Carrie Hersman: McKeown Genealogy

1864 - 1945 (81 years)

Generation: 1

Carrie Hersman was born on 20 Jan 1864 in Illinois; died on 6 Aug 1945 in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois; was buried in Diamond Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois.

Other Events:

Census: 1910, Woodson, Morgan County, Illinois

Notes:

Former Resident, 81 Years Old, Dies in Hospital
Mrs. Carrie Glasgow, who lived in Normal from 1910 until 1942, died Monday morning at Our Saviour’s hospital, Jacksonville, where she had been a patient since August 1944, according to word received in Normal Monday. Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Jacksonville.
Mrs. Glasgow, who was 81 years old, lived at 204 North Fell avenue for many years before leaving Normal in 1942. She was the youngest and last survivor of a family of eight, having been born Jan. 20, 1864, during the Civil war. Her father was born during the War of 1812 and her grandfather during the Revolutionary war.
In 1891 she was married to the Rev. S.A. Glasgow, minister of the Presbyterian church in Woodson, Ill. Mr. Glasgow died in 1908.
The Glasgows had four children, two of whom survive, Lt. Arthur Glasgow, of San Diego, Calif., who recently returned from 18 months in the southwest Pacific as a chaplain in the navy, and James Glasgow, who teaches geography at Michigan state Normal school, Ypsilanti, Mich., and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
She is also survived by three grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Mrs. Glasgow was a member of the First Presbyterian church in Normal until she moved to Ypsilanti several years ago. Services Wednesday will be conducted at the Williamson funeral home and burial will be in the Diamond Grove cemetery in Jacksonville.
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois. Monday, 6 August 1945.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130589380/carrie-glasgow

Carrie married Samuel Arthur Glasgow in 1892 in Brown County, Illinois. Samuel (son of James Glasgow and Mary Jane Byrns) was born on 14 Sep 1861 in Missouri Township, Brown County, Illinois; died on 26 May 1908 in Woodson, Morgan County, Illinois; was buried in Diamond Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Elkins Hersman Glasgow was born on 27 Oct 1893 in Woodson, Morgan County, Illinois; died on 9 Feb 1952 in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
3. Mary Glasgow was born on 10 Apr 1897 in Woodson, Morgan County, Illinois; died on 3 Sep 1932 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; was buried in Diamond Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois.
4. James H. Glasgow was born in 1907 in Illinois.
5. Samuel Arthur Glasgow was born on 31 Oct 1908 in Woodson, Morgan County, Illinois; died on 29 Jan 1992 in South Sioux City, Dakota County, Nebraska; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Everett, Snohomish County, Washington.

Generation: 2

Elkins Hersman Glasgow

(1.Carrie¹) was born on 27 Oct 1893 in Woodson, Morgan County, Illinois; died on 9 Feb 1952 in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.

Notes:

Rev. Samuel Glasgow, pastor of the Woodson Presbyterian church, ten miles southeast of Jacksonville, was drowned last evening on a farm near his home. He and his son, Elkins, 12 years old, had gone to bathe. The father was attempting to save his son, who had been seized by cramps, when the accident happened. Mr. Glasgow had been pastor at Woodson for seventeen years. He leaves a wife and three children.
The Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville, Illinois. Wednesday, 27 May 1908.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232868204/elkins-hersman-glasgow

Block 41, Lot SR

Mary Glasgow

(1.Carrie¹) was born on 10 Apr 1897 in Woodson, Morgan County, Illinois; died on 3 Sep 1932 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; was buried in Diamond Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois.

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148015928/mary-jones

Family/Spouse: Willet L. Jones. Willet was born on 14 Oct 1895 in Illinois; died in May 1974. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James H. Glasgow

(1.Carrie¹) was born in 1907 in Illinois.

Other Events:

Census: 1940, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan
Census: 1950, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan

Notes:

James is mentioned in the 1945 obituary of his mother, "James Glasgow, who teaches geography at Michigan state Normal school, Ypsilanti, Mich., and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor."

Miss Ruth Adams Wed to James Glasgow in Ceremony at Chicago.
In a ceremony marked by simplicity in the Thorndike Hilton Memorial chapel, adjacent to the University of Chicago quadrangles, Miss Ruth Adams became the bride of James Glasgow at 5 p.m. Saturday. Appropriate pipe organ music was played before and throughout the service.
. . . .
The bride is the daughter of Prof. and Mrs. Howard W. Adams of Normal. She is a graduate of the University high school and of the University of Chicago, having received her Ph.B. degree in 1927. During the last year she has been a member of the English department in the Senior high school at Quincy, Mass., a suburb of Boston. She is a member of Kappa Delta Pi, national scholastic fraternity.
Mr. Glasgow is the son of Mrs. Carrie Glasgow of 204 North Fell avenue. He received his bachelor of education degree at Illinois State Normal university in 1928 and during the last year has done graduate work in geography at Clark university, Worcester, mass., receiving his master’s degree last June. He is now associated with the firm of McKnight and McKnight, geographical and educational publishers, in Normal. He is a member of Kappa Delta Pi, national scholastic fraternity, Gamma Theta Upsilon, professional geography fraternity, and Theta Aphi Phi, national honorary dramatic fraternity.
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois. Sunday, 28 July 1929.

James married Ruth Adams on 3 Aug 1929 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Ruth was born about 1915 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel Arthur Glasgow

(1.Carrie¹) was born on 31 Oct 1908 in Woodson, Morgan County, Illinois; died on 29 Jan 1992 in South Sioux City, Dakota County, Nebraska; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Everett, Snohomish County, Washington.

Other Events:

_MILT: World War II. US Navy. Lt.

Notes:

Rev. Samuel Glasgow
South Sioux City – The Rev. Samuel A. Glasgow, 83, of South Sioux City, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 1992, at his residence after a long illness.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Trinity Episcopal church in Everett Wash. Becker-Hunt Funeral Home of South Sioux City is in charge of local arrangements.
Mr. Glasgow was born Oct. 31, 1908, in Woodson, Ill. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He married Arlene M. Williams Jan. 18, 1953, in Park River, N.D. He was ordained in Grafton, N.D., and had served parishes in North Dakota, Idaho, and Washington State. The couple moved to South Sioux City in 1990.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Lee of Marysville, Wash., and Jim of Seattle, Wash.; two daughters, Maureen Lambert of Escondido, Calif., and Mary Jo Busch of South Sioux City; a brother, James of Orange City, Fla.; and five grandchildren, Lisa, Chad, and Heather Busch, Carrie Lambert and Kelsey Glasgow.
Sioux City Journal, Sioux City, Iowa. Monday, 3 February 1992.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98584763/samuel-arthur-glasgow

Block 71

McKeown and Shields Families

Carrie Hersman