Alexander Glass

Male2 October 1860–25 October 1933

Brief Life History of Alexander

When Alexander Glass was born on 2 October 1860, in Alden, McHenry, Illinois, United States, his father, Elias Glass, was 39 and his mother, Ann Eliza Steward, was 30. He married Kate Elizabeth Andrews on 21 November 1882, in McHenry, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Hebron, McHenry, Illinois, United States in 1900. He died on 25 October 1933, in Harvard, McHenry, Illinois, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Hebron, McHenry, Illinois, United States.

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Alexander Glass
1860–1933
Kate Elizabeth Andrews
1864–1942
Marriage: 21 November 1882
Ella A. Glass
1885–1885
Bertha Leora Glass
1886–1957
Viola Mildred Glass
1898–1990

Sources (13)

  • Alexander Glass, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Alexander Glass, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Alexander Glass, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    21 November 1882McHenry, Illinois, United States

    • Children (3)

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    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1861 · Simple life to Soldiers

    Age 1

    Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.

    1863

    Age 3

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 21

    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    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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