The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-12

cradle residents. Mrs. Glasscock wa
born June 4th, 1904, in Richmond, Va.
and consequently on the day of he
death was SO years, 8 months and
days old.
When she was about years old. il
lSOS, her father moved from Virginia
to Kentucky and she never forgot thu
trip by wagon across the Alleghenys
because as they were travelling along {
mountain stream the wagon upset ant
she fell into the water. Her father
first settled in Marseilles in Kentucky
and there she became acquainted with
Nathaniel w. Watkins, half brother
of Henry Clay, then a boy, and who
afterwards in 1920. when young man
settled in Jackson, this county, anG
for many years was one of the lead
ing citizens of this State.
| In 1872 her father moved to Lexing-
ton'and she often said, that she saw
the Kentucky Volunteers under Gen
eral Adair, mustered into service and
march through the streets of that town
on their way to New Orleans.
Her father died shortly after he
settled in Lexington and her mother
subsequently married second time.
She removed With the family to Ohio
in 1914 and in 1916 to ST. Louis, to
what was then the Missouri Territory.
and ever since that time Mrs. Glass
cock has resided in Missouri. The
trip to st. Louis was made by river on
keel boat and occupied three weeks.
ST. Louis was then a small llvillage and
when she lived there many Indians al
ways were in and near the town. The
family resided on lot opposite where
the Laclede Hotel now stands. then
lquite at the outskirts of the town.
Mrs. Glasscock attended the school
of DR.. Giddings, the first Protestant
Minister of st. Louis. The whipping
post stood opposite this school and
she saw two persons publicly whipped,
which made great impression on her
mind. While living there she became
acquainted with Mr.. Charless, the
founder of what is now the ST. Louis
Republic, and Mrs. Glasscock probably
was for some time before her death
the last person on earth who person
ally knew him.
In 1918 the family moved to Jackson
and since that time Mrs. Glasscock has
lived in our county. When the family
settled in Jackson Mrs. Glasscock said
DR.. Neil, johnson Ranney, Alexander
Buckner, George Scripps, Willis Me-
Guire, DR.. Priest, Judge Thomas,
Mr.. Evans, Maj. CAN'T, Mr.. Van Horn,
DR.. Franklin Cannon, Henry Sanford,
James Russell and MIR. Chambers we're
the most prominent residents of the
town. Rev. Thomas Green, prom
inent and distinguished Baptist Minis
ter, also resided there. The Court
House, small log building, as well
as the whipping post, regular insti-
tuition of the time, stood on the public
square.
Mrs. Glasscock had a good memory
to her latest day and vividly recol-
lGcted many of the incidents that oc-
CURED in Jackson early in the CEN
tury. When she first came to Jackson
the Shawnee and Delaware Indians
still resided in the northern part Of
the county and she we'll recollected the
killing of Mrs. Burns by a Shawnee
Indian and the great excitement this
created. The Indians were given a
certain time within which to apprehend
and bring in the murderer. In a few
days they brought in the head, and
she related that it was placed on a
pole and planted at the fork of the
road leading to the Indian villages and
allowed to decay there.
Judge Thomas was the earliest ter
ritorial Judge in this section and Mrs.
Glasscock said that he came to his
death by fall from his horse. The
two SubIettes were the desperate char
acters of the town, and one of them,
Bolin Sublette, when drunk would ride
for sport into the hotel hall and no
one on such an occasion dared to stop
him.
Mrs. Glasscock as young lady was
. member of the early society of oHr
county and knew we'll all the leading
pioneer families. She was a woman
OF tact, prudent in expression and gen.
erous and hospitable in disposition.
In 1922 she married Mr.. Scarlet
Glasscock who died in 1850.
For many years before her death
Mrs. Glasscock bravely struggled with
adverse and unkind fortune, but she
never lost her cheerful and amiable
disposition. She was active and in
dustrious to the last and her courage,
faith and hope never failed. She had
fond affection for the descendants of
the early settlers, the children, grand