William was married twice:

Married 1. Caroline Amelia (Lee) Glasgow 1880-1915 (married abt 1908)

Married 2. Marian (Finney) 1876-1969

He was the son of James Glasgow and Elizabeth (Douglass) Glasgow



Merchant Is Shot and Money Stolen (from June 6, 1935 newspaper) John T. Glasgow, of Glasgow in northern Cambria County, aged 69 is riddled with bullets and wallet and cash drawer rifled of contents. Body is found back of counter on floor. Robbery is motive and state police have two suspects under arrest but identities are not revealed. The little town of Glasgow was shocked last night when it became known that John T. Glasgow, the village merchant for the past thirty-five years and one of the community's leading citizens, was foully murdered in his store by persons evidently bent on robbery. The body of Mr. Glasgow was found slumped on the floor behind the counter by his son, Greer Glasgow, who went to the store shortly after 9 o'clock when two boys had told him that there was no one in the store and they desired to make a purchase. The fatal shots, fired from a .38 calibre weapon, were heard earlier in the evening, presumably about 8:30 o'clock, but no attention was paid to this incident and it thus gave the perpetrators approximately three-quarters of an hour to make good their escape. Three gaping wounds were found in Mr. Glasgow's body, one in the abdomen, a second tore open his left side above the kidney and the third bullet tore through the right leg above the knee. Upon finding his father's body, the son went to the home of J. C. Hommer, where Mrs. Glasgow was visiting at the time. With the assistance of Mr. Hommer, they removed the body to the home next door and a Coalport physician was summoned. The doctor pronounced the merchant dead. Coroner Cyrus W. Davis of Conemaugh and the state police were apprised of the murder and went to the scene to conduct an investigation. They learned from Charles Kuhn, a neighbor, and from the telephone operator, Miss Byrl McClelland, who was on duty in the building near the store, that two men had been seen in that vicinity earlier in the evening. Miss McClelland told the officers that after hearing the shots she saw a man running from the general direction of the store and disappear in the Lutheran Cemetery. It was reported that the state police from the Ebensburg barracks had arrested two men late this morning but their identities were not revealed. There is no doubt but that robbery was the motive, since the cash box or drawer was empty and Mr. Glasgow's wallet was missing How much money he had, either in the wallet or in the cash box, is not known, since he was alone in the store most of the evening and this fact was evidently established by the robbers before making entry.
Mr. Glasgow had spent his entire life in that community. he was the son of James and Elizabeth (DOUGLASS) Glassgow, pioneer residents and from whom the town acquired its name. He was born on Dec. 2, 1865, and was the youngest of a family of eleven children, of whom but one brother and three sisters survive. James D. Glasgow of Glasgow, Mrs. Melissa Keller of Van Ormer, Mrs. Caroline Irwin of Blandburg and Mrs. Emma Frye of Williamsburg. Mr. Glasgow was educated in the public schools of his home town and was a graduate of the Indiana State Normal school and the Poughkeepsie Business college. He taught school for eleven terms in various places in Cambria county and thirty-five years ago entered the mercantile business, which he had conducted since. He was prominently identified with the Lutheran church and had served for many years in an official capacity as elder and deacon, also as superintendent of the Sunday school. He was formerly a director in the Bellwood bank, retiring a few years ago when the two banks were merged. He was also secretary of the Reade Township Telephone company and was prominently identified with civic work in his home community. Mr. Glasgow was twice married, the first union being with Miss Carrie Lee on June 17, 1908. She died on Dec. 3, 1915. Three children were born to this union, all of whom survive, Phyllis, wife of William W. Kettelberger of Palmerton, Pa., Miss Martha Ivys, Glasgow, superintendent of the operating rooms in the Chester hospital in Chester, and Greer, at home. His second marriage was with Miss Marian Finney of Buffalo, N.Y., on Oct. 19, 1921, who survives. The body was taken to the C. J. Troxell funeral home where the coroner conducted a post-mortem examination today. It was revealed that the three shots were all fired from a .38 calibre weapon. The holding of an inquest will be decided later, after the state police and local officials complete the investigation. Funeral services will be conducte Saturday afternoon but up to noon today the hour was not decided.