Son of Robert Glasgow and Catherine Anderson.
Francis Thomas Glasgow was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, one of nine children of Robert Glasgow- who was one of three surviving sons of Arthur Glasgow, the patriarch of the Glasgow family in Virginia. Arthur and his brothers and mother came to Virginia about 1766. The family took possession of a 5000 acre land grant in what was then Augusta and Orange Counties.
Francis Thomas Glasgow graduated from Washington University (later Washington and Lee) in 1847. He read Law in Richmond for two years, then was employed by his uncle Gen. Joseph Reid Anderson (his mother's brother) as Superintendent/Managing Director of Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond, Va. during the Civil War.
Mr. Glasgow was born at "Green Springs" and raised in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
Early in the morning of January 29, 1916, he died at his home, 1 West Main Street, Richmond.
He married Anne Gholson on July 14, 1853, and they had ten children together.
Father of the Pulitzer prize winning author, Ellen Glasgow.
Son of Robert Glasgow and Catherine Anderson.
Francis Thomas Glasgow was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, one of nine children of Robert Glasgow- who was one of three surviving sons of Arthur Glasgow, the patriarch of the Glasgow family in Virginia. Arthur and his brothers and mother came to Virginia about 1766. The family took possession of a 5000 acre land grant in what was then Augusta and Orange Counties.
Francis Thomas Glasgow graduated from Washington University (later Washington and Lee) in 1847. He read Law in Richmond for two years, then was employed by his uncle Gen. Joseph Reid Anderson (his mother's brother) as Superintendent/Managing Director of Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond, Va. during the Civil War.
Mr. Glasgow was born at "Green Springs" and raised in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
Early in the morning of January 29, 1916, he died at his home, 1 West Main Street, Richmond.
He married Anne Gholson on July 14, 1853, and they had ten children together.
Father of the Pulitzer prize winning author, Ellen Glasgow.
Family Members
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Emily Taylor Glasgow Houston
1855–1913
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Annie Gholson Glasgow Clark
1857–1917
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Joseph Reid Glasgow
1860–1876
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Cary Glasgow McCormack
1863–1911
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Arthur Graham Glasgow
1865–1955
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Kate Anderson Glasgow
1868–1869
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Francis Thomas "Frank" Glasgow Jr
1870–1909
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Ellen Glasgow
1873–1945
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Gholson Glasgow
1875–1875
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Rebe Gordon Glasgow Tutwiler
1877–1967
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