William Ellsworth Glasscock (1862 - 1925)

Born 13 Dec 1862 in Monongalia, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Alice (Miller) Glasscock — married 15 Aug 1888 in Monongalia, West Virginia, United States

Died 12 Apr 1925 at age 62 in Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States

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Preceded by 12th Governor William M. O. Dawson

William E. Glasscock 13th Governor of West Virginia 1909—1913

Succeeded by 14th Governor Henry D. Hatfield

Biography

William Glasscock is Notable.

William Glasscock was born in Appalachia, in Virginia (now West Virginia).

Son of Daniel Glasscock and Prudence Michael.

Husband of Mary Alice Miller.

Father of William Ellsworth Glasscock Jr.

William Ellsworth Glasscock was Governor of West Virginia from 1909 to 1913. He was a member of the Morgantown law firm of Glasscock & Glasscock, and a brother of Samuel Fuller Glasscock.

He was born on his father's farm in Monongalia County. He was educated in the public schools and attended the University of West Virginia. For a number of years he was a teacher, and taught in schools in Iowa and Nebraska as well as his native state. During 1887-1890 he was superintendent of schools in Monongalia County.

He was admitted to the bar in 1902, and in the same year joined his brother Samuel Fuller Glasscock in the practice of law in Morgantown.

He was a member of the Republican State Central Committee from 1900 to 1908 and was its secretary and chairman at different times. From 1905 to 1908 he was United States collector of internal revenue for the District of West Virginia, resigning that office to become candidate on the Republican ticket for governor. He was elected and his term as governor was from March 4, 1909, to March 3, 1913. In 1912 he was delegate at large from the state to the Republican National Convention in Chicago.

August 15, 1888, Governor Glasscock married Mary Alice Miller, of Monongalia County. She is a descendant in the sixth generation from Col. John Evans, one of the prominent leaders in the settlement of the Monongahela Valley of West Virginia. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "The History of West Virginia, Old and New, Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume II, pg. 14 https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfWestVirginiaOldAndNewVol2/page/n31

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• William E. Glasscock on Wikipedia

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4R-42T : 12 April 2016), Wm E. Glasscock in entry for Daniel Glasscock, West Virginia, United States; citing p. 34, family 246, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,193.

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