Homer Dempster Glass

Male26 October 1902–23 May 1987

Brief Life History of Homer Dempster

When Homer Dempster Glass was born on 26 October 1902, in Shellsburg, Benton, Iowa, United States, his father, William Morgan Glass, was 28 and his mother, Mary Louise Weiss, was 23. He married Eliza Jane Hurst on 10 January 1923, in Vinton, Benton, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Taylor Township, Benton, Iowa, United States in 1930 and Polk Township, Benton, Iowa, United States in 1940. He died on 23 May 1987, in Vinton, Benton, Iowa, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Vinton, Benton, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Homer Dempster Glass
1902–1987
Eliza Jane Hurst
1902–1964
Marriage: 10 January 1923
Robert Dean Glass
1924–2009
Ruth Maxine Glass
1927–2008
Patricia Ann Glass
1931–1997

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  • Homer Dempster Glass in entry for Ruth Maxine Glass, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
  • H D Glass in household of John H Burkhart, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
  • Homer Dempster Glass in entry for Robert Dean Glass, "Iowa, Marriage Records, 1941-1951"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    10 January 1923Vinton, Benton, Iowa, United States

    • Children (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

    Age 1

    A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

    1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam

    Age 11

    The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.

    1926 · Iowa becomes a provider of food to the world

    Age 24

    Pioneer Hi-Bred International was the leader company experimenting with hybridization of corn and other seeds for agriculture in the world. It helped make different kinds of crop able to grow in harsh conditions so that other parts of the world would be able to farm and become self-sufficient. It was bought out by DuPont in 1999 and has continued to help struggling countries around the world.

    Name Meaning

    English and German: metonymic occupational name for a glazier or glass blower, from Old English glæs ‘glass’, Middle High German glas. In English, the name may also derive from a nickname from Old French glas, clas ‘clash of arms, noise, tumult (of battle)’.

    Irish (Ulster), Welsh, Cornish, and Scottish: from an Anglicized form of the epithet glas ‘slate colored, gray’, or any of various Gaelic surnames derived from it.

    German: from an altered form of the personal name Klass, a shortened form of Nikolaus (see Nicholas ). This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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