Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

James Buchanan Glasgow

1859 – c. 1900

Glasgow-2690 · 1 mapped association

Bedford, Tennessee, United States→Coffee, Tennessee, United States
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Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
3Close relations
2Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
1859 · Bedford, Tennessee, United States
Death
c. 1900 · Coffee, Tennessee, United States
Parents
Isaac Glasgowunmarked
Spouses
Mary (Arnold) Glasgow
Children
Albert Clayton Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-2690
Research clusters
Worldwide One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
2

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 positionAlbert Clayton Glasgow (1880)
Maternal grandfather positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
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.

Estimate and relationship notes
  • 1 parent reference point outside the current export.

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 fit22/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1829–1904Generation30 years age gapRecorded placesDavidson, Tennessee, United States · Alvarado, Johnson, Texas, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 7Age · Broad Geography · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Household · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Sarah Jane (Campbell) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (25) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); candidate's household recorded Alexander Jackson Glasgow in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States within 6 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

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  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: tennessee (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 6 years of the subject (+1)
  • known spouse Sarah Jane (Campbell) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (25) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son Albert Clayton Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+18; catalogue rarity 9, Albert in 3 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); candidate's household recorded Alexander Jackson Glasgow in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States within 6 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

Automated fit18/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1831–1885Generation28 years age gapRecorded placesDavidson, Tennessee, United States · Dickson, Tennessee, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Broad Geography · Household · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 28-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Kissiah (Mccaslin) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (28) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 49 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

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  • plausible 28-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 49 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: tennessee (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 3 years of the subject (+3)
  • known spouse Kissiah (Mccaslin) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (28) at the subject's birth (+7)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit18/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1829–1910Generation30 years age gapRecorded placesWeakley County, Tennessee, United States · Clay County, Arkansas, United States · Weakley County, Tennessee, USAIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Broad Geography · Household · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Elizabeth (Smart) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (23) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: tennessee (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 1 years of the subject (+3)
  • known spouse Elizabeth (Smart) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (23) at the subject's birth (+7)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Automated fit16/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1821–1897Generation38 years age gapRecorded placesGrainger, Tennessee, United States · Lyon, Kentucky, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 9Age · Broad Geography · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Indirect Multi-Factor Convergence · Repeated Marriage Surnames · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowMargaret A (Lynn) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 38-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): collateral network, household chronology, naming
  • candidate's birth is 59 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); candidate's household recorded Mary E Glasgow in Lyon, Kentucky, United States within 1 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality); candidate already has another child named James R Glasgow (Glasgow-273) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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  • plausible 38-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 59 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: tennessee (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1858–1878) (+6; other parent Margaret A (Lynn) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Sarah Ann (Colson) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (33) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • candidate and subject share the given name James (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 224 public profiles)
  • uncommon spouse surnames recur across the subject and candidate branches: Arnold +6 (+6 total)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): collateral network, household chronology, naming

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); candidate's household recorded Mary E Glasgow in Lyon, Kentucky, United States within 1 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality); candidate already has another child named James R Glasgow (Glasgow-273) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Automated fit16/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1815–1901Generation44 years age gapRecorded placesIreland, United Kingdom · Londonderry, Guernsey County, Ohio, United States · Ireland — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowJane (Neill) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 44-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 65 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Jane (Neill) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (43) at the subject's birth (+3)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate already has another child named James L Glasgow (Glasgow-2158) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 44-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 65 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1841–1861) (+6; other parent Jane (Neill) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Jane (Neill) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (43) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Gertrude +14 (7 public profiles; subject branch: Gertrude Anne (Glasgow) Adcock; candidate branch: Gertrude Glasgow) (+14 total)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate already has another child named James L Glasgow (Glasgow-2158) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit26/100
Weak Lead
Dates1840–1886Generation19 years age gapRecorded placesScott Township, Adams, Ohio, United States · Riverside, Washington, Iowa, 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 40 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

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  • plausible 19-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 40 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), 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): Gertrude +14 (7 public profiles; niece/nephew Gertrude (Glasgow) Broadwell) (+14 total)

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

Automated fit26/100
Weak Lead
Dates1833–1869Generation26 years age gapRecorded placesAdams, Ohio, United States · Jackson Township, Washington, Iowa, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 26-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), 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 26-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), 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): Gertrude +14 (7 public profiles; niece/nephew Gertrude (Glasgow) Broadwell) (+14 total)

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

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit24/100
Weak Lead
Dates1834–1920Generation25 years age gapRecorded placesTennessee, United States · Alvarado, Johnson, Texas, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Broad Geography · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Household · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 46 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 6 years of the subject (+1)

candidate's household recorded Alexander Jackson Glasgow in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States within 6 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 46 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: tennessee (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 6 years of the subject (+1)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son Albert Clayton Glasgow, the expected father position (+12; Albert in 3 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: candidate's household recorded Alexander Jackson Glasgow in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States within 6 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

Automated fit20/100
Weak Lead
Dates1826–1860Generation33 years age gapRecorded placesStewart, Tennessee, United States · Eddyville, Lyon, Kentucky, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Broad Geography · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Household · Repeated Marriage Surnames · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 33-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 54 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 3 years of the subject (+3)

candidate's household recorded Charles Colson Glasgow in Lyon, Kentucky, United States within 5 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 33-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 54 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: tennessee (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 3 years of the subject (+3)
  • uncommon spouse surnames recur across the subject and candidate branches: Arnold +6 (+6 total)

Deductions and cautions: candidate's household recorded Charles Colson Glasgow in Lyon, Kentucky, United States within 5 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

Automated fit15/100
Weak Lead
Dates1842–1904Generation17 years age gapRecorded placesScott Township, Adams, Ohio, United States · Lansing, Leavenworth, Kansas, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • possible 17-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 38 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

Show complete scoring
  • possible 17-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 38 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)
  • 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): Gertrude +14 (7 public profiles; niece/nephew Gertrude (Glasgow) Broadwell) (+14 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.

Same-name candidate

James A GlaskoGlasko-22

Automated fit38/100
Similar Person
Dates1860–?PlacesConnecticut, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)

unassessed father attachments differ (−5)

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)

Conflicts: unassessed father attachments differ (−5)

Open side-by-side comparison
Automated fit36/100
Similar Person
Dates1849–1903PlacesWeakley County, Tennessee, United States → Weakley County, Tennessee, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 10 (+10)
  • death years within 3 (+5)

unassessed father attachments differ (−5)

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 10 (+10)
  • death years within 3 (+5)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

Conflicts: unassessed father attachments differ (−5)

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.

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Research & records

Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.1 record
b. 1859

Profile-stated birthplace: Bedford, Tennessee, United States

Bedford, Tennessee, 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-2690

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
2Tree 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.2 sources

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

  1. tree_only https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/LZN7-RD7
  2. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-2690
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-2690 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2023-08-07.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Bedford, Tennessee, United StatesWikiTree profile field
death—Coffee, Tennessee, United StatesWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsIsaac GlasgowGlasgow-26921832-00-00 · Tennessee, United States · 0000-00-00
ParentsMatildaClayton-91931830-00-00 · Tennessee, United States · 0000-00-00
ChildrenAlbert Clayton GlasgowGlasgow-26891880-05-28 · Normandy, Bedford, Tennessee, United States · 1962-08-16 · San Marcos, Hays, Texas, United States
SpousesMary GlasgowArnold-234491860-05-05 · 1914-06-19 · Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee, United States · 0000-00-00

Record-bearing passages

Profile source citations

  1. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/LZN7-RD7 source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
James was born in 1859. He passed away about 1900.
Sources
* https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/LZN7-RD7
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==

James was born in 1859.  He passed away about 1900.
== Sources ==
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* https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/LZN7-RD7