Monongalia County, West Virginia Biography of Hon. William Ellsworth Glasscock ************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: Material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor. Submitted by Sandra Reed , May 1999 ************************************************************************** The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume II, pg. Hon. William Ellsworth Glasscock, governor of West Virginia from 1909 to 1913, is a member of the Morgantown law firm of Glasscock & Glasscock, and a brother of Samuel Fuller Glasscock. He was born on his father’s farm in Monongalia County, December 13, 1862, was reared on the farm, and is a product of West Virginia environment and institutions. He attended the public schools, later the University of West Virginia, and for a number of years devoted his time to teaching. He taught school in Iowa and Nebraska as well as in his native state, and during 1887-90 was superintendent of schools for Monongalia County. He was admitted to the bar in 1902, and in the same year joined his brother S. F. Glasscock in the practice of law at Morgantown. His interest as a lawyer are described in the sketch of his brother. He was a member of the Republican State Central Committee from 1900 to 1908 and was its secretary and chairman at different times. From 1905 to 1908 he was United States collector of internal revenue for the District of West Virginia, resigning that office to become candidate on the republican ticket for governor. He was elected and his term as governor was from March 4, 1909, to March 3, 1913. In 1912 he was delegate at large from the state to the Republican National Convention in Chicago. August 15, 1888, Governor Glasscock married Mary Alice Miller, of Monongalia County. She is a descendant in the sixth generation from Col. John Evans, one of the prominent leaders in the settlement of the Monongahela Valley of West Virginia.