Biography
Harold Glyn Glasgow was born on February 4, 1929, in Heflin, Alabama, "Alabama, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945" citing Affiliate Publication Title: World War II Draft Cards for the State of Alabama; Digital film/folder number: 102630658; Image number: 1686 (accessed 5 September 2026) Name: Harold Glyn Glasgow; Residence Place: Birmingham; Military Draft Registration Date: 27 Feb 1947; Military Draft Registration Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; Birth Date: 04 Feb 1929; Birth Place: Heflin, Alabama; Race: White; Weight: 135; Occupation Employer: Jones Valley High School; Height: 5 7; Relationship To Head: Father; Complexion: Ruddy; Hair Color: Brown; Eye Color: Blue. to Ralph Glasgow and Vera Johnson "Obituary for Harold Glyn Glasgow" Newspapers.com The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee) Sun, Jan 26, 2020, page A24 (accessed 5 September 2026). 

At the 1930 census, Harold was living on Ross Street in Heflin, Alabama, with his parents. "United States, Census, 1930" citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T626; Affiliate Film Number: 8; Line: 30; Digital film/folder number: 004949977; FHL microfilm: 2339743; Image number: 83; Record number: 3693; Sheet number: 6; Sheet letter: A; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N03727-4 (accessed 5 September 2026) Harold Glasgow (1), single son, in household of Vera Glasgow (20) in Heflin, Cleburne, Alabama, United States. Born in Alabama. 

At the 1940 census, Harold was living in Beat 6, Cleburne County, Alabama, with his parents and siblings Jeanene and Jimmy. "United States, Census, 1940" citing Affiliate Publication Number: T627; Line: 63; Digital film/folder number: 005454707; Image number: 651; Sheet number: 11; Sheet letter: B (accessed 5 September 2026) Harold Glasgow (11), single son, in household of Ralph Glasgow (34) in Election Precinct 6 Ashland, Clay, Alabama, United States. Born in Alabama. 

At the 1950 census, Glyn was recorded in a dormitory at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. "1950 United States Federal Census" National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Roll: 2888; Page: 45; Enumeration District: 63-38A - (accessed 5 September 2026) H Glyn Glasgow (22), single head of household in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Born in Alabama. He graduated with a BS in Physical Education in 1951. He later got a master's degree in International Affairs from George Washington University in 1972. "Obituary for Harold Glyn Glasgow" Newspapers.com The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee) Sun, Jan 26, 2020, page A24 (accessed 5 September 2026). 

Harold married Jean Carol Cunningham on September 4, 1954, at the Alberta Baptist Church in Alberta City in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. "Marriage of Glasgow / Cunningham" Newspapers.com The Birmingham News (Birmingham, Alabama) Wed, Sep 8, 1954, page 18 (accessed 5 September 2026). 

Harold served in the Marine Corps for 36 years and reached the rank of major general. He served as the commanding officer of the 6th Marines from May 8, 1975, to June 3, 1976. https://www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/THE%202D%20MARINE%20DIVISION%20AND%20ITS%20REGIMENTS%20%20PCN%2019000319300.pdf#page=45 He was also the president of the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen, Texas, for 12 years. 

After his retirement, Harold became interested in genealogy. He published two family history books: All My Life: A Family Record of the Glasgow, Hunter, Williams, McKinney, Hightower, Prater, Harlan, and Related Families 1735-2008 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/259064-all-my-life-a-family-record-of-the-glasgow-hunter-williams-mckinney-hightower-prater-harlan-and-related-families-1735-2008?offset=1 and the two-volume Down Through the Years: A Family Record of the Owen, Owens, Johnson, Cheatwood, Kent, Peters, Watson, Shepherd, Williams, Dean, Treadaway, Crews, Holley, Hayes, and Related Families 1660-2010. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/258292-down-through-the-years-a-family-record-of-the-owen-owens-johnson-cheatwood-kent-peters-watson-shepherd-williams-dean-treadaway-crews-holley-hayes-and-related-families-1660-2010?offset=10 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/165541-down-through-the-years-a-family-record-of-the-owen-owens-johnson-cheatwood-kent-peters-watson-shepherd-williams-dean-treadaway-crews-holley-hayes-and-related-families-1660-2010-vol-02?offset=6 Neither of the books are available to read online as of 2026.

Harold died on January 19, 2020, at the Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. 
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[[Category:United States Marine Corps Generals]]
== Biography ==
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Harold Glyn Glasgow was born on February 4, 1929, in Heflin, Alabama,<ref>"Alabama, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"<br/>citing Affiliate Publication Title: World War II Draft Cards for the State of Alabama; Digital film/folder number: 102630658; Image number: 1686<br/>{{FamilySearch Record|Q2CT-81C9}} (accessed 5 September 2026)<br/>{{FamilySearch Image|3Q9M-CS8J-14PP-4}}<br/>Name: Harold Glyn Glasgow; Residence Place: Birmingham; Military Draft Registration Date: 27 Feb 1947; Military Draft Registration Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; Birth Date: 04 Feb 1929; Birth Place: Heflin, Alabama; Race: White; Weight: 135; Occupation Employer: Jones Valley High School; Height: 5 7; Relationship To Head: Father; Complexion: Ruddy; Hair Color: Brown; Eye Color: Blue.</ref> to [[Glasgow-3760|Ralph Glasgow]] and [[Johnson-184651|Vera Johnson]]<ref>"Obituary for Harold Glyn Glasgow" Newspapers.com<br/>The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee) Sun, Jan 26, 2020, page A24<br/>{{Newspapers.com|205322791}} (accessed 5 September 2026).</ref>

At the 1930 census, Harold was living on Ross Street in Heflin, Alabama, with his parents.<ref>"United States, Census, 1930"<br/>citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T626; Affiliate Film Number: 8; Line: 30; Digital film/folder number: 004949977; FHL microfilm: 2339743; Image number: 83; Record number: 3693; Sheet number: 6; Sheet letter: A; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N03727-4<br/>{{FamilySearch Record|36R5-JPZ}} (accessed 5 September 2026)<br/>{{FamilySearch Image|33S7-9R44-W1S}}<br/>Harold Glasgow (1), single son, in household of Vera Glasgow (20) in Heflin, Cleburne, Alabama, United States. Born in Alabama.</ref>

At the 1940 census, Harold was living in Beat 6, Cleburne County, Alabama, with his parents and siblings Jeanene and Jimmy.<ref>"United States, Census, 1940"<br/>citing Affiliate Publication Number: T627; Line: 63; Digital film/folder number: 005454707; Image number: 651; Sheet number: 11; Sheet letter: B<br/>{{FamilySearch Record|V1LK-VDJ}} (accessed 5 September 2026)<br/>{{FamilySearch Image|3QS7-L9MR-13SQ}}<br/>Harold Glasgow (11), single son, in household of Ralph Glasgow (34) in Election Precinct 6 Ashland, Clay, Alabama, United States. Born in Alabama.</ref>

At the 1950 census, Glyn was recorded in a dormitory at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.<ref>"1950 United States Federal Census"<br/>National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Roll: 2888; Page: 45; Enumeration District: 63-38A<br/>{{Ancestry Sharing|67023814|7b22746f6b656e223a22336878365969736f74656e486c5377542f725247794761626b2b7542664866772b45556f57786d354c43413d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d}} - {{Ancestry Record|62308|99688734}} (accessed 5 September 2026)<br/>H Glyn Glasgow (22), single head of household in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Born in Alabama.</ref> He graduated with a BS in Physical Education in 1951. He later got a master's degree in International Affairs from George Washington University in 1972.<ref name="Obit">"Obituary for Harold Glyn Glasgow" Newspapers.com<br/>The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee) Sun, Jan 26, 2020, page A24<br/>{{Newspapers.com|205322791}} (accessed 5 September 2026).</ref>

Harold married Jean Carol Cunningham on September 4, 1954, at the Alberta Baptist Church in Alberta City in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.<ref>"Marriage of Glasgow / Cunningham" Newspapers.com<br/>The Birmingham News (Birmingham, Alabama) Wed, Sep 8, 1954, page 18<br/>{{Newspapers.com|205322576}} (accessed 5 September 2026).</ref>

Harold served in the Marine Corps for 36 years and reached the rank of major general.<ref name="Obit" /> He served as the commanding officer of the 6th Marines from May 8, 1975, to June 3, 1976.<ref>https://www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/THE%202D%20MARINE%20DIVISION%20AND%20ITS%20REGIMENTS%20%20PCN%2019000319300.pdf#page=45</ref> He was also the president of the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen, Texas, for 12 years.<ref name="Obit" />

After his retirement, Harold became interested in genealogy.<ref name="Obit" /> He published two family history books: ''All My Life: A Family Record of the Glasgow, Hunter, Williams, McKinney, Hightower, Prater, Harlan, and Related Families 1735-2008''<ref>https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/259064-all-my-life-a-family-record-of-the-glasgow-hunter-williams-mckinney-hightower-prater-harlan-and-related-families-1735-2008?offset=1</ref> and the two-volume ''Down Through the Years: A Family Record of the Owen, Owens, Johnson, Cheatwood, Kent, Peters, Watson, Shepherd, Williams, Dean, Treadaway, Crews, Holley, Hayes, and Related Families 1660-2010''.<ref>https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/258292-down-through-the-years-a-family-record-of-the-owen-owens-johnson-cheatwood-kent-peters-watson-shepherd-williams-dean-treadaway-crews-holley-hayes-and-related-families-1660-2010?offset=10</ref><ref>https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/165541-down-through-the-years-a-family-record-of-the-owen-owens-johnson-cheatwood-kent-peters-watson-shepherd-williams-dean-treadaway-crews-holley-hayes-and-related-families-1660-2010-vol-02?offset=6</ref> Neither of the books are available to read online as of 2026.

Harold died on January 19, 2020, at the Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.<ref name="Obit" />
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