Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Glascock, Francis J. 1821 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Francis J. Glascock, farmer, Steam Corner, was born January 24, 1821, in
Illinois, fifteen miles west of Vincennes, on the St. Louis Trace. His parents,
Joseph and Nancy Glascock, moved from Illinois to Fountain county, Indiana, in
1825, and entered. Francis remained at home till twenty years old. He made a
trip to New Orleans on a flat-boat, returned, and worked at anything he could
get to do. At the age of twenty-two years he was married to Elizabeth Reynolds,
daughter of William and Elizabeth (Underwood) Reynolds. She was born September
17, 1824, and her parents were very early settlers of Fountain county. After
marriage, which took place in 1843, Mr. Glascock rented the Parson place one
year, then lived one year on Coal creek, then rented the Chapman property one
year, then bought the Furr property, but his wife dying April 29, 1849, left Mr.
Glascock alone. He then lived for a while with his deceased wife's people.
December 20, 1849, he was married to Isabel Moffett, daughter of Thomas and
Christiana (Lee) Moffett. She is a native of Indiana, and her parents were from
Ireland. Mr. Glascock then bought 200 acres of his present farm. In 1858 he
built a large brick house, the second in the township. This burned out before he
occupied it, but he immediately rebuilt. He added land till he owned 320 acres,
a part of which he has deeded away. Mr. Glascock has been a prominent democrat
for many years. He was justice of the peace live years under the old law. He was
the Douglas democratic nominee for representative, and was beaten by the
Breckenridge democrats by thirteen votes. During the war he was continually
employed in recruiting soldiers. Besides doing his own work he has settled many
estates for others. He has been elder in the Church of the Disciples for thirty
years, and a trustee.

Additional Comments:

Mill Creek Township

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.


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