BIO:  Cunningham R. Glasgow, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Peach Bottom Township, Pg 163

CUNNINGHAM R. GLASGOW, son of ??? Hugh Glasgow, was born June 29, 1806, on the old homestead, 
near Slate Hill, York County.  His father was a native of Chester County, and removed when a 
young man, to York County, where he resided on the above mentioned farm until his death, in 
1818.  He was chosen to represent the district in the national congress and was associate judge 
of this county.  While in congress, he secured the establishment of Peach Bottom Postoffice, 
the first and for many years the only one in the township.  Prior to that time, the nearest 
office was Bel Air, Md.  His mother Maria (Ramsay) Glasgow, was a native of York County, a 
member of a family which for many years has been prominent in this township.  They were married 
in 1804, and she died in 1820, leaving four sons, of whom the subject of this sketch is the 
only survivor.  He remained on the farm until the age of thirteen, when he entered a store in 
Wrightsville, Penn., where he remained about six years, and then went to Baltimore, Md., where 
he remained six years; returning to York County, he engaged in farming a vocation which he has 
since followed.  In 1841 he purchased the farm of 125 acres, on which he now resides.  This 
farm is mostly in York County, though the dwelling house is in Harford County, Md.  In 1837 Mr. 
Glasgow married Mary A. Beven, a native of York County.  He has held the office of commissioner 
of Harford County, and has always enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his neighbors.