BIOGRAPHY: George L. GLASGOW, Cambria County, PA 

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From Wiley, Samuel T., ed. Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Cambria 
County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Union Publishing Co., 1896, p. 279-81
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George L. GLASGOW

G. L. GLASGOW, postmaster and merchant of Glasgow, this county, is a son of John 
and Sarah (Leamer) Glasgow, and was born on the old homestead, Reade township, 
this county, October 8, 1844. His great-grand father, John Glasgow, the first of 
this family to locate in America, was a member of a prominent numerous family 
from Glasgow, Scotland, whence he emigrated, and located near what is now known 
as Bellwood, Blair county, Pennsylvania, then Huntingdon county. He was a 
pioneer settler in that locality, and married Miss Hunter, and to this union ten 
sons were born, one of whom, John Glasgow, became the grandfather of the 
gentleman whose name heads this sketch. He was born in Blair county, formerly 
Huntingdon county, and resided near the present location of Altoona. About 1818 
he purchased a tract of woodland containing two hundred acres, near where the 
present village of Glasgow now stands, and became one of the earliest settlers 
of Reade township, formerly White township, Cambria county, where he resided 
until his death in 1845.
     When he removed to the above locality his nearest neighbor was three miles 
distant. The settlement of which he was the pioneer was named for him, as is 
also the present village and post-office of Glasgow.
     His marriage with Miss Bell, of Blair county, resulted in the birth of two 
sons and four daughters: Mrs. Eliza Noble, deceased; Mrs. Jane Smiley, deceased; 
Mrs. Hannah Shoff, of Osceola, Clearfield county; Mrs. Mary Ann Calderwood, 
deceased; John, the father of our subject, now deceased; and James, deceased.
     John Glasgow, father, was born near where Altoona now stands, January 12, 
1817, and died January 12, 1881. Being reared a farmer boy, he adopted the 
avocations of his father, and followed farming all his life. He owned a farm of 
nearly two hundred acres, and, besides his farming pursuits, engaged in 
lumbering quite extensively. He was a very successful business man, and by his 
energy and industry accumulated considerable wealth. He was a member of the 
Lutheran church, and a liberal supporter of the same.
     He married Miss Sarah, a daughter of George Leamer, of Reade township, and 
to them were born eight children, three sons and five daughters: Mary Jane, wife 
of James McKee, of Marion, Clearfield county, Pennsylvania; G.L.; Anna, the wife 
of Christopher Shoff, of Marion, Clearfield county; Catherine Bell, the wife of 
Joel A. Gates, of White township, this county; Sarah, the wife of John M. 
Troxell, a lumber merchant of Mobile, Alabama; Laura A., the wife of James 
McCartney, of Mountaindale, this county; M. L., a farmer on the old homestead; 
and John Hidson, a business man of Fallen Timber.
     George L. Glasgow was reared on the paternal acres, educated in the common 
schools of the township, and remained on the farm until he was about twenty-
three years old; about that time he went to Allemansville, Clearfield county, 
Pennsylvania, and accepted a position as clerk in the general store of H. 
Alleman. He remained there as clerk for one year, and then purchased an interest 
in the store; at the end of the next year he disposed of his interest to Mr. 
Alleman, and took a trip west, looking for a place to locate; unable to find a 
suitable opening, he returned home, and followed farming for the next two years. 
In the spring of 1873 he went to Dubois, Pennsylvania, and formed a partnership 
with J. M. Troxell. They opened a general store under the firm name of Glasgow & 
Troxell, and Mr. Glasgow was appointed postmaster of the place, which office he 
held two years. In 1876 Mr. J. B. Ellis purchased the entire store, and Mr. 
Glasgow returned to the old homestead, where he remained while building his 
present home in Glasgow. He opened a general store at the above place, and has 
since built the store-room now occupied by C. E. Troxell & Co., of which firm he 
is a partner. In 1892 he built his present commodious business house, which is a 
two-story building, 24 x 60 feet. Here he keeps a well-selected stock of general 
merchandise. He is a man of much business ability, and, by discreet and 
judicious methods, has established a large and increasing patronage. In 1876 a 
post-office was granted to Glasgow; Mr. G. L. Glasgow became the postmaster, and 
has held the office continuously to the present time. In political faith he is 
identified with the Republican party, and has always taken an active interest in 
political affairs, and has served as school director three terms. Fraternally he 
is a charter member of Coalport Lodge, No. 574, F. and A. M., of Coalport, 
Pennsylvania, and a member of Allemansville Lodge, No. 900, I. 0. 0. F., of 
which he is treasurer. He is a prominent and consistent member of the Lutheran 
church, in which organization he has been an officer for twenty years.
     October 8, 1874, he was united in marriage with Miss Julia L., daughter of 
John Ellis, a native of Wales, who emigrated to America, and located near 
Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. To this marriage four children have been born: John, 
deceased; Bertha 0.; Luther E.; and Sarah M.