Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-08-26
THE DEATH RECORD.
George Glass.

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brief account Of the death Of George
Glass, of Berryville, Va, who married
Miss Kate Baker, Of Shepherdsto~ II.
He was rs years Of age, his birthday
having been on the day prior TO his
death. He died from third stroke of
paralysis. Mr.. Glass was descend
ant of Samuel Glass, one of the
pioneer settlers of the Valley Of Vir-
glnia. His parents were Lewis and
Mary Mccormick Glass, of Clarke
county. His family was prominent in
the activities of the community and
he was at different times deputy clerk
OF the Clarke County Court. Around
1890 Mr.. Glass resigned his position
and went TO Roanoke to live. That
was about the time Roanoke suddenly
Sprang from a small town into a city.
HE took a position with the Norfolk
and Western Railroad, which he held
until returned to Clarke county IL
years later. An illustration OF the es-
TEEN and devotion in which he was
held by the people Of this county was
strikingly shown by his election as
clerk OF the Clarke Circuit Court to
succeed Samuel Mccormick upon the
latter's retirement. Mr.. Glass had
been absent from the county II years,
only occasionally visiting Berryville,
but upon getting into the race for the
court clerkship, upon the suggestion
OF his friends, he was elected, show
ing that the people of the county had
not forgotten him. Mr. Glass held
this position until about II months
ago, when he resigned on account of
ms health. Mr.. Glass was a man of
kind and gentle disposition. He had
bio hRnrt which oHn
hundreds of friends wherever he went.
Seldom if ever an unkind word about
ncighbor fell from his lips. II he
had nothing good TO say of any one he
said nothing.
The first of the Glass family to
come TO this country was Samuel
Glass and Mary Gamble Glass, his
wife, who emgrated to America from
near cambridge, County Down, Ire
land, and settled on the Opeauon in
Frederick county in 1886. where he
purchased l,600 acres of land for him
self and children. Mrs. Samuel Glass
often spoke of two brothers who per-
ished in the siege of Derry. Mr..
Glass lived like a patriarch with his
descendants. He was very devout
man and a strong Presbyterian, a trait
which his family has maintained to
the present day. The first Glass
brought six children to America. and
, their descendants are found today in
Virginia. North Carolina, Tennessee,
Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.
Samuel GLASS; children soon be-
came the leading citizens Of Frederick
county. They owned and occupied
old Fort Loudoun" in Winchester,
which was fort in Gen. Braddock's
day and a place where the settlers
assembled when attacked by Indians
These sons helped cut down the trees
Tor road through the ground now the
site of Winchester. The Glass family
is connected by marriage with many
of the old families of Frederick coun-
ty.
Mr.. Glass's grandfather was lanes
Vance Glass, twelfth son OF Robert
Glass, who was the son of the original
Samuel Glass. His grandmother was
Elizabeth Sewers Glass. James Vance
Glass had two children-Lewis F.
Glass and Elizabeth Glass. Lewis
Glass went to Clarke county and
founded the family of that name. He
was the father of George Glass.
Mr.. Glass was married twice. His
first wife was Miss Rebecca Talbot
sister Of the late Congressman ]. F.
c. Talbot, one of the leaders in Mary
land politics for years. BY this mar
rage he had one child-Edward T.
Glass, who makes his home in Balti-
more and Washington. His second
wife was Miss Kate Baker, Of Shep-
herdstown, an aunt of Secretary Of
War Baker. Mr.. Glass, in addition to
his widow and son. is survived by one
sister, Miss Lou Glass, who lives on
the old Glass farm south of Berry
vile.