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located near what is now known as Bellwood, Blair county, Pennsylvania, then Huntingdon county. He was a pioneer settler in that locality, and married Miss Hunter, and to this union ten sons were born, one of whom, John Glasgow, became the grandfather of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. He was born in Blair county, formerly Huntingdon county, and resided near the present location of Altoona. About 1818 he purchased a tract of woodland containing two hundred acres, near where the present village of Glasgow now stands, and became one of the earliest settlers of Reade township, formerly White township, Cambria county, where he resided until his death in 1845.     When he removed to the above locality his nearest neighbor was three miles distant. The settlement of which he was the pioneer was named for him, as is also the present village and post-office of Glasgow.     His marriage with Miss Bell, of Blair county, resulted in the birth of two sons and four daughters: Mrs. Eliza Noble, deceased; Mrs. Jane Smiley, deceased; Mrs. Hannah Shoff, of Osceola, Clearfield county; Mrs. Mary Ann Calderwood, deceased; John, the father of our subject, now deceased; and James, deceased.     John Glasgow, father, was born near where Altoona now stands, January 12, 1817, and died January 12, 1881. Being reared a farmer boy, he adopted the avocations of his father, and followed farming all his life. He owned a farm of nearly two hundred acres, and, besides his farming pursuits, engaged in lumbering quite extensively. He was a very successful business man, and by his energy and industry accumulated considerable wealth. He was a member of the Lutheran church, and a liberal supporter of the same.     He married Miss Sarah, a daughter of

George Leamer, of Reade township, and to them were born eight children, three sons and five daughters: Mary Jane, wife of James McKee, of Marion, Clearfield county, Pennsylvania; G.L.; Anna, the wife of Christopher Shoff, of Marion, Clearfield county; Catherine Bell, the wife of Joel A. Gates, of White township, this county; Sarah, the wife of John M. Troxell, a lumber merchant of Mobile, Alabama; Laura A., the wife of James McCartney, of Mountaindale, this county; M. L., a farmer on the old homestead; and John Hidson, a business man of Fallen Timber.     George L. Glasgow was reared on the paternal acres, educated in the common schools of the township, and remained on the farm until he was about twenty-three years old; about that time he went to Allemansville, Clearfield county, Pennsylvania, and accepted a position as clerk in the general store of H. Alleman. He remained there as clerk for one year, and then purchased an interest in the store; at the end of the next year he disposed of his interest to Mr. Alleman, and took a trip west, looking for a place to locate; unable to find a suitable opening, he returned home, and followed farming for the next two years. In the spring of 1873 he went to Dubois, Pennsylvania, and formed a partnership with J. M. Troxell. They opened a general store under the firm name of Glasgow & Troxell, and Mr. Glasgow was appointed postmaster of the place, which office he held two years. In 1876 Mr. J. B. Ellis purchased the entire store, and Mr. Glasgow returned to the old homestead, where he remained while building his present home in Glasgow. He opened a general store at the above place, and has since built the store-room now occupied by C. E. Troxell & Co., of which firm he is a partner. In 1892 he built his present commodious business house, which is

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