Judith married George William "Willie" Glass (1885-1949).
George William Glass, b ca 1890 in Lott, Falls County, Texas, d 1949 in Boston, Virginia - a son of Thomas Franklin and Alice (Hodges) Glass. He graduated from Lott High School, and from a business school in Waco, Texas.
George married Judith Ligon - a daughter of Thomas Henry and Elizabeth (Harwell) Ligon - both natives of Fayette County, Texas. Judith (Ligon) Glass died in 1963 in Marlin, Falls County, Texas. Her father owned a drug store in Lott, Texas for many years. The Ligon family (with cousins, the Blanton family) came to Texas by wagon train from Warren County, Virginia. The Harwell family came to Texas from Somerset County, England by way of LaGrange, Georgia.
George William Glass (usually called "Will"), was a bookkeeper in a lumber yard in Lott -later becoming a cashier in the Marlin National Bank. He moved to Marlin in 1909, and remained with the bank until 1933 - having become First Vice President and Chair- man of the Board. In 1934, he moved his family to New Orleans, Louisiana, where he worked for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation as liquidator of the Hibernia Bank and Trust Company until his retirement. Resettling in Boston, Virginia, he died there in 1949, and his widow, Judith (Ligon) Glass relocated back to Marlin, Texas, where she died in 1963. George William and Judith (Ligon) Glass had four children: Mary Louise who married Harold H. Young, Alice who married Charles Marsh, George William, Jr., and Thomas Samuel.
During his years in Marlin, "Will" served in many capacities. He was an officer of the old Commercial Club (forerunner to the Chamber of Commerce), president of the Chamber of Commerce, a member and president of the Board of Trustees of Marlin Independent School District, and the first president of the Rotary Club in Marlin - a position in which he was followed by his brothers, Cecil, Thomas, and Fred Glass.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page, and from Ancestry.com.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 191 column 1 and 2. Member of Falls County Historical Commission.
Bio of George William Glass from "Families of Falls County", compiled by the Falls County Historical Commission, p. 191
George William Glass, b ca 1890 in Lott, Falls County, Texas, d 1949 in Boston, Virginia - a son of Thomas Franklin and Alice (Hodges) Glass. He graduated from Lott High School, and from a business school in Waco, Texas.
George married Judith Ligon - a daughter of Thomas Henry and Elizabeth (Harwell) Ligon - both natives of Fayette County, Texas. Judith (Ligon) Glass died in 1963 in Marlin, Falls County, Texas. Her father owned a drug store in Lott, Texas for many years. The Ligon family (with cousins, the Blanton family) came to Texas by wagon train from Warren County, Virginia. The Harwell family came to Texas from Somerset County, England by way of LaGrange, Georgia.
George William Glass (usually called "Will"), was a bookkeeper in a lumber yard in Lott -later becoming a cashier in the Marlin National Bank. He moved to Marlin in 1909, and remained with the bank until 1933 - having become First Vice President and Chair- man of the Board. In 1934, he moved his family to New Orleans, Louisiana, where he worked for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation as liquidator of the Hibernia Bank and Trust Company until his retirement. Resettling in Boston, Virginia, he died there in 1949, and his widow, Judith (Ligon) Glass relocated back to Marlin, Texas, where she died in 1963. George William and Judith (Ligon) Glass had four children: Mary Louise who married Harold H. Young, Alice who married Charles Marsh, George William, Jr., and Thomas Samuel.
During his years in Marlin, "Will" served in many capacities. He was an officer of the old Commercial Club (forerunner to the Chamber of Commerce), president of the Chamber of Commerce, a member and president of the Board of Trustees of Marlin Independent School District, and the first president of the Rotary Club in Marlin - a position in which he was followed by his brothers, Cecil, Thomas, and Fred Glass.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page, and from Ancestry.com.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 191 column 1 and 2. Member of Falls County Historical Commission.
Bio of George William Glass from "Families of Falls County", compiled by the Falls County Historical Commission, p. 191
Judith married George William "Willie" Glass (1885-1949).
George William Glass, b ca 1890 in Lott, Falls County, Texas, d 1949 in Boston, Virginia - a son of Thomas Franklin and Alice (Hodges) Glass. He graduated from Lott High School, and from a business school in Waco, Texas.
George married Judith Ligon - a daughter of Thomas Henry and Elizabeth (Harwell) Ligon - both natives of Fayette County, Texas. Judith (Ligon) Glass died in 1963 in Marlin, Falls County, Texas. Her father owned a drug store in Lott, Texas for many years. The Ligon family (with cousins, the Blanton family) came to Texas by wagon train from Warren County, Virginia. The Harwell family came to Texas from Somerset County, England by way of LaGrange, Georgia.
George William Glass (usually called "Will"), was a bookkeeper in a lumber yard in Lott -later becoming a cashier in the Marlin National Bank. He moved to Marlin in 1909, and remained with the bank until 1933 - having become First Vice President and Chair- man of the Board. In 1934, he moved his family to New Orleans, Louisiana, where he worked for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation as liquidator of the Hibernia Bank and Trust Company until his retirement. Resettling in Boston, Virginia, he died there in 1949, and his widow, Judith (Ligon) Glass relocated back to Marlin, Texas, where she died in 1963. George William and Judith (Ligon) Glass had four children: Mary Louise who married Harold H. Young, Alice who married Charles Marsh, George William, Jr., and Thomas Samuel.
During his years in Marlin, "Will" served in many capacities. He was an officer of the old Commercial Club (forerunner to the Chamber of Commerce), president of the Chamber of Commerce, a member and president of the Board of Trustees of Marlin Independent School District, and the first president of the Rotary Club in Marlin - a position in which he was followed by his brothers, Cecil, Thomas, and Fred Glass.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page, and from Ancestry.com.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 191 column 1 and 2. Member of Falls County Historical Commission.
Bio of George William Glass from "Families of Falls County", compiled by the Falls County Historical Commission, p. 191
George William Glass, b ca 1890 in Lott, Falls County, Texas, d 1949 in Boston, Virginia - a son of Thomas Franklin and Alice (Hodges) Glass. He graduated from Lott High School, and from a business school in Waco, Texas.
George married Judith Ligon - a daughter of Thomas Henry and Elizabeth (Harwell) Ligon - both natives of Fayette County, Texas. Judith (Ligon) Glass died in 1963 in Marlin, Falls County, Texas. Her father owned a drug store in Lott, Texas for many years. The Ligon family (with cousins, the Blanton family) came to Texas by wagon train from Warren County, Virginia. The Harwell family came to Texas from Somerset County, England by way of LaGrange, Georgia.
George William Glass (usually called "Will"), was a bookkeeper in a lumber yard in Lott -later becoming a cashier in the Marlin National Bank. He moved to Marlin in 1909, and remained with the bank until 1933 - having become First Vice President and Chair- man of the Board. In 1934, he moved his family to New Orleans, Louisiana, where he worked for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation as liquidator of the Hibernia Bank and Trust Company until his retirement. Resettling in Boston, Virginia, he died there in 1949, and his widow, Judith (Ligon) Glass relocated back to Marlin, Texas, where she died in 1963. George William and Judith (Ligon) Glass had four children: Mary Louise who married Harold H. Young, Alice who married Charles Marsh, George William, Jr., and Thomas Samuel.
During his years in Marlin, "Will" served in many capacities. He was an officer of the old Commercial Club (forerunner to the Chamber of Commerce), president of the Chamber of Commerce, a member and president of the Board of Trustees of Marlin Independent School District, and the first president of the Rotary Club in Marlin - a position in which he was followed by his brothers, Cecil, Thomas, and Fred Glass.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page, and from Ancestry.com.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 191 column 1 and 2. Member of Falls County Historical Commission.
Bio of George William Glass from "Families of Falls County", compiled by the Falls County Historical Commission, p. 191
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