JAMES GLASSON, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Hazel Green; owns 196 acres of land, valued at $50 per acre; born in Cornwall, England; in 1820, came to America in 1840, and settled in Jo Daviess Co., Ill.; two years later, he removed to this county. Married Jane Warner, a native of England; they have six children - James, John, Richard, Benjamin, Harriet and Jane.
This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.