Dr. W. S. Glover. The most precious gift of nature is health, and how to retain it and how to regain it when lost are matters of vital moment. Some try travel, others physical exercise, and both are, no doubt, beneficial, but they do not always accomplish the object in view. Medical science must be resorted to, and the most skillful physician employed. Among those well gifted in the science of his profession stands the name of Dr. Glover, who is one among the leading physicians of Cole County. His father, Peter G. Glover, was born in Virginia in the year 1792, and was married December 25, 1814, to Miss Martha Mosely, unto whom were born eleven children, six sons and five daughters: Elizabeth, wife of Hon. Henry Bailey (deceased); Cassandra, wife of Dr. T. L. Bolton (deceased); Robert Joseph, Lutitia, wife of Henry E. Dixon; Amos K. (deceased), Louisianna, wife of J. W. Bolton; Martha, Dr. W. S. and Thomas. He moved from Virginia to Callaway County, Mo., and was soon afterward elected to the Legislature, and shortly afterward moved to Jefferson City, Cole County, where in a few years he purchased a farm and the family moved upon it, he having been in the meantime elected register of lands of the State, and filled successively the State offices of secretary of State, school commissioner, auditor of public accounts, and lastly State treasurer, and was, at the time of his death, a prominent candidate for governor. He was a life-long Democrat, unswerving in its principles and teachings. He was among the oldest settlers of the county, and was one of the prominent men of the State. Dr. W.S. Glover was born July 11, 1832, and was reared on a farm. He received a common school education, and afterward attended school at the Mount Sterling Institute, in Kentucky, and then the State University at Columbia, Mo. Later he attended, the Missouri Medical College, in St. Louis, and soon after began the practice of his profession in Cole County, where he has practiced for the last twenty-five years. He was married December 22, 1858, to Miss M. L. Evington, a native of Indiana, born December 22, 1836. To Dr. and Mrs. Glover were born seven children, six now living: Sallie C., wife of Peter Bolton, born October 15. 1859; Annie C. (deceased), born October 31, 1861, and died December 3, 1862; Rosa Lee, born November 18, 1863, wife of J. E. Wells; Robert E., born November 5, 1866; Virginia L., born January 8, 1874; Walter K., born January 11, 1876; Mary E., born March 14, 1882. Dr. Glover is the owner of 140 acres of land in Cole County, and has the same under good cultivation. He very often visits patients from fifteen to twenty-five miles, and is often called in consultation. During the war Dr. Glover served under Gen. Sterling Price, as surgeon, and participated in several battle - Pea Ridge, Wilson's Creek, Elkhorn and many others. He is a Democrat in politics. He and family are consistent members of the Baptist Church.

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History of Cole, Moniteau, Morgan, Benton, Miller, Maries, and Osage Counties, Missouri, Goodspeed Publishing Company (1889).