Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

Francis Thomas Glasgow

1854-11-16 – 1927-07-28

Glasgow-2657 · 1 mapped association

Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, United States→Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
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At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
3Close relations
4Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
1854-11-16 · Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, United States
Death
1927-07-28 · Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Grace Woodson (McPheeters) Glasgow
Children
Charles Spears Glasgow Sr.Samuel McPheeters Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-2657
Research clusters
Worldwide One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
5

Comparison context

These child positions and checks are the subject details used to rank possible parents below.

Naming sequence used by the parentage model

Paternal grandfather positionSamuel McPheeters Glasgow (1883)
Maternal grandfather positionCharles Spears Glasgow Sr. (1889)
Maternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Paternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles

Known-position checks: 0 support · 0 conflict. Ordinals retain unnamed children and recognise reused names.

Relationship comparison

Potential parents or duplicates

Compare scored leads with the subject details above—not proof.

Higher-signal leadReview carefullyWeak lead

Possible fathers5 leads

Automated fit37/100
Weak Lead
Dates1820–1901Generation34 years age gapRecorded placesAllegheny, Pennsylvania, United States · West Deer Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States · Allegheny, PAIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowElizabeth J (Blackwood) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 34-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Elizabeth J (Blackwood) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (31) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 63 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1883), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

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  • plausible 34-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 63 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1883), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1846–1866) (+6; other parent Elizabeth J (Blackwood) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Elizabeth J (Blackwood) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (31) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Charles +12 (26 public profiles; subject branch: Charles Spears Glasgow Sr., Charles Spears Glasgow Jr.; candidate branch: Charles Barnes Glasgow, Charles Alfred Glasgow; +4 repetition bonus) (+12 total)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

Automated fit35/100
Weak Lead
Dates1815–1875Generation39 years age gapRecorded placesWake Colorado, North Carolina, United States · Stoddard, Missouri, United States · Wake Co, NCIndependent clue breadth · 7Age · Collateral Naming · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowJane Caroline (Jeans) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 39-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Jane Caroline (Jeans) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (34) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1883), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded Margaret Elizabeth Caroline (Glasgow) McCann in Henry, Tennessee, United States within 2 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

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  • plausible 39-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1883), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1838–1868) (+6; other parent Jane Caroline (Jeans) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Jane Caroline (Jeans) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (34) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Charles +10 (26 public profiles; subject branch: Charles Spears Glasgow Sr., Charles Spears Glasgow Jr.; candidate branch: Charles Glasgow; +2 repetition bonus) (+10 total)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Francis +12 (11 public profiles; sibling Francis Marion Glasgow) (+12 total)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded Margaret Elizabeth Caroline (Glasgow) McCann in Henry, Tennessee, United States within 2 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit32/100
Weak Lead
Dates1829–1910Generation25 years age gapRecorded placesWeakley County, Tennessee, United States · Clay County, Arkansas, United States · Weakley County, Tennessee, USAIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Collateral Naming · Household · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Elizabeth (Smart) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (18) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 54 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1883), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

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  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 54 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1883), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 6 years of the subject (+1)
  • known spouse Elizabeth (Smart) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (18) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Francis +12 (11 public profiles; sibling Francis Marion Glasgow) (+12 total)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

Automated fit32/100
Weak Lead
Dates1822–?Generation32 years age gapRecorded placesLocation not supplied — profile holding pointIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Household · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 32-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 61 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1883), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 3 years of the subject (+3)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • plausible 32-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 61 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1883), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 3 years of the subject (+3)
  • known spouse Mary (McNeil) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (24) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son Samuel McPheeters Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, Samuel in 79 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit25/100
Weak Lead
Dates1817–1863Generation37 years age gapRecorded placesWake Co., North Carolina, United States · Weakley, Tennessee, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Collateral Naming · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowEmily Jane (Newman) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Emily Jane (Newman) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (31) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 66 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1883), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded Finley Bascom Glasgow in Weakley Co., Tennessee within 0 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

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  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 66 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1883), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1848–1860) (+6; other parent Emily Jane (Newman) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Emily Jane (Newman) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (31) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Francis +12 (11 public profiles; sibling Francis Marion Glasgow) (+12 total)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded Finley Bascom Glasgow in Weakley Co., Tennessee within 0 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit34/100
Weak Lead
Dates1820–?Generation34 years age gapRecorded placesCarrigaline — County CorkIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 34-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 63 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1883), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Francis +12 (11 public profiles; niece/nephew Francis Bernard Glasgow) (+12 total)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 34-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 63 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1883), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Francis +12 (11 public profiles; niece/nephew Francis Bernard Glasgow) (+12 total)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit30/100
Weak Lead
Dates1823–1889Generation31 years age gapRecorded placesCounty Down, Ireland · West Deer Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowJohn Cameron GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 31-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1883), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1846–1866) (+6; other parent John Cameron Glasgow)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 31-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1883), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1846–1866) (+6; other parent John Cameron Glasgow)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Charles +12 (26 public profiles; subject branch: Charles Spears Glasgow Sr., Charles Spears Glasgow Jr.; candidate branch: Charles Barnes Glasgow, Charles Alfred Glasgow; +4 repetition bonus) (+12 total)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit24/100
Weak Lead
Dates1835–?Generation19 years age gapRecorded placesGeorgia, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 19-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 48 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1883), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 19-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 48 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1883), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Francis +12 (11 public profiles; niece/nephew Francis M Glasgow) (+12 total)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

Automated fit24/100
Weak Lead
Dates1831–1907Generation23 years age gapRecorded placesWeakley, Tennessee, United States · Martin, Weakley, Tennessee, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 23-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 52 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1883), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 23-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 52 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1883), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Francis +12 (11 public profiles; sibling Francis Marion Glasgow) (+12 total)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

Automated fit24/100
Weak Lead
Dates1831–1907Generation23 years age gapRecorded placesWeakley County, Tennessee, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 23-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 52 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1883), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 23-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 52 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1883), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Francis +12 (11 public profiles; sibling Francis Marion Glasgow) (+12 total)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

How parent leads are calculated

Automated leads use birth surnames—not married surnames—as parental eligibility, role-specific biological age limits, bounded and approximate-date uncertainty, household chronology, specific time-aware localities, mapped distance, tenancy succession, migration destinations and sex-aware Scottish naming positions across generations. People already attached as the subject's parents stay in the identity summary and are excluded from this alternative-candidate list, regardless of relationship confidence. The main calibration uses clues available on disconnected profiles; existing parent and sibling links are retained as comparison context rather than treated as transferable evidence. Common ordered names and grandparent-to-child echoes receive a small non-zero weight, so a John or James match can support several independent criteria without producing a lead alone. Rare names, repeated bearers and bundles across otherwise distinct branches receive substantially more weight according to catalogue frequency. An exact migration place is weighted by its rarity and repetition across both branches; a shared destination country is worth only one point. Extra weight is added only when at least three independent clue types converge: naming, locality, specific migration, household chronology or collateral networks. Sparse profiles retain a clearly labelled chronology-only fallback instead of disappearing. Countries, states, counties and research clusters do not count as a shared locality, and fallback, broad representative or kin-inferred coordinates are excluded from distance scoring. Shared descendant profiles are removed before branch-name comparison. A candidate already recorded as a parent-in-law is excluded. A confident or independently supported parent is treated as settled; uncertain and unassessed attachments remain open to alternative comparison. A different linked parent, an uncle/aunt or grandparent path, and a matching existing child profile prevent an alternative from being classified as a strong direct-parent lead until the underlying tree conflict or duplicate is resolved. Familiar forms such as Bessie are normalised. Surname remains an eligibility filter worth zero points.

Naming customs, shared farms and occupations are circumstantial. Children, spouses and collateral relatives may be missing, and tree-derived family networks are not independent evidence. Scores rank research leads; they do not prove parentage.

Automated fit28/100
Similar Person
Dates1870–1909PlacesVirginia, United States → Richmond, Virginia, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 16 (+2)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 16 (+2)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Open side-by-side comparison
Automated fit20/100
Similar Person
Dates1868–?PlacesAlabama, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 14 (+2)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 14 (+2)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Open side-by-side comparison
How duplicate leads are calculated

Dates are eligibility gates, not merely deductions: chronologically impossible people are excluded. Dates, places, spouses, parent certainty and children's profiles and names are then compared. A high score is a prompt to inspect records, not a merge recommendation.

Open only what you need

Research & records

Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.1 record
b. 1854

Profile-stated birthplace: Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, United States

Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, United States

One-Tree export profile fields are search leads, not sources; relationships are shown only where the export supplies parent links.

One-Tree profile leadunknown
Source and mapping detail

WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-2657

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Country-centre fallback for profile locality

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.4 claims
3Unknown
1Tree Only

Documented or strongly supported

No claims in this category have been formally assessed.

Working hypotheses and conflicts

No claims in this category have been formally assessed.

Research questionsOpen problems, missing bridges and the next records to inspect.0 open

No formal open question is recorded for this person.

Sources and provenanceStructured citations and source-quality classifications.4 sources

Source or provenance: quality describes the record layer, not every conclusion drawn from it.

  1. unknown Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014 for Frank Thomas Glasgow 1927 16557-17141- death record contains birth and death information
  2. unknown US Federal Censuses - 1870, 1880, 1900
  3. unknown Francis T Glasgow
  4. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-2657
Technical profile and raw captureDataset metadata, machine dossier and captured WikiTree biography.Advanced

WikiTree profile information

Dataset: ONT_Glasco_2026-08-18T16_05.json · generated 2026-08-20

Machine-readable dossier

WikiTree biography, citations and relationship snapshot

Glasgow-2657 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2025-12-07.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, United StatesWikiTree profile field
death—Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United StatesWikiTree profile field
marriage1879-10-07Rockbridge, Virginia, United StatesWikiTree relationship field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenRev Samuel McPheeters GlasgowGlasgow-5071883-03-18 · Fincastle, Virginia · 1963-03-24 · Charlotte, North Carolina
ChildrenCharles Spears Glasgow Sr.Glasgow-32591889-02-12 · Lexington, Virginia · 1962-12-20
SpousesGrace Woodson GlasgowMcPheeters-4371856-08-31 · St. Louis, Missouri, United States · 1921-06-02 · Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States · 1879-10-07 · Rockbridge, Virginia, United States

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Francis was born in 1854. He passed away in 1927. Sources

    • Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014 for Frank Thomas Glasgow 1927 16557-17141- death record contains birth and death information
    • US Federal Censuses - 1870, 1880, 1900
    • Francis T Glasgow in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 - he is mentioned as the father of Samuel McPheeters Glasgow on Samuel's SS record

Profile source citations

  1. Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014 for Frank Thomas Glasgow 1927 16557-17141- death record contains birth and death information
  2. US Federal Censuses - 1870, 1880, 1900
  3. Francis T Glasgow
Full captured biography text
Biography
Francis was born in 1854. He passed away in 1927.
Sources
* Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014 for Frank Thomas Glasgow 1927 16557-17141- death record contains birth and death information
* US Federal Censuses - 1870, 1880, 1900
* Francis T Glasgow
in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 - he is mentioned as the father of Samuel McPheeters Glasgow on Samuel's SS record
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==

Francis was born in 1854.  He passed away in 1927.
== Sources ==
<references />
* Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014 for Frank Thomas Glasgow 1927  16557-17141- death record contains birth and death information
* US Federal Censuses - 1870, 1880, 1900
* Francis T Glasgow
in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 - he is mentioned as the father of Samuel McPheeters Glasgow on Samuel's SS record