870 Caspar Glass was paid $50.00 as a "part-payment for a writing desk and case for books and papers for use of the quarterly court" according to the Court Orders - June term. The July term authorized the final payment of $16.00. This desk was used in the old, red-brick courthouse. A new courthouse was built in 1878. I do not know if the desk or bookcase were salvaged and placed in the new courthouse.
Caspar Glass died in 1873. His exact date of death is unknown. He was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Nicholasville, next to his first wife, Elisabeth. His will is on file at the Jessamine County courthouse, Will book L, pg. 379, probated in July 1873. All of his worldly possessions, including his tools and lumber, were sold in September 1873 according to Will book L, pg. 382.
Between 1873, when Caspar died and his estate sold, and 1880, the date of the next census and record we have of the widow Wallace-Glass, Mary A. Glass left Jessamine County and moved to Lexington, Fayette County. Also, the child she had with Caspar is gone. This raised a few questions. What happened to the child, Edward? If he died in infancy, while his father was still alive, then why wasn't he buried in the Glass family plot at Maple Grove Cemetery? If Edward died after his mother moved to Lexington, again...why wasn't he buried at Maple Grove with his father? Lexington is not that far removed from Nicholasville.
The 1880 census is the last record we have of Mary A. Glass. Interesting to note that the enumerator did not list the son living with her as John Wallace, but as John Glass...
This information raised another question or two! Did Caspar officially adopt the Wallace children? Or did the widow Wallace-Glass just "adopt" the name for her son? John was just 5 years old when his mother remarried, so it's possible Caspar was the only father he knew or remembered. I believe it was an enumeration error. The person writing down the information just presumed the son had the same last name...
Caspar and Elisabeth [Eckholt] Glass were the parents of six children. Bern, the first child, died in early childhood, so nothing is written here about him. Margaret, the first daughter died at the age of 19 and is buried on the Glass family plot at Maple Grove. Nothing further is known about her. The following chapter is devoted to the remaining sons and daughters:
John Henry Glass
John William Glass
Mary A. Glass
Ann E. Glass
CHAPTER II
THE SECOND GENERATION
JOHN HENRY GLASS
And his wife
MARY ANN HAGEDORN
John Henry and Mary Ann "Mollie" Hagedorn Glass
John Henry Glass was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky in January 1838. He was the second child and first son born in America to Caspar and Elisabeth Glass. He was baptized by a Catholic priest according to family history, but the record has not yet been located. Also according to family history, the Glass family joined the Presbyterian Church because it was located closest to the family home.
Bennett H. Young's "History of Jessamine County", written in 1898 states: "After going to school during his boyhood in Cincinnati, he learned the trade of cabinet maker with his father, who was one of the most skilled mechanics who ever lived in Jessamine County." At the time, Cincinnati, Ohio had a very large German population and excellent schools. These may have been contributing factors for Caspar to choose this area to educate their children, rather than the small, primitive schools nearby.
When we last saw Henry in the 1860 census, he was 21 years of ago, lived with his parents and worked in his father's cabinet shop. With his education behind him and his future secured, John Henry Glass married Mary Ann Hagedorn on August 31, 1862 in Jessamine County. Mary Ann was the daughter of George and Martha [White] Hagedorn.
[Note: I will include what is known about her, her parents and other collateral lines at the end of this segment.]
In August 1865 John Henry and "Mollie" became parents for the first time when Mollie gave birth to their son, George Caspar Glass. About this same time John Henry decided to change professions and on October 16th petitioned the Court for a tavern license "on the turnpike from Nicholasville to Danville"...His license was granted and renewed the following two years.
1865 - Court Orders book M, Pg. 259
1866 - Court Orders book M, pg. 379
1867 - Court Orders book M, pg. 504
William Bernard Glass was born in June 1867. According to family history, it was shortly after the birth of this second child that John Henry decided he did not want to raise his children in "that atmosphere", translated to mean in or around a tavern. Probably when his license ran out in 1868 John Henry, Mollie and their two very small children moved to Lancaster in Garrard County, which is about 21 miles south of Nicholasville.
Between 1868 and 1870 John Henry bought water rights from Mary Watson [Lancaster, Garrard Co. Court Records, Book Y, pg. 534] and built a mill. He continued to run this mill until 1874 when he sold out to "George Denny, the president of the National Bank, and moved back to Jessamine" County. His younger brother J. William was living in Garrard County during this time, which may have prompted John Henry to move there in the first place. There is a record in Garrard County that John Henry and J. William purchased a house on Campbell Street from the "Baker Estate" in 1874. Presumably, John Henry sold his interest in this house shortly after its purchase, when he returned to Jessamine County.
While they were living in Lancaster, Garrard County, the third child and first daughter of John Henry and Mollie was born in September 1869. Henry L. joined the family two years later, in September 1871 and in September 1873 son number four, Francis M. is born to Mollie and John Henry.
Upon his return to Jessamine County, John Henry petitioned the court to straighten out a land deed [Court Orders book M, pg. 219] and to build and improve a highway [Court Orders book O, pg. 131; book U, pg. 163; book V, pg. 198]. Though I don't have reference to a deed, it is presumed that John Henry had already purchased the old paper mill and surrounding acreage on Jessamine Creek, about three miles below its mouth...
About two years after John Henry, Mollie and their five children returned to Jessamine County, the family again increased by one, adding their second daughter Margaret in November of 1876...
The 1880 census may be difficult to read, but it is vitally important in telling the story of Caspar Glass and his family, because it is the only record giving the name of the village or town that Caspar came from in Germany! Rather than just telling the enumerator "Prussia", John Henry was very specific when he told B.C. Prescott both of his parents were born in "Oldendorf Germany".
It also shows that Mollie's father was born in Hanover, her mother was born in Kentucky.
John Henry and Mollie's family continued to grow. In June 1881 child number 7 arrived, and they named him Edward J., and with the birth of Charles Jacob Glass on September 25, 1882, the family was complete.
Now back to Stella's family history
notes of 1983:
"The railroad played a tremendous part
in distributing Daniel Boone flour to all
neighboring counties. Remember, there was no
"store bought" bread then.
The oldest son, George, drove a six-mule team
wagon loaded with flour to the depot in
Wilmore for shipping. Both water power and
steam were used until the move to
Wilmore in 1912."
...the next available census record from 1900. John Henry's son, George and his family lived 'next door' so to speak, and he worked as a teamster, which verified what Stella had said earlier...
Transcription of the 1900 census, enumerated June 5th in the magisterial district of Lee, Jessamine County:
GLASS, J.H.; Head [of Household]; White; Male; [born] Jan. 1838; [age] 62; married [for] 37 years; [born] Kentucky; [father] Germany; [mother] Germany; [occupation] Miller flour; can read, write and speak English; 0 months out of work; owns his home; and it is a house not a farm.
GLASS, Mary A.; Wife; White; Female; [born] May 1843; [age] 57; married [for] 37 years; [# of children] 8; [# living] 8; [born] Kentucky; [father] Germany; [mother] Kentucky; can read, write and speak English.
GLASS, William B.; Son; White; Male; [born] June 1867; [age] 32 [which means his birthday was later in the month of June]; Single; he and parents born in Kentucky; [occupation] Miller flour; 0 months out of work.
GLASS, Frank M.; Son; White; Male; [born] Sept. 1875; [age] 24; Single; he and parents born in Kentucky; [occupation] Miller flour; 0 months out of work.
GLASS, Edward J.; Son; White; Male; [born] June 1881; [age] 18; Single; he and parents born in Kentucky; [occupation] Fireman - mill; 0 months out of work.
GLASS, Charlie J.; Son; White; Male; [born] Sept. 1882; [age] 17; Single; he and parents born in Kentucky; [occupation] none; 5 months out of work.
ROWLAND, Magie T.; Daughter, White; Female; [born] Nov. 1876; [age] 23; Widow; 2 children; 2 living; she and parents born in Kentucky; [occupation] none.
ROWLAND, Frank B.; Grandson; White; Male; [born] Nov. 1897; [age] 2
ROWLAND, Joseph H.; Grandson; White; Male; [born] Dec. 1899; [age] 6/12
So the widowed daughter, Margaret, and her two babies lived with her parents, probably until she remarried about 1906.
On June 25, 1907 Mary Ann "Mollie" [Hagedorn] Glass died. The following obituary appeared in the Jessamine Journal:
"GLASS, MRS. MARY H. Died at her home in the Glass Mill neighborhood, Tuesday, June 25, 1907, at 6 o'clock, Mrs. Mary H. Glass, wife of John H. Glass, aged 63. Mrs. Glass had been in ill health for some time, but bore her suffering with great meekness and patience. Besides her husband, the following children survive the deceased: Mrs. C.S. Evans and Edward Glass, Nicholasville; Mesers. George, William, Harry, Frank and Charles Glass and Mrs. W.C. Mahin, Wilmore; also the following brothers and sisters; George Hagedorn, Lexington; L. B. Hagedorn, Mrs. W. C. Lowry, Mrs. Sallie Atchison, Wilmore; Mrs. Wm Taylor, Texas, and Mrs. Jane Masters, Lexington. The deceased was a faithful and loving wife, a kind and indulgent mother, and a most excellent lady in every respect. Services were conducted at the Presbyterian church, Wilmore, Thursday morning, by Rev. S.M. Logan and E.W. McCorkle, after which the remains were interred in Maple Grove Cemetery, Nicholasville."
Shortly after the death of his wife, John Henry Glass decided to build a new flour mill in Wilmore, about six and a half miles away and close to the train depot. According to a grandson, "some of the footings were eighteen feet deep, down to bedrock, because there were three floors of concrete bins to hold the wheat." [The three-story brick building is still standing, though the lettering "Glass Milling Co." is very faded.]
By the 1910 census, John Henry had moved to Wilmore and lived with his son, Frank M. and his young family. He was 72 years old when this census was recorded in April. His new flour mill was under construction, but he did not live to see its completion.
The following obituary appeared in the Jessamine Journal:
After a life full of usefulness and for over three score years and ten, a resident of Jessamine County, Mr. John Henry Glass, died very suddenly at the home of his son Frank near Wilmore, Saturday morning, the summons coming very unexpectedly. Mr. Glass was born in the vicinity where he died, in 1838 and came of German parentage. After attending school in Cincinnati in his boyhood, he learned the trade of a cabinetmaker, with his father, who was one of the most skilled mechanics who ever lived in Jessamine. As a miller, the deceased was recognized as one of the most expert in Central Kentucky, having been at the head of the Glass Milling Co. for years. His first experience in this line being at Lancaster, where he erected a mill in 1870. After disposing of this plant he came back to Jessamine and bought the property known as the old paper mill on Jessamine Creek, about three miles from its mouth. After operating this mill for about three years, Mr. Glass erected a new mill, and which he was operating at the time of his death. It was through his indominitable energy that about ten miles of turnpike was built in his section of the county and which was largely instrumental in the increased value of land there.
Mr. Glass was happily married to Miss Mary Hagedorn, who died in 1907. Seven children blessed this union, all of whom are filling useful places in life, who are as follows: Mrs. C.S. Evans, Mrs. W.C. Mahin, E.J., George, Harry, Charles, Frank and William Glass; also one brother and sister, Mr. J.W. Glass of Garrard county, and Mrs. Beahr, of Cincinnati.
To know J.H. Glass was to honor and respect him. As gentle as a child, it was a great pleasure to be with him. In his daily avocations, he certainly carried out the Golden Rule. In his death he leaves a good record behind both in the church and in business. His children can ever refer to him as an indulgent and kind parent; the neighbors as a charitable man, who ever stood ready to help those in need or in sickness.
The funeral services were conducted from the Presbyterian church in Wilmore, Sunday morning, Rev. S.M. Logan, assisted by Dr. E.O. Guerrant and Dr. E.W. McCorkle, officiating, in the presence of a large concourse of relatives and friends. Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Nicholasville.
And so we bring to a close John Henry and Mary Ann "Mollie" [Hagedorn] Glass...
COLLATERAL LINES
HAGEDORN
And
WHITE
George and Martha [White] Hagedorn were the parents of John Henry's wife, Mary Ann "Mollie" Hagedorn.
In spite of "family stories" and what was "said" about George Hagedorn arriving in America with Caspar and Elisabeth Glass, I don't think that happened. Pure speculation on my part, but here's what I've managed to find, so far.
A George Henry Hagedorn sailed from the port of Bremen, Germany aboard the ship Julia and arrived on November 23, 1839 at the port of New Orleans. A manifest of this ship shows George was traveling alone, as there was no other passenger named Hagedorn; his hometown was Laer; he had two pieces of baggage; and his occupation was "smith". The only connection to George, father of Mollie, is the occupation. Is this the father of Mollie? Possibly.
A search of the 1840 census for George Hagedorn was fruitless. He just didn't get counted. Speculation: If the above person was Mollie's father, then he could have been in the process of making his way north.
According to Stella's notes, George Hagedorn and Martha White were married on May 19th, 1843 in Woodford County, Kentucky. George was about twenty-nine years old and Martha was a child of about fourteen!
A deed for 53 acres of land was recorded on September 6, 1847 to George Hagedorn from Robert Thompson at the Woodford County courthouse in Versailles, Kentucky...
Between 1853 and 1855 George and Martha decided to leave Woodford County and took up residence in Jessamine County.
...in the ...census records of 1860 and 1870, Elias White is living with George and Martha.
The youngest male child listed in the 1870 census is not listed in 1880. Apparently, "Caslin" died in infancy or early childhood. And a question about the 1880 census; what is Mary doing here when she's married to John Henry Glass and has 6 children of her own? I think whoever was giving the information just named all the children without regard to who was actually living at home!
George Hagedorn died June 18, 1889. The following appeared in the Jessamine Journal June 21st:
"Mr. George Hagerdon, of the Bethel neighborhood, died Monday (17th). He was quite an old man and much respected by those who knew him. He was an honest man and died at the age of 76. Father in law of J.H. Glass."
On the same page, same newspaper appeared the following:
"Mr. William Hagerdon, age 75, died on the 16th of heart disease at his residence on Jessamine Creek near Glass' Mill. Funeral preached by John O'Neill of the Catholic Church on the following day. (17th) The remains were taken to Lexington and buried in the Catholic Cemetery." (Calvary)
These two were brothers. Note that George died the day of his brother's funeral. The third brother was Bernard Hagedorn.
Martha [White] Hagedorn died in April 1894 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky and is buried at Calvary Cemetery, Lexington. Her obituary was published in the Jessamine Journal April 20th, 1894. Like her husband and his brothers, her last name was spelled "Hagerdon"...
JOHN WILLIAM GLASS
And his wife
MARY J. CROW
John William Glass was born in June 1840, the third child and second son born in Jessamine County, Kentucky to Caspar and Ann Elisabeth [Eckholt] Glass.
Last seen in the 1850 census, he was called William, he was nine years old and attended school. He was not living at home ten years later - the 1860 census. The only William Glass located in Kentucky in 1860 was living in Lexington, Fayette County, 19 years of age and worked as a "clerk".
My best guess is this is the child of Caspar and Elisabeth. He left Lexington shortly after this census and returned to Jessamine County long enough to meet, court and marry Miss Mary J. Crow.
According to "Kentucky Marriages 1851 to 1900" J.W. Glass and "Mollie" J. Crow were married in Jessamine County on January 8, 1863. Mary J. Crow was born in February 1846, the daughter of Holeman R. and Elisabeth A. Crow. [It appears that most girls with the given name of Mary were called Mollie.] The 22-year-old J.W. and his 17-year-old bride left Jessamine County to seek their fortune farther south. They took up residence in Bryantsville, Garrard County.
In August 1863 their first child and son was born. They named him Charles C. Glass, though he is misidentified in the 1870 census. About 1865 their only daughter, Elisabeth B. was born, followed four years later, in May 1869, by another son, Holman Charles. Their fourth child, William L. Glass was born in June 1870 but alas, was not counted in the 1870 census, probably because he was just a month old and still unnamed. [It was not customary during this time period to name children immediately. You will find many death notices and grave markers that just say "infant".]
About the 1870 census:
The head of the household is called John W. not William! He was 29 years old, male, white, and a "retail merchant", which means he owned his own store. He listed the value of his personal estate of $6400.00 - a lot of money back in those days! Mollie was 24 and kept house.
The first child is listed as Charles C. Enumerator spelling error.
Also listed are three "servants". Robert L. Hagen, age 36, male, black who listed his occupation as "common laborer". Then there's Eliza Miller, age 40, female, black and her daughter Mary L. who is 5. Eliza gave her occupation as "cook". Finally, there's 14-year-old Henrietta Burkley, female, black whose occupation was "nurse". I'd say Mollie had to do very little "housekeeping"!
In Lancaster, Garrard County there are several deeds to John William and his wife, Mary J. Glass. In 1874 Deed Book I, pg. 74 deed to John W. Glass from R.D. King for a hotel and stables; Deed Book I, pg. 91 deed to Mary J. Glass from J.W. Glass for a house and lot. There is also the deed to J.H. and J.W. Glass, Deed Book I, pg. 198 for a house on Campbell Street.
...the 1880 census taken on the 9th day of June, in Bryantsville, Garrard County, Kentucky...the head of household is called John W. Since two official census records record his first name as John, I believe we can safely presume that he was, indeed, John William Glass.
John W. is 39 years old, occupation listed as general merchant, but both he and Mollie said they were "unemployed" for 2 months during the past year. Were they traveling? Probably! Mollie's age was given as 36 but she was actually just 34. All of their children were still at home, three of whom attended school. Margaret Taylor, age 28, black, female, listed as a boarder and occupation as "cook". Margaret cannot read or write.
In 1883 there is another deed recorded at the Courthouse in Lancaster, Garrard County to J.W. Glass from the Baker Estate for a house and stables in Public Square. [I do not have copies of these deeds.]
The 1890 census records were destroyed so there is a 20-year gap, leaving us with no information about the family during this period.
By 1900 all of the children are married and gone from the household with the exception of their 32-year-old son, Holeman...John William and Mollie had three "servants". In this census, his name was recorded as William and he was no longer a general merchant, but a farmer! The son, Holeman was a "Commission Mer.", whatever that was! I suspect that Holeman had taken over his father's retail store, as his occupation was given as merchant in later census records...
By the 1920 census John William was 78 and Mollie was 74. They had given up the farm in Bryantsville and moved to Nicholasville in Jessamine County. They lived in a house on Main Street, which they owned free and clear.
On August 21, 1921 John William Glass died. He was buried at Maple Grove Cemetery in Nicholasville...His widow, Mollie J. lived another 13 years in the house on Main Street. Mary J. "Mollie" [Crow] Glass died on March 28, 1938 at the age of 92. She was buried next to her husband at Maple Grove Cemetery, Nicholasville.
John William and Mollie were the parents of four children:
Charles C. Glass
Elizabeth B. Glass
Holeman Charles Glass
William L. Glass
What is known of these children is included in Chapter III - Third Generation.
CROW
John William Glass married Mary J. "Mollie" Crow on January 8, 1863 in Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Mollie was the daughter of Holeman R. and Elizabeth Crow. What follows is what I know about this family.
The 1850 census of Jessamine County, Kentucky showed Holeman was 33 years old, worked as a carpenter and was born in Kentucky. His wife Elizabeth was 28 and also born in Kentucky. They were the parents of two children; Mary J. aged 5 and a baby, Sarah B., age 1.
There are, apparently, five other young men, aged seventeen to twenty-two, living in the household and they are all carpenters, too!
By the 1860 census, Holeman Crow changed occupations and was the keeper of a livery stable. His personal wealth was $5000.00 and his real estate was valued at $10,000.00; not a wealthy man, but comfortable.
Holeman and Elizabeth had added two more children to their family, Maggie and William and apparently were calling their second child by her middle name, Bettie.
Three years after this census, when Mary J. was about 18, she married John William Glass.
MARY A. GLASS
And her husband
JACOB J. BEAHR
Last seen in the 1870 census, Mary A. Glass was living with her father, Caspar, and stepmother in Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky.
At the age of 31 Mary A. Glass became the bride of the widower Jacob Beahr...Now a little background on John Jacob Beahr. Apparently he changed his name from "John Jacob" to "Jacob John". He was born in Louisville, Kentucky on October 13, 1842.
There are two records showing his service in the Civil War...He enlisted as a private in Company A, 3rd Ohio Infantry and was discharged as a Corporal. Then on April 17, 1861 he enlisted again, as a Corporal and mustered out as a Corporal August 9, 1861. I suspect in Cincinnati, Ohio.
According to records I found at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Jacob was married first to Martha A. "Mattie" Thompson. Martha, at the age of 32, died in childbirth on October 3, 1874. The infant, named in honor of her deceased mother, Martha A. Beahr survived. Mattie is buried on the Beahr lot at Spring Grove, as is her mother, Ann Elizabeth Thompson.
...How and where Mary A. Glass and Jacob Beahr met is a mystery. She lived in Jessamine County, Kentucky and he lived in Cincinnati, Ohio. Not a great distance apart, but a difficult trip back in the 1870's.
Jacob and his new wife, Mary, returned to Cincinnati after their marriage in Jessamine County and took up residence on Dayton Street. On August 1, 1878 Mary A. [Glass] Beahr and her husband, Jacob welcomed their first child, a son named Samuel Major Beahr. In the span of three years, Mary A. became the mother of three young children.
...In 1905 Jacob applied for a Civil War Pension, claiming he was an invalid. On September 7th of that year it was granted...
John Jacob Beahr died of cancer at his home on Blair Avenue August 13, 1916. He was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio on August 16th...
On October 9, 1916 Mary A. was granted a Civil War widows pension.
Mary A. [Glass] Beahr survived her husband two years and died "of palsy" on November 1, 1918 at her residence on Blair Avenue, in Cincinnati. She was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery on November 4th...
With this, we come to the end of the narration on Mary Ann and her husband, John Jacob Beahr.
ANN L. GLASS
And her husband
LEWIS T. PHILLIPS
Ann L. Glass was born in September 1849 in Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky. She was the third daughter and youngest child born to Caspar and Elisabeth [Eckholt] Glass.
...in the 1870 census, she was living in Nicholasville with her father and stepmother, her sister Mary, three Wallace children and a new half brother, Edward.
The following year, on September 21, 1871, Annie became the wife of Lewis T. Phillips of Lancaster, Garrard County. [The marriage record gave her name as "Annie L."]...
Lewis was the son of Lewis A. and Indiana Phillips and had a sister, Mary. His father was a "Police Judge", in 1870 and he was a "Retail Boot & Shoe Dealer"...
In 1873 Annie and Lewis Phillips became the parents of a son, Henry Lewis. While still living in Lancaster, Annie and Lewis had a second son in 1876 and named him William. On July 26, 1878 a third son joined the family, Charles Edward.
The young family became restless and moved west. By the census of 1880, enumerated on June 3rd to 7th, the family had taken up residence in Pearlette, Meade County, Kansas. Lewis took up farming...
A thorough search of the 1900 census records located the Phillips family back in Lancaster!...And MY how the family had grown! According to this report, Annie and Lewis were the parents of 9 children and 9 still living. To date, I have only been able to locate or name 8 of them.
This family certainly had "wanderlust"! They started out in Lancaster, decided to seek their fortune in Kansas, returned to Lancaster, bought a farm and raised their children. But they didn't stay put. Between 1900 and 1910 Annie and Lewis took off for California...
Lewis T. Phillips died April 24, 1918 in Fresno County, California. Annie L. [Glass] Phillips lived another 8 years and died September 16, 1926 also in Fresno.
Although Annie was not mentioned in the obituary of her brother, John Henry Glass in 1910, she was still very much alive. I presume the individual that gave the information to the Jessamine Journal had lost contact with John Henry's sister over the years and thought she was deceased.
Where was Annie in 1920? No record has been found - yet!
CHAPTER III
THE THIRD GENERATION
PART A
THE EIGHT CHILDREN OF JOHN HENRY GLASS
AND
MOLLIE HAGEDORN
1. George Caspar Glass and Effie Mount CRUTCHER
2. William Bernard Glass and Ida Mae DEMAREE
3. Martha E. Glass and Charles S. EVANS
4. Henry L. Glass and Effie RHORER
5. Francis M. Glass and Rosa WOOD
6. Margaret T. Glass and Mr. ROWLAND; William C. MAHIN
7. Edward J. Glass and Hattie WOODS
8. Charles Jacob Glass and Bessie Daugherty BEARD
1. GEORGE CASPAR GLASS AND EFFIE MOUNT CRUTCHER
"George Caspar" was the name chosen by John Henry and Mollie [Hagedorn] Glass for their first-born son, to honor both of their fathers. George C. was born in August 1865 in Jessamine County, Kentucky. His exact date of birth has not been located.
According to the census of 1900 he had been married 9 years, so we'll affix the wedding date of George Caspar Glass and Effie Mount Crutcher as about 1891, and the place as Jessamine County. Effie was the daughter of Lewis H. Crutcher and Effie G. Britton, born in February 1871. Effie was the fourth of six children.
In October 1892 George and Effie welcomed their first child, a daughter they named Effie. On December 23, 1894 a second daughter, Mary Anna, joined the family. In March 1897 their third daughter, Margaret, was born followed in February 1899 by daughter number four, Martha Elizabeth...
George, his wife Effie Mount, and their four daughters lived next door to his father, and he worked with his father at the flour mill. He was the teamster. When the flour had been milled, put into bags and loaded onto a wagon, George would hitch up the team of horses and haul the wagonload of flour to the train depot for shipment...
By the census of 1910, George was no longer the teamster, but an engineer. He still lived next door to his parents. I presume he, too, had built a house on his father's property across from the mill on Jessamine Creek.
...George and Effie Mount had added several new members to their family! Their first son, Lewis Edward, was born in 1903; a fifth daughter, Rosa Jessamine, came along in 1906 and daughter number six, Katherine L., completed the family.
Shortly after the census of 1910, while they were in the process of building a new mill at Wilmore, John Henry died. George and his brothers, William, Henry and Francis completed the new mill and ran it for many years.
The census for 1920...showed George and his family living on Dodd Street in Wilmore. I presume his father's house and land was sold after his death, so George moved his family closer to "Glasses Mill".
Presumably, because George was the eldest of the four brothers, he became the foreman of Glasses Mill. As usual, there is an error on the 1920 census. The daughter Katherine is seventeen, not seven as shown.
In reviewing the 1920 census I was surprised to see that the only son, Louis Edward [called Edward], nineteen years of age, was not working. That seems a bit unusual for those days...
By 1930, at the age of 65 George had gotten out of the milling business and moved back to Lee in Jessamine County. Effie Mount taught grade school...
George Caspar Glass died at his home in Lee, Jessamine County, Kentucky on May 10, 1932.
Effie Mount [Crutcher] Glass outlived her husband by 33 years! Because there aren't any census records beyond 1930, we can only presume "Mountie" continued to teach grade school in or near Wilmore.
On January 8, 1965, at the age of 93, Effie Mount [Crutcher] Glass died, I was told in Wilmore.
George Caspar and Effie Mount [Crutcher] Glass are buried in Wilmore Cemetery, Wilmore, Jessamine County, Kentucky.
They were the parents of seven children: Effie, Mary Anna, Margaret, Martha, Louis Edward, Rosa and Katherine. What the author knows about these children is included in Chapter IV - the Fourth Generation.
2. WILLIAM BERNARD GLASS AND IDA MAE DEMAREE
William Bernard Glass, the second child of John Henry and Mollie, was born in June 1867 in Jessamine County, Kentucky. As seen in the 1870 and 1880 census records of his father, William lived with his parents and attended school. By the time his father opened the flour mill on Jessamine Creek, William was old enough to help him in this endeavor.
The 1900 census of Lee, Jessamine County showed William, age 32, still lived with his parents and his occupation was "Miller, flour"...
About 1903 William Bernard Glass married Ida Mae Demaree, the daughter of Thomas Bascom Demaree and his first wife, Martha Jane Whitenack. Ida was born September 18, 1873 in Mercer County, Kentucky.
By the next census in 1910, William and Ida had moved to Wilmore, Jessamine County, and the family had increased by two. In 1904/05 their daughter, Verna W. was born. [I have no exact dates of birth for the children.] About 1908 a second daughter, Emma V. was born to Ida and William.
William and his brothers worked at the flour mill on Jessamine Creek and completed the new mill in Wilmore after the death of their father, John Henry...
At the age of 67, William Bernard Glass died in Jessamine County, Kentucky on October 30, 1934...
Ida Mae [Demaree] Glass outlived her husband almost 28 years, spending the last years of her life in Fayette County, probably in Lexington. Ida died on July 8, 1962...
William Bernard Glass and Ida Mae [Demaree] Glass are both buried in Wilmore Cemetery, Wilmore, Jessamine County, Kentucky.
William Bernard and Ida Mae [Demaree] Glass were the parents of four children: Verna, Emma, Rosa Lee and Frank M. What the author knows about these children is covered in Chapter IV - The Fourth Generation.
3. MARTHA E. GLASS AND CHARLES S. EVANS
Martha E. Glass was the third child and first daughter born to John Henry and Mollie [Hagedorn] Glass. She was born in September 1869 in the small town of Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky.
Sometime in 1889, Martha became the bride of Charles S. Evans in Jessamine County, Kentucky.
In January 1891 their first child was born, a daughter they named Mary A. Two years later, in April 1893, Henry E. Evans was born. June 1894 brought another bundle of joy to the family, a daughter they named Susan.
By the census of 1900, Charles and Martha Evans lived on Academy Street in Nicholasville. Charles worked at the flour mill with the Glass brothers and Martha kept house and tended their children...
So the flour mill on Jessamine Creek was really a "family affair" which included a son-in-law.
It appears that Charles changed his occupation by the 1910 census. He no longer worked at the flour mill, but supplied the grain. He listed his occupation as "Merchant and Farmer"...
Although it appears they had moved to Harrodsburg Street, I believe they lived in the same house, since he owned it free and clear in the 1900 census. They just renamed that part of the street, located in the southern part of Nicholasville. He probably owned some land outside of town that he farmed, but he and his family lived in town. This is a safe presumption because the last questions asked, both in the 1900 and 1910 census, are in regards to the house that the family lived in. First question: "Do you own or rent?"; second: "Mortgage or no mortgage?" and last: "Farm or house?" And in both census records, the Evans responder said "Own, Free, House".
The 1920 census...had Charles and Mattie Evans living on "West Main Cross Street", but if you look at the top of the same page you can see that Academy Street was very close by, as well as Harrodsburg Street. Charles and Mattie own the house, free and clear; he was 66 years of age and Mattie was 50; and Charles again gave his occupation as grain merchant and farmer.
An interesting note about the 1920 census: There was another Evans family living on the same street as Charles and Mattie. At first I thought it was their son, but closer examination lead me to believe it is a brother of Charles. The most interesting thing is that this man listed his occupation as "Miller, flour mill". Did he, too, work with the Glass brothers at Glasses Mill?...
Martha E. [Glass] Evans died on March 17, 1924...
The Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 gives the place of death as Fayette County. Question is why did Mattie die so young? There's a real puzzle here because her husband, Charles S. Evans died just 9 months later, on December 15th...He also died in Fayette County. Well, I'll leave it up to the heirs and descendants of Charles and Mattie to figure that out.
Charles and Martha E. [Glass] Evans are both buried in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.
Martha [Glass] and Charles S. Evans were the parents of three children: Mary A., Henry and Susan. What is known about these children is covered in Chapter IV - The Fourth Generation.
4. HENRY L. GLASS AND EFFIE RHORER
Henry L. Glass was the fourth child and third son born to John Henry and Mollie Glass. He was born in September 1871 while the family lived in Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky.
About 1894, with his future secure, Harry took a young bride named Effie Rhorer. She was the daughter of Daniel B. and Miranda Rhorer and was born in April 1874 in the farming community of Lee, Jessamine County, Kentucky...
...in the 1900 census Harry and Effie lived next door to his uncle, Lambert Hagedorn, his mother's brother. Harry did not give his occupation, but we know he worked with his father and brothers at the flour mill. Effie's parents, Daniel and "Randa" Rhorer are listed four names up from Harry and Effie, family number 48.
By the 1910 census, Harry and Effie were the parents of four children: Nellie, born April 9, 1898, Herbert R. born March 3, 1901, Harry W. born December 14, 1904 and Daniel R. born August 5, 1906. The names immediately following the family of Harry and Effie are Miranda Rhorer, Effie's mother, and Lambert Hagedorn. I gather from this information that Effie's mother was living with them, but still considered herself a "head of household".
The 1920 census showed the Harry Glass family lived on Depot Street in Wilmore. Harry was a miller at the Glass Milling Co. and Miranda Rhorer, age 72, lived with them.
In 1930, 58-year-old Harry Glass lived on Wilmore and Glass Mill Road, Magisterial District of Lee in Jessamine County. He listed his occupation as "farmer" so I presume he retired from Glass Milling Co. Their son, Daniel lived with them and was a public school teacher...
At the age of 62, Harry L. Glass died on January 4, 1934. He probably died at his home in Jessamine County, but the Kentucky Death Index lists his place of death as Fayette County, which would probably be Lexington.
Harry's wife, Effie [Rhorer] Glass lived another 27 years in Jessamine County and died in Fayette County on February 27, 1961.
Harry and Effie [Rhorer] Glass are both buried in Wilmore Cemetery, Wilmore, Jessamine County, Kentucky.
Henry L. and Effie [Rhorer] Glass were the parents of four children: Nellie Christine, Herbert Ramsey, Henry W. and Daniel R. What is known about these children is included in Chapter IV - The Fourth Generation.
5. FRANCIS M. GLASS AND ROSA WOOD
Francis M. Glass was the fifth child and fourth son born to John Henry and Mollie [Hagedorn] Glass. He was born in September 1873 when the family lived in Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky.
In 1900 Frank was single, lived with his parents near Jessamine Creek, and worked with his father and brothers at the flour mill. Sometime in 1901 Frank married Rosa Wood, the 21-year-old daughter of George and Margaret Wood, in Lee, Jessamine County, Kentucky.
Sometime between 1900 and 1910 Frank quit working with his brothers at Glasses Mill and opened an ice plant. By the census of 1910 his occupation was given as manager, ice plant.
I don't know what happened, but Frank died at the age of 38 leaving a wife and an 8-year-old daughter, Martha...
After the death of her husband, Rosa returned to her parents' home where she lived for the rest of her life. Rosa [Wood] Glass died July 14, 1954...
Both are buried on the Glass family lot at Maple Grove Cemetery, Nicholasville...
The only child of Francis M. and Rosa [Wood] Glass was their daughter, Martha May, called "Mattie". She was a teacher in the Nicholasville city school system and never married. Mattie died at the age of 80 on August 19, 1982...
Mattie is buried with her parents on the Glass family lot at Maple Grove Cemetery, Nicholasville, Kentucky.
6. MARGARET T. GLASS, Mr. ROWLAND AND WILLIAM C. MAHIN
The sixth child and second daughter of John Henry and Mollie Glass, Margaret T. was born in November 1876 in Lee, Jessamine County, Kentucky.
About 1895, at the age of 19, Margaret married for the first time - a gentleman named Rowland. In spite of much effort, I have not been able to locate a record of this marriage and do not have his given name.
Margaret and Mr. Rowland were the parents of two sons, Frankfort born in November 1897, and Joseph born in December 1899. It is possible that the second son was born after the untimely death of his father.
The census of 1900 for Lee, Jessamine County shows the widowed daughter and her two children lived with her parents, John Henry and Mollie. About 1906 Margaret married a second time, a gentleman named William C. Mahin.
William was born in August 1877 in a little town called Cloverbottom, in Woodford County, Kentucky.
In 1910 William and Margaret Mahin, her two sons and a 6-month old baby boy, D. Powell Mahin, lived in Wilmore. William listed his occupation as merchant, general merchandise and he was employed, which indicates he did not own his own business.
Sometime between 1910 and 1920 William Mahin died and Margaret T. [Glass] Rowland-Mahin was widowed a second time. Again, I have been unable to locate any information on the untimely death of William Mahin.
Margaret lived her entire life in Wilmore. In 1920 she lived on Brookland Pike and in 1930 on Lexington Avenue. For someone who spent a lifetime in a small town, it is truly a shame that more is not known about them.
Margaret [Glass] Mahin died on November 16, 1961...She is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Nicholasville, Kentucky.
7. EDWARD J. GLASS AND HARRIET L. WORDS
Edward J. Glass was the seventh child and fifth son of John Henry and Mollie [Hagedorn] Glass. He was born on June 25, 1880 in Lee, Jessamine County, Kentucky.
Last seen in the census of 1900, Edward worked with his brothers at the flour mill in Wilmore and his job was fireman. [The 1900 census is the only record that included month and year of birth, so his year of birth was presumed to be 1881 since that was what the enumerator wrote down. However, that was incorrect.]
By 1910 the couple has settled into a home on Main Street in Nicholasville and they were the parents of a six-year-old daughter, Ethel. [The enumerator spelled it "Ethyle"] Edward had quit working at the flour mill and worked as an electrician at the lighting plant.
On September 12, 1918 Edward and his younger brother went to the local registrar's office and registered for the draft...
Edward J. Glass and his younger brother played a large part in bringing electricity to Williamstown and the neighboring town of Dry Ridge. This story is included in the narration of the last child, Charles Jake.
I am told that Edward and Harriet moved to Rising Sun, Indiana "to run his light plant there". Presumably, they lived out their remaining years in that area. Edward J. Glass died sometime in 1944, the exact date unknown. His remains were brought back to Nicholasville and buried on the Glass family plot. Harriet [Words] Glass died sometime in 1953, again the exact date unknown. She was buried next to her husband at Maple Grove Cemetery in Nicholasville.
8. CHARLES JAKE GLASS AND BESSIE DAUGHERTY BEARD
The last child and sixth son born to John Henry and Mollie [Hagedorn] Glass was Charles Jake, born on September 25, 1882 in Lee, Jessamine County, Kentucky.
In the 1900 census, the seventeen-year-old Charlie lived with his parents, three brothers, widowed sister and her two children in the magisterial district of Lee, Jessamine County.
On September 9, 1905 he married Bessie Daugherty Beard, the nineteen-year-old daughter of William Buford and Mary Catherine [Marshall] Beard. Charlie and Bessie set up housekeeping in Wilmore.
[Note: The Beards and Marshalls are covered in the sequel "Some Branches of A GLASS TREE".]
Charles and Bessie welcomed their first child and son, Henry William, on June 8, 1906. Nearly three years later, another son joined the family and made it a foursome. Charles Howard Glass was born on May 18, 1909.
The 1910 census, enumerated on the 23rd of April, found the Charles J. Glass family in Wilmore, Jessamine County, but the street was not named. Charles was 28 years old, married for four years, his occupation was manufacturer of ice, and he owned his home with a mortgage. His wife, Bessie, was 24 years old, had two children, two still living, and no occupation. The children were listed as Henry W., age 3 and Charles H., age 11/12 [11 months].
When his brother Frank died in 1911, Frank was the owner of the ice manufacturing plant. Apparently, Charles was in the business with Frank...
On October 10, 1914 Bessie [Beard] Glass presented her husband with a third child, a son they named John Marshall.
Nearing the end of World War I, on September 12, 1918 to be exact, Charlie and his brother Edward went down to the Registrar's office and signed up for the draft, as was required by law. These registration cards are loaded with valuable information!...
I always thought that his middle name was Jacob, but apparently not! Interesting to note his occupation - farmer and electrician. The other side of the registration form gave a description of the individual...Charlie had black hair, blue eyes, was of medium height and medium build.
Finally, on January 11, 1919 a daughter! Charles and Bessie and their three sons welcomed Stella Frances Glass and the family was complete.
Before the census of 1920 Charles had left the employ of Glasses Mill and had become an electrician for a power company, probably the same one his younger brother Edward had listed on his draft registration card - Central Kentucky Power & Light...
From this point I will let Stella and Henry tell the story of their parents, Charles Jake and Bessie [Beard] Glass. She wrote this for me in 1985.
My dad, Charles, was born in the house (still standing) at the Glass Mill site on Glass Mill Rd.
He worked at the mill as a young man. He finally saved enough to buy a horse and buggy so he could go to socials, picnics and to start courting.
After he and mother married, he ran the ice plant, made deliveries and installed lights for us and a few neighbors. It was only D.C.(?) current so the lights would fade within a certain distance. According to deeds in courthouse he bought and sold several pieces of property. All four of us children were born in Wilmore. Mother taught school there for a number of years. A young girl, named Mollie, lived in and helped with the children while mother taught school.
When I was 1 year old (1920) we moved to Williamstown, Ky. where Dad joined his brother, Ed. Ed ran the electric plant and Dad ran the mill.
In 1924 Dad moved to Dry Ridge to set up a light plant there. That's where I started to school. I was not old enough but Mother persuaded the teacher to let me "sit in" and see if I could do the work. I made it! Then we moved to Corinth in Jan. 1925 and I was in the 2nd grade.
Dad bought the light plant there but the engine was too small. He had a bigger engine (25 h.p.) in Dry Ridge so he decided to move it to Corinth by wagon. It took 4-6 horses loaded to the wagon to transport the engine. U.S. 25 was being graded for concrete, so they had to go by way of Cordova.
Dad could now add customers but the D.C. current allowed only a mile in any direction without fading lights. Lights were on all night. The engine would be turned off and the batteries were used for late night. Then, he bought a Delco to boost the batteries.
He also had carloads of ice delivered by railroad and kept it encased in sawdust, then delivered it to iceboxes in people's houses.
We moved back to Williamstown in 1928. I was 9 and in the 5th grade. Dad was back in the mill. Henry and Howard stayed on and ran the Corinth plant for 2 yrs. He sold out to K.U. in 1930.
The depression hit. Dad traded the mill to Reuben Taylor for a farm on Reservoir Rd. He tried that for a while but was not happy with change so he and Taylor traded back. John graduated high school in 1932 then joined the navy. Most of the time aboard the U.S.S. Maryland. I graduated in 1935, got a tuition paid scholarship to Ky. Wesleyan. Dad was making money on wheat and flour so was able to send me - also to graduate school at U.K.
Dad turned over the mill to the boys about this time and he and Mother started going to Florida in winter of 1939. Eventually moved their residence there and would come back for the summers until Mother developed her asthma. They stayed over in 1947 to see their new granddaughter, Mary Lewis, born Oct. 17th. That was the occasion when Mother and Chrisy flew up with Henry in his plane and turned upside down. No one hurt but they had to walk to the house, ring the doorbell to let Mummy know they were there!
Dad died after Christmas 1951. Mother lived in Fla. until 1976 then died Oct. 1978.
Now here is the Kentucky Post interview with Henry W. Glass:
The Kentucky Post, Saturday, August 31, 1985
"Glass family lit the way into a new era for Grant County"
By Omer W. Johnson
It was 11 p.m., time to shut down the electricity plant for the night. The young boy threw the switch and stepped into the pitch black of Williamstown.
The year was 1920, but Henry Glass of Williamstown remembers it as though it were yesterday.
"I was afraid of the dark," he recounted. "I was 14 at the time and it was my job to shut down the generator. When I saw how dark it was, I went back in and turned the electric back on. I stayed until almost 1 a.m. I finally figured that I couldn't stay there all night, so I fixed all the doors just right and set the locks so I could make a fast exit."
Glass, 79, said, "I threw the switch and ran as fast as I could, slamming each door behind me. The lights went out gradually as the generators turned to a stop, and I was able to make it all the way out to the street before the lights went out completely."
The Glass family owned the Williamstown electric system in those days. Glass said, "My dad, Charlie, and his brother, Ed, came from Wilmore, Ky., and bought the local mill in 1920. The electric plant was part of the mill."
As near as any one can figure, Williamstown's first electric plant was started in 1912.
Glass said the mill was built by J.M. Riley in 1906. "He had an engine to run the mill, so in 1912 he purchased a generator and ran lines in Williamstown and started the electric service."
Glass said the plant operated from Dark until about 11 p.m. except on Saturdays. "We kept the electric on until midnight on Saturdays for the barbers," Glass said.
Glass said there were only two home appliances in those days - fans and irons.
"Thursday was ironing day. We turned the electric on every Thursday morning from 7 to 11 for the women who had electric irons," Glass said.
Glass said there were electric street lights and many of the homes had electric lighting. Electricity was expensive - costing about 10 cents a kilowatt. A minimum bill was $1.50 a month.
Charlie Glass sold the Williamstown mill and plant to Ed Glass in 1924, and then Charlie bought the Dry Ridge light plant.
Henry Glass, his dad and Bill Dunn and Herb Rohrer ran the first electric line from Williamstown to Dry Ridge and then bought the electricity from Ed Glass to sell to Dry Ridge residents.
Charlie Glass then moved the Dry Ridge plant to Corinth in the fall of that year, replacing a plant half the size.
Ed Glass sold the Williamstown plant in 1925 to the Community Public Service Company of Texas. Later it was sold to Texas-Louisiana Light and Power.
Williamstown bought the transmission lines in the city in 1936 from Texas-Louisiana Light and Power and thus established its own community system, which it still operates today. It buys its electricity from Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co.
Texas-Louisiana Light and Power eventually sold out to CG&E, Glass said.
In 1929, Charlie Glass sold the Corinth plant to Kentucky Utilities, which ran a line to the town from Georgetown.
"Electric got big about 1922," Henry Glass said. "Ed had two 25-horsepower engines and within a year he bought a 125-horsepower engine with $20,000 he had borrowed.
"Electric usage increased so much in one year that he needed another engine. He couldn't get enough money to buy another big engine, so he bought a 50-horsepower engine with $10,000, which is all he could get."
Glass said that the demand continued to grow faster than his dad could expand. That's why he sold the Williamstown plant for $50,000 and the Dry Ridge facility for $10,000.
"Everybody thought he was rich because he got a total of $60,000, but they didn't realize how much he owed from the loans he had taken out," Glass said.
Henry Glass was mayor of Williamstown from 1948 to 1952.
Charlie Glass died in late 1951 and Henry Glass and his brothers, Howard Glass and John Glass, ran the mill until 1953. Henry Glass said he bought out his brothers, his mother, Bessie, and his sister, Stella Finley, and then sold a half interest in the business to his brother, Howard Glass.
"We ran the mill until 1966 and then I closed the doors because business got so bad," Henry Glass said. "Howard reopened the mill about two weeks later as a feed store and ran it until 1976, when the Bank of Williamstown, which had purchased the property, was ready to build a new bank. The mill site became the bank's parking lot.
"The mill business was about dead," Henry Glass said. "Women just didn't buy flour like they used to to bake bread. Instead, they went to the store and bought bread."
1948
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Charles Jake and Bessie
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Charles Jacob Glass died on December 27, 1951 at their winter home in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida. His earthly remains were returned to Kentucky and on New Year's Day, January 1st, Charles was buried at Hillcrest Cemetery in Dry Ridge.
Bessie [Beard] Glass outlived her husband nearly 27 years. She spent the winters in Tampa, where she had a mobile home. Each spring she returned to her native Kentucky and would divide her time between her four children, spending several weeks with each family.
Bessie, Henry, Howard, John, Stella
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This picture was taken in front of the Kapok Tree restaurant in Clearwater, Florida in 1973. All of her children had traveled to Florida to help Bessie celebrate her 87th birthday!
On October 30, 1978 Bessie joined her husband in death and was buried beside him at Hillcrest Cemetery.
PART B
THE FOUR CHILDREN OF JOHN WILLIAM GLASS
AND
MARY J. CROW
1. Charles C. Glass and Mary SCOTT
2. Elizabeth B. Glass [no information]
3. Holman Charles Glass and Frances PERRY
4. William Lee Glass and Lulu COMBS
1. CHARLES C. GLASS AND MARY SCOTT
The first-born child of John William and Mary J. [Crow] Glass, Charles was born in August 1863 in Jessamine County, Kentucky. There are few exact dates connected to this couple. Only their dates of death are known.
Charles was last seen in the census of 1880. At age 16, he lived with his parents and attended school. The census of 1890 is gone and no reconstructions exist for the state of Kentucky, as far as I know. And having found the census for 1900, the big question now is - where was Charlie?
When I received the list of Glasses buried at Maple Grove, one in particular caught my eye: "Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. C.C. Glass, died August 24, 1894". From this entry I presumed that Charles C. Glass and Mary Scott became husband and wife about 1893.
...the census of 1900 shows Mary and her infant daughter, Frances Mathews, living with her widowed mother, Hannah Scott, and her brother, Tom, in Lee, Jessamine County.
Did someone just fail to mention that Charlie lived there too? They mentioned the servant, Eliza Ross, why not Charlie? A thorough search of Jessamine, Garrard, Fayette and Woodford Counties in 1900 has failed to locate Charles C. Glass.
The 1910 census raised more questions...Mary still lived with her brother and mother, her brother being "head of household". Charles was back on the scene, but the eleven-year-old daughter, Frances was gone! We will never know for sure what was happening with this family!
Well, by 1920 C.C. had become the "head of household", lived with his wife, Mary and their daughter Frances was back living at home. Her brother, Thomas B. was also a member of the household. The farm was located on the Nicholasville to Danville Road and according to this census was owned free and clear by Charlie!
About 1923 their daughter married a man named Bolin, his given name unknown.
...The 1930 census shows that Thomas Scott still lived with his sister and brother-in-law and shared the labor of working the farm.
At the age of 88, Mary [Scott] Glass died. Although her residence is listed as Jessamine County, she died in Fayette. This could indicate she was hospitalized just prior to her death. Mary's earthly remains were brought back to Nicholasville and were interred on the Glass family lot at Maple Grove...
Her husband of 60 years, Charles C. Glass died, at the age of 92, just over a year later. He was laid to rest beside his wife at Maple Grove...
The daughter, Frances Mathews [Glass] Bolin may have remarried. She has not been located.
2. HOLMAN CHARLES GLASS AND FRANCES PERRY
Holman Charles was the third child born to John William and Mary J. [Crow] Glass. He was born in May 1869 in Bryantsville, Garrard County, Kentucky and named for his grandfather, Holman Crow.
Last seen in the census of 1900, he was 32 years old and lived with his parents and three servants. His occupation was given as "Commission [sp] Mer". Was he a town commissioner and a merchant? I presume he was both.
Sometime that same year, 1900, Holman Charles Glass took Frances Perry as his bride and they set up housekeeping in Bryantsville, Garrard County. Twenty-one year old Frances was the daughter of John and Gabriele Perry and lived with her parents in Plaquemine, Jessamine County at the time of her marriage. She was the youngest of four children.
In the ensuing ten years Holman and Fannie, as she was called, became the parents of three children. Their son, Perry was born in 1902. Charles W. followed in 1905 and their daughter, Elizabeth D. was born in March 1910. The census for the year 1910...shows the family lived in Bryantsville, and Holman considered himself a merchant of grain and something else. I cannot decipher what was written!
Holman Charles Glass, Jr., the third son and fourth child, was born on December 27, 1916 and Daniel Combs Glass completed the family on July 29, 1919. These dates of birth were found in the Kentucky Birth Index at Ancestry.com.
The discovery of Holman's middle name came from the census of 1920. Note that the person that gave the information to the enumerator called him by his middle name, so it's possible that he was known as "Charlie" rather than his given name.
In 1920 he was still a merchant, selling "grain, coal etc.". Wonder where? Did he actually have a storefront?
By 1930 Holman, his wife Fannie and their three youngest children, lived on a farm and worked the land, but Holman no longer considered himself a merchant...
Fannie [Perry] Glass died on August 21, 1941 in Fayette County, although her residence at the time of her death was Bryantsville, Garrard County...
Holman Charles Glass followed his wife in death two years later. He died on December 17, 1943...
Holman C. and Frances [Perry] Glass rest in eternal peace at Maple Grove Cemetery, Nicholasville, Kentucky.
They were the parents of five children. I leave it to their heirs and descendants to tell their story.
3. WILLIAM LEE GLASS AND LULA COMBS
William Lee Glass was the fourth and youngest child of John William and Mary J. [Crow] Glass. He was born June 26, 1870 in Bryantsville, Garrard County, Kentucky.
On October 28, 1891 twenty-one-year-old William took as his bride Lula Combs. She was the nineteen-year-old daughter of William E. and Cordelia [Ford] Combs, born on July 27, 1843 in Jessamine County, Kentucky.
Their first-born child, a daughter named Elizabeth Vivian, was born on January 3, 1895. Nineteen days short of her third birthday, on December 15, 1897, this little girl died. She was buried at Maple Grove Cemetery in Nicholasville.
Probably filled with great sadness and grief, the family moved to Bryantsville, in Garrard County where William took up farming. This is where they were living when the census of 1900 was taken...
Not content with farming or living in Bryantsville, William and Lula moved back to Jessamine County, settling in the Bethel Precinct of Lee by the census of 1910. Their daughter, Mary Lee was eight years old, so her date of birth is presumed to be about 1902. William was a merchant in a general store, and Lula worked as a clerk.
Apparently, things did not go well in Lee either, and the family relocated again. Sometime between 1910 and 1920, William, Lula and their daughter Mary Lee packed up and moved to Lexington. The 1920 census showed them at 111 Ashland Street. The daughter, Mary Lee was married, and she and her husband lived with her parents. William worked as a commercial trucker for a paint company, the son-in-law worked as a trucker for a tobacco warehouse, and Mary Lee was a clerk in a dry goods store.
But something went terribly wrong on July 13, 1924. Lula [Combs] and William Lee Glass both died on the same day. After doing some research, I found out that William shot his wife in the head then turned the gun on himself and died of a gunshot wound to the head.
William Lee, Lula [Combs] Glass and their daughter, Elizabeth Vivian are buried at Maple Grove Cemetery in Nicholasville, Kentucky...
PART C
THE FOUR CHILDREN OF MARY A. GLASS
AND
JACOB JOHN BEAHR
[a/k/a JOHN JACOB BEAHR]
Children with first wife, Martha A. THOMPSON:
1. George Wendel Beahr and Edna M. [maiden name unknown]
And his sister, Martha A. Beahr
Children with second wife, Mary A. GLASS:
2. Samuel Major Beahr and Mary Cecelia COSGROVE
3. Anna Mae Beahr and Charles W. ENGLE
1. GEORGE WENDEL BEAHR AND EDNA M.
And his sister, MARTHA A. BEAHR
George Wendel Beahr was born on June 19, 1872 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. He was the first child of John Jacob and Martha [Thompson] Beahr.
When George was just over two years old, on October 3, 1874, his sister, Martha A. was born, but his mother Martha [Thompson] Beahr died in childbirth! Because we have no written accounts or records, we can only presume the parents of either Jacob or Martha stepped in and took over the care of the newborn infant and her brother, George Wendel...
About 1895 George Wendel Beahr married a girl named Edna. Her maiden name, where and exactly when they married is unknown.
All attempts to locate George, his wife, Edna and their two children, Catherine and Samuel in the 1900 census failed, but the directories let us know that the family was in the area. Catherine was born in 1896 and Samuel Major was born June 29, 1897.
The first census record for this family is the one taken in 1910...The family lived on Hewitt Avenue in Cincinnati and George was a traveling salesman.
Sometime between 1910 and the census of 1920 George W. and his family pulled up stakes and moved west, ending up in Los Angeles, California. It is presumed that his sister was either with them when they moved, or joined them after the deaths of her father [in 1916] and stepmother [in 1918].
The census of 1920...shows George W. Beahr rented a house on Reid Street. He was 48 years old, born in Ohio and listed his occupation as "commercial salesman for a shoe house". It appears George liked his line of work and stayed with it all of his life. His wife, Edna was 44 years old, born in Kentucky. Her father was Canadian, mother born in Ireland. Their daughter, Catherine is twenty-three and worked as a bookkeeper in a law office. Samuel, age twenty-two was a buyer for a department store.
Also listed was Martha A., sister of George, aged forty-five and single. She worked as a stenographer for an auto company.
Something happened, six years after this census, to cause the death of George's wife, Edna. Exactly what, I don't know and will leave it up to their descendants to find out. Edna M. Beahr died on January 22, 1926 in Los Angeles, L. A. County, California...She was just 50 years old.
By 1930 George W. Beahr, then aged 58, lived alone in a rooming house on West Third Street in Los Angeles...George W. Beahr died in Los Angeles on May 7, 1948. His eternal resting place is unknown...
His sister, Martha A. Beahr, died June 7, 1972 at Torre Pines Convalescent Home in California. Her remains were returned to Cincinnati and Martha rests with her parents at Spring Grove Cemetery.
2. SAMUEL MAJOR BEAHR AND MARY CECELIA COSGROVE
The first child of John Jacob and Mary A. [Glass] Beahr was born on August 1, 1878 and given the name Samuel Major. At the time of his birth, the family lived on Dayton Street in Cincinnati, Ohio. In the census of 1900, Sam lived with his parents and siblings on Blair Avenue.
This information gleaned from the census of 1910:
Samuel Major Beahr married Mary Cecelia Cosgrove about 1901. They lived at 1556 Ruth Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. They were the parents of three children. Their daughter, Mary Alice was the first-born and was seven years of age. Their son, John Jacob was born about 1904 and their youngest child was a second son named William Major, born on April 11, 1909.
Samuel worked as a boat builder for a motorboat manufacturing company, owned their home, which had a mortgage.
He also said his father was born in Louisiana. I don't think so! But census records are only as good as the person giving the information and the one writing it down.
The 1910 census is the only record of this family together. When Samuel registered for the draft on September 5, 1918 he lived in Mobile, Alabama, was single and worked as a farmer. He listed his mother, Mary A. Beahr, as nearest relative.
I have been unable to locate Samuel in the 1920 census, but his ex-wife Mary Cecelia was located. She lived with her mother, Mary A. Cosgrove, and son, Jack, on Fairfax Avenue in Cincinnati.
By the census of 1930, Samuel Major Beahr lived with his son, William on Sinton Avenue in Cincinnati. From this point there is no trace of Samuel Major Beahr...
2. ANNA MAY BEAHR AND CHARLES WILSON ENGLE
Anna May Beahr was the second child born to John Jacob and Mary A. [Glass] Beahr. She was born July 26, 1881 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.
Last seen in the 1900 census, Anna May was living at home with her parents and siblings. About 1905 Anna married Charles Wilson Engle, who was born on November 15, 1879, the name of his parents unknown.
About 1906 Charles and Anna May [Glass] Engle became the parents of a little girl and they chose the name Martha May for her, but called her "Mattie". Two years later, their daughter Anna Lee was born.
In the census of 1910, this young family was living with her parents and Charles also worked as a boat builder. Presumably, a job obtained for him by his father-in-law!
By 1920 the family had moved to Noble Township, Wabash City/County, Indiana and Charles worked as a civil engineer. Their family now included their daughter, Charlotte, born October 24, 1911 in Cincinnati.
The 1930 census found the family still living in Noble Township and Charles worked as a civil engineer for the railroad...
Charles Wilson Engle died in LaJolla, California...
Anna May also died in LaJolla...
I presume they lived most of their lives in Wabash County, Indiana and retired to Lajolla, San Diego County where they both died. I say this because their daughter, Charlotte never married and lived in LaJolla when she died...
I do not have any information on the other two daughters of Charles and Anna May [Glass] Engle. I will leave it up to their heirs, should there be any, to continue this line.
PART D
THE CHILDREN OF ANN L. GLASS
AND
LEWIS T. PHILLIPS
1. Henry "Harry Lewis Phillips
2. William Phillips [no information-not included here]
3. Charles Edward Phillips
4. May Phillips [no information-not included here]
5. James Phillips
6. Letcher Price Phillips
7. Samuel Major Phillips
8. Sidney Phillips
[The name of the ninth child is unknown to the author]
1. HENRY LEWIS PHILLIPS AND HIS WIFE, IRENE JENKINS
Henry Lewis Phillips was born about 1873 in Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky. He was the first of nine children born to Lewis T. and Ann L. [Glass] Phillips.
In the 1880 and 1900 census records, when he still lived with his parents, he was called "Harry L.". After he married Irene Jenkins about 1909, he changed his name around and became known as Louis/Lewis H. Phillips.
The census of 1910 shows Lewis H. Phillips, age 37, lived with his wife, Irene, two children Harold and Freda and his brother, James. Another person living with them at the time was Muriel Jenkins. Her relationship to the head of the household was listed as "sister-in-law". From that entry, I concluded she was sister to Irene, and since Muriel was single, then Jenkins was also Irene's maiden name.
Lewis was a teacher at a business college and the family lived on "I" Street in Third Township of Fresno County, California.
By the 1920 census, their daughter Freda was not mentioned so I presume she died in infancy. The family then lived on Poplar Avenue, still in Third Township of Fresno County. Called "Louis" in this census, he was the manager of the business college, and his family had increased by three. Their daughter, A. Ruth was born about 1910, their son William was born about 1912, and finally another daughter, Helen E. was born about 1914.
Lewis H. Phillips died suddenly, at the age of 48, on May 9, 1921 leaving a widow and four children, the youngest of whom was just seven years old.
Irene Phillips and two of her daughters still lived in the family home in the Third Judicial District of Fresno County in 1930. The daughter called A. Ruth in the 1920 census was known as Marian in 1930!
I have not been able to locate a date of death for Irene. She never worked so did not have a Social Security card. I presume she died in Fresno, but will have to leave it up to her heirs and descendants to determine this...
3. CHARLES EDWARD PHILLIPS AND 1. VERNA STICKLES
2. ETHEL [unknown]
Charles Edward Phillips was the third known child of Lewis T. and Annie L. [Glass] Phillips. He was born on July 26, 1878 in Lancaster, Garrard County.
In the census of 1900, "Charley" lived with his parents and five siblings in Lancaster, Garrard County. At the age of 21, he was a practicing dentist.
Apparently not content with his life or his practice in the small town of Lancaster, Charles moved west ending up in Fresno, California, sometime around 1905.
On September 7, 1907 Charles Edward Phillips married Verna Elsie Stickles in Fresno. Verna was born October 10, 1889 in Marshall County, Kansas. The census of 1910 found the couple and his brother, Sidney, living with her mother on "U" Street in Fresno. Charles was a dentist.
Verna and Charles became the parents of a daughter, Dorothy, on September 12, 1912.
Charles Edward Phillips signed a Draft Registration card on September 12, 1918 in Fresno, Fresno County, California. He then lived at 304 North Van Ness Avenue in Fresno. He was 40 years old, a dentist with an office at 508 Rowell Building, Fresno. He was of medium height, medium build, had grey eyes and red hair.
The marriage didn't last and by the census of 1920 Charley was living alone in a boarding house on Tulare Street in Fresno. About 1922 he took a new wife, a girl 22 years his junior named Ethel. And by the 1930 census, Charley and his wife, Ethel were joined by his daughter, Dorothy.
Charles Edward Phillips died on June 21, 1957, at the age of 77, in Fresno, Fresno County, California.
Nothing more is known about either of his two wives or his daughter, Dorothy Alene Phillips...
5. JAMES PHILLIPS
The fifth known child of Lewis T. and Ann L. [Glass] Phillips was their son, James. He was born in January 1886 according to the census of 1900. At that time he lived at home with his parents in Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky, but by the census of 1910, James had moved to Fresno, California and lived with his older brother, Henry Lewis.
The census of 1910 is the last trace of this James Phillips. I have been unable to locate him in the draft registration records, birth, marriage and death records, and census records due to lack of better information such as exact date of birth, middle initial or name etc...
6. LETCHER PRICE PHILLIPS AND GENEVIEVE MURPHY
Letcher P. Phillips was the sixth of the eight known children of Ann L. [Glass] and Lewis T. Phillips. He was born in Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky on February 18, 1888. Previous census records showed Letcher lived with his parents and siblings in 1900 and moved with his parents to California by 1910.
On June 5, 1917 Letcher went to the local draft board and signed up. The registration card showed the following information:
Letcher Price Phillips, aged 29, lived at 30 1/2 Bud Avenue, San Francisco, California. He was born February 18, 1888 and was a natural born citizen. He gave Lexington, Kentucky as his place of birth. Guess he figured no one would know where Lancaster was! He was employed by his brother who owned the Golden State Bakery Company, located at 1223 Howard Street, as a "Baker Salesman". He was single, Caucasian and had no one dependent on him. He was of medium height, medium build with brown eyes, auburn hair and was partly bald! When he filled out this registration card, he was already a Private in the Federal Service, California National Guard and had served for six months.
On January 9, 1918 Letcher was apparently drafted, and, because of his prior service with the National Guard, he went into the Army as a PFC. He served until June 26, 1919 when he was honorably discharged.
In the census of 1920, I found Letcher lived with his brother, Samuel M., at 3673 Seventeenth Street in San Francisco. Samuel worked as a salesman for a wholesale bakery and may have gotten Letcher a job with the same company, as he is also a bakery company salesman.
By the census of 1930, Letcher Price Phillips was married to Genevieve Murphy and lived at 1235 Lincoln Way in San Francisco. They had been married about a year, and he still worked as a bakery salesman.
Letcher Price Phillips died on August 11, 1966 at the age of 78. He was buried on August 17, 1966 at Golden Gate National Cemetery. His wife, Genevieve died on October 22, 1959.
I do not know if they had any heirs...
7. SAMUEL MAJOR PHILLIPS AND EUGENIA [unknown]
The seventh of the eight known children of Lewis T. and Ann [Glass] Phillips was their son, Samuel Major. He was born March 19, 1890 in Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky.
In the 1900 census, "Major" was living with his parents and five siblings in the family home in Lancaster, Kentucky. By 1910 it appears the entire family had moved west and ended up in Fresno. Lewis T. and Ann have their son, Letcher with them; James lived with his brother, Henry Lewis; Isaac Sidney lived with his brother Charles E., and Samuel Major, age 20 and single, lived in a boarding house and worked in a store as an electrician.
Now here's where Samuel's life gets a bit cloudy: his draft registration form. This form was filled out on June 5, 1917 when he and his brother, Letcher Price, went down to the registration office together. Samuel's date of birth was given as March 19, 1892, his age as 25! Now, two prior census records said 1890. He just made himself two years younger! Sam then lived at 30 1/2 Bird Avenue in San Francisco, no longer in Fresno. His brother, Letcher P. also lived at the same address and worked for Sam, who owned and operated the Golden State Bakery on Howard Street.
Sam stated that he had a wife and two children dependent on him. Regretfully, this cannot be verified. I have been unable to locate any marriage or divorce records for Samuel Major Phillips. It is possible that Sam was married and had a child between 1910 and 1915, then he and wife number one divorced. He married wife number two, a French-Canadian named Eugenia, about 1915 and had a daughter, Mary Dolores, born in May 1916...
The census for 1930 lists Eugenia Phillips, Divorced, and living with her two children. Samuel Major Phillips has not been located in the census records for 1930. I suspect he moved away from the San Francisco area.
Samuel Major Phillips died in Butte County, California on March 31, 1964.
We know he had a son, Thomas, and a daughter, Mary Dolores. I leave it up to these children and their heirs to continue or finish this narrative on Samuel Major Phillips.
8. ISAAC SIDNEY PHILLIPS AND MARGERY [unknown]
The youngest of the eight known children of Lewis T. and Ann L. [Glass] Phillips was Isaac Sidney, born on August 19, 1893 at the family home in Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky.
In 1900 "Sidney", age eight, lived with his parents and siblings in Lancaster, and in 1910 when the family moved to California, Sidney moved in with his brother, Charles Edward, who was teaching at a business college. Sidney got a job as a meter reader with San Joaquin Light and Power Company, the same job he held when he signed up for the draft in 1917...
It is unknown if he served in any branch of the armed forces, but at the time of the 1920 census, Sidney worked in San Diego at Camp Kearny, a member of the Motor Transport Corps. Apparently, he lived on the base...
In 1929, thirty-four year old Isaac Sidney Phillips married a lady named Margery, possibly spelled Marjorie...
In the 1930 census, Sidney and Margery lived on LaPlaza Avenue in San Francisco, and Sidney worked in his brother's bakery as a production manager.
This is the last record I have of Isaac Sidney Phillips. I was unable to locate any marriage record or death record. If Sidney or Margery Phillips had children, I leave it up to them to continue their story.
CHAPTER IV
THE FOURTH GENERATION
Only the grandchildren of John Henry and Mollie [Hagedorn] GLASS are covered in this chapter, and only the children marked with an "*" are mentioned.
1. [Children of George Caspar and Effie CRUTCHER]
*Effie [Tupie] Glass and Hubert BRUMFIELD
*Mary Anna Glass and Theodore Jones TERHUNE
Margaret Glass
*Martha Elizabeth Glass and Robert HOLCOMB
*Louis Edward Glass
*Rosa Jessamine Glass and Curtis LUCAS
Katherine L. Glass
2. [Children of William Bernard and Ida May DEMAREE]
*Verna W. Glass and Mr. RUSSELL; Jesse GILBERT
*Emma V. Glass and Phillip MAXWELL
Rosa Lee Glass
Frank M. Glass and Margaret BRADY [living]
3. [Children of Martha and Charles EVANS]
Mary A. Evans and Mr. LOWRY
*Henry E. Evans and Alma COLLINS
Susan D. Evans and Bruce DAVIS
4. [Children of Henry L. and Effie RHORER]
*Nellie Christine Glass and Frank Turner REID
*Herbert Ramsey Glass and Alice E. HARBISON
*Harry W. Glass and Lillian BISHOP
*Daniel R. Glass and Alice ELAM
5. [Child of Francis M. and Rosa WOOD]
Mattie May Glass [already covered in Chapter II]
6. [Children of Margaret and unk. ROWLAND; Wm. C. MAHIN]
Frankfort Rowland
Joseph H. Rowland
D. Powell Mahin
7. [Children of Edward J. and Hattie WORDS]
Ethel Glass
Clarence Edward Glass
8. [Children of Charles Jacob and Bessie BEARD]
*Henry William Glass and Christine JORDAN
*Charles Howard Glass and Helen Marie WEBB
John Marshall Glass and Mary Elizabeth ECKLER [living]
Stella Frances Glass and Henry Wilson FINLEY [living]
The Children of GEORGE CASPAR GLASS
And EFFIE MOUNT CRUTCHER
Effie Glass, called "Tupie", was born on October 2, 1892 in Wilmore, Jessamine County, Kentucky, and the first of five children. Last seen in the census of 1910, she lived with her parents and siblings in Wilmore.
About 1914 Tupie married Hubert Brumfield in Wilmore. Hubert, the son of John and Miranda Brumfield, was born in Plaquemine, Jessamine County, Kentucky on March 8, 1889. Located in the 1900 census, Hubert was one of at least six children.
Hubert and Tupie lived in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky when he filled out his Draft Registration card in June 1917...
Hubert and Tupie were not found in the 1920 census records, but in 1930 they were back in Wilmore and lived on a farm on Jessamine Station Pike. They were the parents of five children: Hubert W., Mary E., Harry N., Jane L. and Clay G. Brumfield. [Clay inherited the workbench, owned and used by Caspar Glass, that had been in the possession of Louis Edward Glass, Tupie's brother.]...
Effie "Tupie" [Glass] Brumfield died in Wilmore on March 13, 1973 at the age of 80.
Hubert Brumfield died in Wilmore on September 19, 1982 at the age of 93.
Mary Anna Glass, the second child of George C. and Effie [Crutcher] Glass, was born on December 23, 1894 in Wilmore, Jessamine County, Kentucky.
About 1915 Mary Anna became the bride of Theodore Jones Terhune, the son of Lee J. and Jessie [Woodward] Terhune. Theodore was born March 4, 1893 in Nicholasville, Kentucky, and was one of six children.
Soon after they were married, Theodore and Mary Anna moved to Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. In 1917, as all men were required to do, Theo signed up for the draft...He went by the name T. Jones Terhune, medium height, medium weight with blue eyes and red hair.
In 1920 Theodore, now called "Jones", and Mary lived at 611 Geyer Street in Dayton, Ohio. They owned their home, but with a mortgage and Jones worked as a tool maker in a motor factory...They were the parents of four children under the age of four that included Edward and Joseph, two-month-old twins!
By 1930 the family had moved to 100 Patton Avenue in Dayton and there are two more children, Rosa age 8 and a baby, Lewis W. age 18 months...They owned their home and even had a radio! Jones was still a tool maker by trade.
Theodore Jones Terhune died on March 27, 1983...
Mary Anna [Glass] Terhune survived her husband three years and died April 27, 1986 at the age of 91...
Martha Elizabeth Glass was the fourth child born to George C. and Effie [Crutcher] Glass. She was born February 19, 1899 in Wilmore.
About 1920 she married Robert Halcomb, about whom I know nothing.
The 1930 census showed the family, then numbering three, living in Wilmore and Robert worked as a laborer for the railroad.
Martha Elizabeth [Glass] Halcomb died September 26, 1991 in Wilmore. She is buried in Wilmore Cemetery, Wilmore, Jessamine County, Kentucky...
Louis Edward Glass, the fifth child born to George and Effie [Crutcher] Glass, was born about 1901 in Wilmore, Kentucky. I know very little about Edward, as he was called, other than he was an interior decorator and he made and refinished furniture. He was in possession of the workbench that was used by Caspar Glass and may have used it himself. I was told by Aunt Stella that he lived in West Palm Beach, Florida and was now deceased. I have no records - birth, marriage, census or death - on Louis Edward Glass.
Rosa Jessamine Glass, the sixth child of George and Effie [Crutcher] Glass, was born November 16, 1903 in Wilmore, Kentucky.
Jessamine, as she was called, married Curtis Lucas about 1922 in Jessamine County and in the 1930 census she was located in Midway, Woodford County, Kentucky. She and Curtis were the parents of a daughter, 7-year-old Mary Estelle.
Jessamine [Glass] Lucas died July 21, 2003...
Curtis Lucas died March 27, 1973...
The Children of WILLIAM BERNARD GLASS
And IDA MAE DEMAREE
Verna W. Glass, the first of four children born to William and Ida [Demaree] Glass, was born on August 27, 1904 in Wilmore, Kentucky.
According to information received from Aunt Stella, Verna first married a man named Russell. That marriage dissolved, she married Jesse A. Gilbert. Jesse owned a variety store in Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky.
Stella also mentioned that Jesse died of injuries received in WWII. I was unable to find Jesse in the available records for soldiers of WWII, but the Kentucky Death Index record indicated he died at a very young age, just 49 years old...
Verna lived another 41 years and worked as a bookkeeper. I do not know if Verna and Jesse had any children...
Emma V. Glass, the second child of William and Ida [Demaree] Glass, was born August 28, 1907 in Wilmore, Kentucky.
In the census of 1930, Emma lived at home with her parents and worked as a telephone operator. Her future husband was also living at home with his parents and worked as a clerk in a drug store in Wilmore.
Emma V. Glass became the bride of Phillip L. Maxwell, though I do not know exactly when. I presume the marriage took place in Wilmore.
Apparently the couple moved to Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky at some point in time.
Phillip Maxwell died at a very young age. According to the death index, he was just forty-seven years old...
Emma worked as a beautician for many years after the death of her husband. She died on December 15, 1977, at the age of 70...
Phillip and Emma V. [Glass] Maxwell are buried in Wilmore Cemetery, Wilmore, Jessamine County, Kentucky. I do not know if Emma and Phillip Maxwell had children.
The third child of William Bernard and Ida [Demaree] Glass was Rosa Lee, born about 1911. I have been unable to find any information on Rosa Lee.
The last child born to William and Ida was Frank M. Glass, born private. Mr. Glass was married to Margaret Brady Glass, who was an office manager at Calumet Farms for many years. Margaret died August 2, 2003...
Children of MARTHA E. GLASS
And CHARLES S. EVANS
Mary A. Evans was born in January 1891. According to Frank Glass, son of William Bernard and Ida [Demaree] Glass, Mary married a man named Lowery and moved to New Jersey. I have been unable to find any information on Mary.
Henry Eastham Evans, the second child born to Martha [Glass] and Charles S. Evans, was born on April 7, 1893 in Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky.
On June 5, 1917 Henry registered for the draft in Nicholasville...
Apparently, he was already married when he filled out this card. He married Alma Collins, daughter of George and Carrie Collins, though I do not have a date of marriage. Alma was born on March 10, 1893 in Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky.
Henry E. Evans died on March 20, 1962 in Nicholasville at the age of 68. I presume he farmed the land most, if not all of his life.
Alma [Collins] Evans died on July 14, 1979 also in Nicholasville. Oddly enough, Alma had a Social Security card. Did not find one for Henry...
Henry E. and Alma [Collins] Evans are both buried in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.
The Children of HENRY L. GLASS
And EFFIE RHORER
Nellie Christine Glass, the first of four children born to Henry and Effie [Rhorer] Glass, was born in Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky on April 9, 1898.
Nellie was married to Frank Turner Reid about 1923, exact date unknown.
"Turner", as he was called, was born about 1895 and was a barber by trade. He lived with his parents, John and Elizabeth Reid, at the time of the 1920 census...he shared the home with a widowed sister, Gertrude and her four young children. [I wonder if that should be "daughter-in-law" rather than just daughter, as written. If she were truly their daughter, wouldn't her surname and that of the children be something other than Reid?]
Following the marriage of Nellie and Turner, they set up housekeeping in Wilmore and lived on South Maple Avenue by the 1930 census. According to this census, they had been married seven years, Turner owned his home valued at $5000. and they had a radio. That seemed an important thing back in 1930; important enough to be listed as a question on the census form!
As an aside, I was told that Turner and his father-in-law, Henry Glass, were driving back to Wilmore from the tobacco sales in Lexington and were involved in a terrible automobile accident, which resulted in the death of Henry L. Glass. Turner was driving.
Turner Reid died on March 20, 1957. His place of death is listed as Fayette County, which was probably Lexington, but his last residence was Wilmore...
Apparently, Turner never applied for a Social Security card, perhaps because he was self-employed. A thorough search of the Social Security Death Index has been fruitless...
Nellie [Glass] Reid outlived her husband by nearly 22 years, and she did apply for and receive a Social Security card. Nellie died in Wilmore on February 24, 1979...
Frank Turner and Nellie [Glass] Reid are both buried at Wilmore Cemetery, Wilmore, Jessamine County, Kentucky.
I do not know if Turner and Nellie ever had children.
Herbert Ramsey Glass, the second child of Henry L. and Effie [Rhorer] Glass, was born in Lee, Jessamine County, Kentucky on March 3, 1901.
About 1923 Herbert married a girl named Esther, her maiden name unknown, and they moved to the unincorporated districk of Kenevick in Fayette County, Kentucky. About December 1925 Herbert and Esther became the parents of a daughter, whom they named Ann...in the census of 1930, they lived at 116 Victory Avenue...
Sadly, this marriage ended in divorce and Herbert returned to Wilmore. The story is Herbert and his cousin, Frank, were "hanging out" together when they met two girls, one a blonde and the other a redhead. Since it was a college town, there were quite a few young people around. Herb wanted the blonde and Frank could have the redhead; but as luck would have it, Herb ended up in the back with the redhead and the blonde with Frank, who was driving. The redhead turned out to be Miss Alice Evelyn Harbison, and she later became the second Mrs. Herbert Ramsey Glass.
Alice Evelyn [Harbison] and Herbert Glass moved to Dyersburg, Dyer County, Tennessee, believed to be her hometown. Herbert went to work for her father. Alice and Herbert were the parents of two children, Alice and Phoebe.
Evelyn [Harbison] Glass died on September 29, 1985 in Dyersburg, Tennessee...Her husband, Herbert Ramsey Glass died on August 3, 1990...
Harry Williamson Glass, the third child of Henry L. and Effie [Rhorer] Glass, was born on December 14, 1904 in Lee, Jessamine County, Kentucky.
On October 18, 1925 twenty-one-year-old Harry married sixteen-year-old Lillian Bishop, daughter of Ollie and Nora [Duncan] Bishop. Lillian was born April 11, 1909 in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
By the census of 1930 Harry and Lillian lived at 117 Victory Avenue in the unincorporated district of Kenevick, Fayette County. His brother, Herbert lived right across the street, at 116 Victory Avenue! Harry worked as a bookkeeper for a tire company, which I was told was "Taylor Tire Company".
Harry and Lillian were the parents of a son, Harry B. Glass, born about January 1929, since his age was given as 1 year 3 months in the 1930 census.
Harry W. Glass died on July 4, 1981 in Fayette County...
Lillian survived her husband six years and died on October 5, 1987...
Both Harry W. and Lillian [Bishop] Glass are buried in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.
Daniel Rhorer Glass was born on August 5, 1906 in Lee, Jessamine County, Kentucky, the youngest child of Henry L. and Effie [Rhorer] Glass.
In the last census record available, Daniel was 23 years old and lived with his parents in Lee. He was a school teacher in the local public school system.
Daniel married Alice Elam, about whom I know very little. On December 20, 1947 Daniel and Alice [Elam] Glass became the parents of a son, Daniel R. Glass, Jr...
Daniel R. Glass died on November 30, 1983 in Wilmore. He is buried in Wilmore Cemetery, Wilmore, Jessamine County, Kentucky...
His wife, Alice [Elam] Glass survived him a little over 13 years and died in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky on February 1, 2000...
The Children of CHARLES JAKE GLASS And BESSIE DAUGHERTY BEARD
A note before I begin to write this segment. Most of the information quoted in this "tome" so far has come from these children. In Chapter I, I used information provided to me by "Aunt Stella"; in Chapter III, I used the interview given to the Kentucky Post by "Uncle Henry". Both of these, and I included the originals, tell most of the story of the children of Jake and Bessie. What I write here...is from correspondence with Aunt Stella, my own personal observation and memory.
And by now we all know that Wilmore is in Jessamine County, so I will stop repeating that fact!
I am, what is called in genealogy circles, a "marry-in" - that is, one who married into the family. I married a son of the second child of Jake and Bessie.
Henry William Glass, the first child and eldest son of Jake and Bessie [Beard] Glass, was born in Wilmore on June 8, 1906 and spent his early childhood in that community.
About 1921 Henry moved with his parents and siblings to Williamstown and from there to Dry Ridge in 1924. By 1930 Jake, Bessie and the two youngest children were back in Williamstown, but Henry was not living at home! He stayed in Dry Ridge until the sale of the light plant to KU in 1928, then traveled to Louisville to study, I believe. I was not able to locate Henry in the census of 1930.
Henry worked for his father at the flour mill and hauling coal. It was while delivering coal to the Bennett Building in Williamstown that he met his future wife, Christine, who happened to be visiting her sister at the time.
On September 3, 1938 Henry married Christine Jordan, daughter of Joseph and Effie Jordan. Christine was "a Christmas baby", born December 27, 1913 in Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky.
After his marriage to "Crissy", as she was called, they took up residence in one of the twin houses across the street from the mill, given to him by his father. [Actually, the houses were mirror images of each other and shared a common sidewalk.]
Henry stayed in the milling business with his brother until they closed the doors in 1966. He had spent a few months each year working at various thoroughbred racetracks as a parimutual ticket agent. He had a small camping trailer and would use that when he went to Henderson, Kentucky to work the track there. He worked at Churchill Downs and a few tracks in Florida.
Crissy was very active in the Red Cross and other charitable endeavors. She was very artistic and enjoyed doing crafts and handwork. She was an avid bridge player and belonged to at least one bridge club.
Henry loved music and enjoyed playing his saxophone and the piano. And he was an inventor, of sorts. I remember Aunt Stella telling me one time that he had invented a new way to stop a small airplane in a short distance, but you had to be landing the craft in a field I think! The premise was, when you touched down in the field you pushed a button that shot something like an arrow into the ground, the arrow being attached by a line of some type to the undercarriage of the aircraft. When the line "played out" the aircraft was supposed to stop. But it didn't! I believe Henry was trying out his new invention when he piloted his parents to Georgetown to see Stella's new baby, Mary Lewis. Thankfully, no one was injured, but the plane crashed into a fence, Henry's new invention failing to halt their forward progress!
Christine [Jordan] Glass died on August 10, 1985. She was buried at Hillcrest Cemetery in Dry Ridge...
Henry William Glass died two years later on November 3, 1987. He was laid to rest beside his wife, at Hillcrest Cemetery...
Henry and Crissy did not have any children of their own, but took great delight in their nieces and nephews.
Charles Howard Glass was born in Wilmore on May 18, 1909 and spent his early childhood there. As a young man, he worked with his father and brothers at the flour mill in Williamstown.
About 1933 or 34 Howard took a job at the Halfway House in Williamstown, which was the Greyhound Bus stop and was about halfway between Covington and Lexington on US Route 25. [Didn't have expressways back then, remember!] It was here that Howard met his future wife, Helen, who worked there as a waitress.
On April 27, 1935 Howard took Helen Marie Webb as his bride. Helen was born on September 27, 1909, the daughter of John Craig and Sarah [Conrad] Webb.
Howard and Helen set up housekeeping in the other twin house, opposite the flour mill and next door to his brother, Henry. Actually, Howard was the first of the two brothers to marry and live in one of the twin houses. Henry married three years later and moved into the other one.
Howard and his brother ran the Williamstown Roller Mill until they closed the doors in 1966. Howard reopened the mill as a feed mill, selling bagged "Tuxedo" feed for farm animals and custom grinding feed for farmers who hauled in their grain. In the early years, this was a very successful endeavor, but toward the end, the business dried up and the mill closed for good in 1976. The old Bank of Williamstown had purchased the mill property to build a new bank. The parking lot of what is now Eagle Bank is where the Williamstown Roller Mill used to stand.
Howard and Helen were the parents of three children, the eldest of them being my husband for 36 years.
Helen was in poor health the last several years of her life, but suffered with great dignity and resignation. She died on October 23, 1982 and rests in eternal peace at Hillcrest Cemetery in Dry Ridge, Kentucky...
The following article appeared in the Kentucky Post:
Helen Marie Webb Glass, 73, of Williamstown, Kentucky died October 23, 1982 at the Grant County Hospital following a long illness. She was a native of Grant County, daughter of the late John Craig and Sarah Conrad Webb and a member of Williamstown Christian Church. Survivors are her husband, C. Howard Glass; two sons, Charles Craig Glass of Madisonville and William Webb Glass of Florence; a daughter, Mrs. Marsha Bowen of Williamstown; a brother, Clifton "Bud" Webb of Williamstown; a sister, Mrs. Peggy Lowe of Williamstown; and eleven grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home. Burial was in Hillcrest Cemetery.
Charles Howard Glass survived his wife almost seven years. He continued to live in the twin house he had shared with his wife of 47 years, until shortly before his death on January 23, 1989. He was laid to rest next to his wife at Hillcrest Cemetery...
The following article appeared in the Kentucky Post:
C. Howard Glass, 79, of Williamstown, Kentucky, died January 23, 1989 at Booth Memorial Hospital in Florence. He was a retired operator and co-owner of Williamstown Roller Mills, a former city councilman and a former member of the Williamstown Vounteer Fire Department. He was a member of Williamstown Christian Church. He leaves two sons, Charles Craig Glass of Madisonville and William Webb Glass of Williamstown; one daughter, Marsha Bowen of Williamstown; one sister, Stella Finley of Georgetown; one brother, John Marshall Glass of St. Petersburg, Florida; and eleven grandchildren. Funeral will be Thursday at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home in Williamstown. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery in Dry Ridge.
Their eldest son, Charles Craig Glass died in August 1994 and is buried next to his mother...
The third child of Jake and Bessie [Beard] Glass is John Marshall Glass. He and his wife live in Pinellas County, Florida.
The youngest child, Stella Frances Glass lives in Scott County, Kentucky.
