Over Ninety Years
Antis Township Loses Its Oldest Citizen
Taylor W. Glasgow Dies in His Ninety-first Year - Brief Sketch of His Life - Arrangements for the Funeral This Afternoon
Taylor W. Glasgow of Antis Township, died at his home near Bellwood on Wednesday evening, March 27th, in his 91st year. Of Scotch-Irish parentage he inherited those strong, hardy traits of mental and physical character which mark the successful pioneer, and made him in many respects remarkable man. He was one of the few remaining human links among us, connecting the present with the past, the history of which in its details of the manner, employment and opportunities of life, reads to the generation of today like a romance. He was born on All Hallowe'en night, October 31st, 1798, on the farm where Mrs. Joseph Huchison now resides, a short distance east of this city. Long before Altoona or the Pennsylvania Railroad were even a possible conjecture in the brain of the enthusiast, his recollection and experience ran back close to the time when the red men of the forest traversed this valley. He removed with his father to the farm now owned by Samuel Henderson, in 1810 and, as indicating the physical power and endurance that marked his life, made a full hand in the harvest field at the age of 13 years, and has never been sick in bed for a day or had any use for medicines. His last illness confined him to his bed for less than a week, when he passed quietly away as the flame dies out when the oil is exhausted. His religion was honesty and just dealing with his fellows; in politics he was a Democrat of the old school, voting for the candidate of his party in every election from the second term of Monroe to the second candidacy of Cleveland. In 1828 he married Miss Ann Walker, to which union were given eights sons and daughters, six of whom are living, an account of which we gave at the notice of the death of Mrs. Glasgow in December, 1887. The funeral will take place from the old homestead at 2 p.m. today, 29th. Interment at Bellwood Cemetery.
(Source - The Times, Altoona, PA Friday, March 29, 1889)
Antis Township Loses Its Oldest Citizen
Taylor W. Glasgow Dies in His Ninety-first Year - Brief Sketch of His Life - Arrangements for the Funeral This Afternoon
Taylor W. Glasgow of Antis Township, died at his home near Bellwood on Wednesday evening, March 27th, in his 91st year. Of Scotch-Irish parentage he inherited those strong, hardy traits of mental and physical character which mark the successful pioneer, and made him in many respects remarkable man. He was one of the few remaining human links among us, connecting the present with the past, the history of which in its details of the manner, employment and opportunities of life, reads to the generation of today like a romance. He was born on All Hallowe'en night, October 31st, 1798, on the farm where Mrs. Joseph Huchison now resides, a short distance east of this city. Long before Altoona or the Pennsylvania Railroad were even a possible conjecture in the brain of the enthusiast, his recollection and experience ran back close to the time when the red men of the forest traversed this valley. He removed with his father to the farm now owned by Samuel Henderson, in 1810 and, as indicating the physical power and endurance that marked his life, made a full hand in the harvest field at the age of 13 years, and has never been sick in bed for a day or had any use for medicines. His last illness confined him to his bed for less than a week, when he passed quietly away as the flame dies out when the oil is exhausted. His religion was honesty and just dealing with his fellows; in politics he was a Democrat of the old school, voting for the candidate of his party in every election from the second term of Monroe to the second candidacy of Cleveland. In 1828 he married Miss Ann Walker, to which union were given eights sons and daughters, six of whom are living, an account of which we gave at the notice of the death of Mrs. Glasgow in December, 1887. The funeral will take place from the old homestead at 2 p.m. today, 29th. Interment at Bellwood Cemetery.
(Source - The Times, Altoona, PA Friday, March 29, 1889)
Over Ninety Years
Antis Township Loses Its Oldest Citizen
Taylor W. Glasgow Dies in His Ninety-first Year - Brief Sketch of His Life - Arrangements for the Funeral This Afternoon
Taylor W. Glasgow of Antis Township, died at his home near Bellwood on Wednesday evening, March 27th, in his 91st year. Of Scotch-Irish parentage he inherited those strong, hardy traits of mental and physical character which mark the successful pioneer, and made him in many respects remarkable man. He was one of the few remaining human links among us, connecting the present with the past, the history of which in its details of the manner, employment and opportunities of life, reads to the generation of today like a romance. He was born on All Hallowe'en night, October 31st, 1798, on the farm where Mrs. Joseph Huchison now resides, a short distance east of this city. Long before Altoona or the Pennsylvania Railroad were even a possible conjecture in the brain of the enthusiast, his recollection and experience ran back close to the time when the red men of the forest traversed this valley. He removed with his father to the farm now owned by Samuel Henderson, in 1810 and, as indicating the physical power and endurance that marked his life, made a full hand in the harvest field at the age of 13 years, and has never been sick in bed for a day or had any use for medicines. His last illness confined him to his bed for less than a week, when he passed quietly away as the flame dies out when the oil is exhausted. His religion was honesty and just dealing with his fellows; in politics he was a Democrat of the old school, voting for the candidate of his party in every election from the second term of Monroe to the second candidacy of Cleveland. In 1828 he married Miss Ann Walker, to which union were given eights sons and daughters, six of whom are living, an account of which we gave at the notice of the death of Mrs. Glasgow in December, 1887. The funeral will take place from the old homestead at 2 p.m. today, 29th. Interment at Bellwood Cemetery.
(Source - The Times, Altoona, PA Friday, March 29, 1889)
Antis Township Loses Its Oldest Citizen
Taylor W. Glasgow Dies in His Ninety-first Year - Brief Sketch of His Life - Arrangements for the Funeral This Afternoon
Taylor W. Glasgow of Antis Township, died at his home near Bellwood on Wednesday evening, March 27th, in his 91st year. Of Scotch-Irish parentage he inherited those strong, hardy traits of mental and physical character which mark the successful pioneer, and made him in many respects remarkable man. He was one of the few remaining human links among us, connecting the present with the past, the history of which in its details of the manner, employment and opportunities of life, reads to the generation of today like a romance. He was born on All Hallowe'en night, October 31st, 1798, on the farm where Mrs. Joseph Huchison now resides, a short distance east of this city. Long before Altoona or the Pennsylvania Railroad were even a possible conjecture in the brain of the enthusiast, his recollection and experience ran back close to the time when the red men of the forest traversed this valley. He removed with his father to the farm now owned by Samuel Henderson, in 1810 and, as indicating the physical power and endurance that marked his life, made a full hand in the harvest field at the age of 13 years, and has never been sick in bed for a day or had any use for medicines. His last illness confined him to his bed for less than a week, when he passed quietly away as the flame dies out when the oil is exhausted. His religion was honesty and just dealing with his fellows; in politics he was a Democrat of the old school, voting for the candidate of his party in every election from the second term of Monroe to the second candidacy of Cleveland. In 1828 he married Miss Ann Walker, to which union were given eights sons and daughters, six of whom are living, an account of which we gave at the notice of the death of Mrs. Glasgow in December, 1887. The funeral will take place from the old homestead at 2 p.m. today, 29th. Interment at Bellwood Cemetery.
(Source - The Times, Altoona, PA Friday, March 29, 1889)
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