hmtl5 James H. Glasgow b. 1907 Illinois: McKeown Genealogy

James H. Glasgow

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  • Name James H. Glasgow 
    Born 1907  Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Census 1940  Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1950  Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I852  McKeown
    Last Modified 20 Aug 2023 

    Father Samuel Arthur Glasgow,   b. 14 Sep 1861, Missouri Township, Brown County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1908, Woodson, Morgan County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Mother Carrie Hersman,   b. 20 Jan 1864, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Aug 1945, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 1892  Brown County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F318  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ruth Adams,   b. Abt 1915, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 3 Aug 1929  Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 20 Aug 2023 
    Family ID F771  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1907 - Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 3 Aug 1929 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1940 - Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • James is mentioned in the 1945 obituary of his mother, "James Glasgow, who teaches geography at Michigan state Normal school, Ypsilanti, Mich., and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor." [3]
    • Miss Ruth Adams Wed to James Glasgow in Ceremony at Chicago.
      In a ceremony marked by simplicity in the Thorndike Hilton Memorial chapel, adjacent to the University of Chicago quadrangles, Miss Ruth Adams became the bride of James Glasgow at 5 p.m. Saturday. Appropriate pipe organ music was played before and throughout the service.
      . . . .
      The bride is the daughter of Prof. and Mrs. Howard W. Adams of Normal. She is a graduate of the University high school and of the University of Chicago, having received her Ph.B. degree in 1927. During the last year she has been a member of the English department in the Senior high school at Quincy, Mass., a suburb of Boston. She is a member of Kappa Delta Pi, national scholastic fraternity.
      Mr. Glasgow is the son of Mrs. Carrie Glasgow of 204 North Fell avenue. He received his bachelor of education degree at Illinois State Normal university in 1928 and during the last year has done graduate work in geography at Clark university, Worcester, mass., receiving his master’s degree last June. He is now associated with the firm of McKnight and McKnight, geographical and educational publishers, in Normal. He is a member of Kappa Delta Pi, national scholastic fraternity, Gamma Theta Upsilon, professional geography fraternity, and Theta Aphi Phi, national honorary dramatic fraternity.
      The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois. Sunday, 28 July 1929.
      [4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S36] census record.

    2. [S14] 1900 US census.

    3. [S3] Obituary.

    4. [S57] Newspaper article.