Calvin Glass was born in Vermont and there married Lura Cone. He saw service as a soldier in the War of 1812 and was Captain of a militia company that trained at Henderson.
In 1830, Calvin Glass brought his family to Henderson, Knox County, Ill. Indian depradations were frequent and the Black Hawk War followed soon afterward. Mr. Glass and his family found safety in a fort three miles northwest of the present site of Galesburg, for that flourishing city had not yet been laid out, and it was Captain Glass who owned the property about Henderson and platted that town.
He was a carpenter and millwright, and, in 1833, helped to build the first mill in Knox County, of which he was the first operator, assisted by two of his sons. The bolts of this mill were operated by hand power, and it was in every sense a primitive affair, but it filled a want of the time and locality, and patronized by the settlers round about, and by a good many in near-by points in Iowa, who crossed the river with their grain and grist. Captain Glass owned land on the county line, located part in Knox County and part in Warren, and passed his declining years in Kelly Township. He died at his home in Section 12, Kelly Township, March 1878.
After his first wife, Lura, died, he married 2nd, Catherine Norris in 1838. In his old age, he married Eleanor (Jones) Thomas in October 1867.
In 1830, Calvin Glass brought his family to Henderson, Knox County, Ill. Indian depradations were frequent and the Black Hawk War followed soon afterward. Mr. Glass and his family found safety in a fort three miles northwest of the present site of Galesburg, for that flourishing city had not yet been laid out, and it was Captain Glass who owned the property about Henderson and platted that town.
He was a carpenter and millwright, and, in 1833, helped to build the first mill in Knox County, of which he was the first operator, assisted by two of his sons. The bolts of this mill were operated by hand power, and it was in every sense a primitive affair, but it filled a want of the time and locality, and patronized by the settlers round about, and by a good many in near-by points in Iowa, who crossed the river with their grain and grist. Captain Glass owned land on the county line, located part in Knox County and part in Warren, and passed his declining years in Kelly Township. He died at his home in Section 12, Kelly Township, March 1878.
After his first wife, Lura, died, he married 2nd, Catherine Norris in 1838. In his old age, he married Eleanor (Jones) Thomas in October 1867.
Calvin Glass was born in Vermont and there married Lura Cone. He saw service as a soldier in the War of 1812 and was Captain of a militia company that trained at Henderson.
In 1830, Calvin Glass brought his family to Henderson, Knox County, Ill. Indian depradations were frequent and the Black Hawk War followed soon afterward. Mr. Glass and his family found safety in a fort three miles northwest of the present site of Galesburg, for that flourishing city had not yet been laid out, and it was Captain Glass who owned the property about Henderson and platted that town.
He was a carpenter and millwright, and, in 1833, helped to build the first mill in Knox County, of which he was the first operator, assisted by two of his sons. The bolts of this mill were operated by hand power, and it was in every sense a primitive affair, but it filled a want of the time and locality, and patronized by the settlers round about, and by a good many in near-by points in Iowa, who crossed the river with their grain and grist. Captain Glass owned land on the county line, located part in Knox County and part in Warren, and passed his declining years in Kelly Township. He died at his home in Section 12, Kelly Township, March 1878.
After his first wife, Lura, died, he married 2nd, Catherine Norris in 1838. In his old age, he married Eleanor (Jones) Thomas in October 1867.
In 1830, Calvin Glass brought his family to Henderson, Knox County, Ill. Indian depradations were frequent and the Black Hawk War followed soon afterward. Mr. Glass and his family found safety in a fort three miles northwest of the present site of Galesburg, for that flourishing city had not yet been laid out, and it was Captain Glass who owned the property about Henderson and platted that town.
He was a carpenter and millwright, and, in 1833, helped to build the first mill in Knox County, of which he was the first operator, assisted by two of his sons. The bolts of this mill were operated by hand power, and it was in every sense a primitive affair, but it filled a want of the time and locality, and patronized by the settlers round about, and by a good many in near-by points in Iowa, who crossed the river with their grain and grist. Captain Glass owned land on the county line, located part in Knox County and part in Warren, and passed his declining years in Kelly Township. He died at his home in Section 12, Kelly Township, March 1878.
After his first wife, Lura, died, he married 2nd, Catherine Norris in 1838. In his old age, he married Eleanor (Jones) Thomas in October 1867.
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CAPT CALVIN GLASS
Arrived by ox team from Ohio. Owned and platted most of this village site, and gave this area as a free cemetery. Commissioned Captain at Rock Island, during Black Hawk War. Built first water mill in Knox Co. in 1833 on Henderson Creek. This marker erected in 1949 in grateful remembrance by
Fred Dunbar Glenn Glass Albert Hickman
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