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Madison Albert Glassco

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Madison Albert Glassco

Birth
Hardin County, Kentucky, USA
Death
19 Mar 1876 (aged 51)
Charleston, Coles County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Charleston, Coles County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.5042038, Longitude: -88.2054138
Plot
Original Mound Lot 93
Memorial ID
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2nd Lt. Company E, 5th Illinois Cavalry; Coles Co, Oct 22, 1861; Dismissed, with loss of pay, Jan 8, 1863

On page 86 of the book 'Round the Square' is a photo of the south side of the town square in Charleston, IL, of an 1860 Presidential parade partially showing a 32-yoke of oxen team pulling a flatbed wagon with 6ft 4in 36-year-old Madison Glassco splitting rails, though the reader cannot actually see Madison Glassco in the photo, believed to be the first ever photo taken of the south side of the square.

1860 Census
Madison Glascow, 35, Farmer, Ky
Ann E, 33, Va
Sarah J, 12, Ill
Emmet T, 7, Ill
Mary E, 5, Ill
Jerome, 3, Ill
Knox Wilber, 15, Farm Laborer, Ill
Solomon Beccum, 15, Farm Laborer, Ill

Next door to William Frost in 1860 Census and graves are together in Mound Cemetery
2nd Lt. Company E, 5th Illinois Cavalry; Coles Co, Oct 22, 1861; Dismissed, with loss of pay, Jan 8, 1863

On page 86 of the book 'Round the Square' is a photo of the south side of the town square in Charleston, IL, of an 1860 Presidential parade partially showing a 32-yoke of oxen team pulling a flatbed wagon with 6ft 4in 36-year-old Madison Glassco splitting rails, though the reader cannot actually see Madison Glassco in the photo, believed to be the first ever photo taken of the south side of the square.

1860 Census
Madison Glascow, 35, Farmer, Ky
Ann E, 33, Va
Sarah J, 12, Ill
Emmet T, 7, Ill
Mary E, 5, Ill
Jerome, 3, Ill
Knox Wilber, 15, Farm Laborer, Ill
Solomon Beccum, 15, Farm Laborer, Ill

Next door to William Frost in 1860 Census and graves are together in Mound Cemetery


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