Venango County PA Archives Family History.....Glass, Augustus J. 
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Source:             Glass Family Bible
Name:               Augustus J. Glass
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Augustus Glas was born in Kannawurf, Thuringen, Germany in 1834. His parents, 
were Johann Andreas Glas and Christina Elisabetha Grafenstein.  Augustus was 2 
years old and his younger sister was 6 months old when the little family 
boarded the British Barque Defender in Bremerhaven, Germany, and they landed 
in New York, NY on 29 June 1837. The Glas family traveled to Venango county 
where there was a German colony and Church. Andrew was a farmer. Augustus and 
his younger brother Frederick volunteered with the 121st Regiment Pennsylvania 
Volunteers Co. F in September 1862. The 121st was in most all the major 
battles to include Gettysburg. In 1864 Augustus became Corporal and was 
assigned to the Sharpshooter battalion. The brothers were both present at 
Appomatox, VA for the surrender by Gen. Robert E. Lee. The regiment marched to 
Washington, D.C. where they took part in the Grand Review of the Armies of the 
United States on 23 May 1865. The regiment was mustered out on 2 June 1865. 
The two brothers along with an even younger brother, Robert, who was in the 
125th Pennsylvania Infantry, all returned home to Pinegrove Township, Venango 
county and took up where they had left off - farmers. Fred was quite active in 
the GAR. Robert died in an accident when he was 37. This was in the Bradford 
oil field. Augustus died in 1907 of paralysis. The three brothers are buried 
in Heckathorn cemetery.  






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