Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

James Polk Glasgow

1807-10-27 – 1883-03-31

Glasgow-3027 · 1 mapped association

Fleming, Kentucky, United States→Death place unknown
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At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
3Close relations
3Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
1807-10-27 · Fleming, Kentucky, United States
Death
1883-03-31 · Place not recorded
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Hester Isabel (Baldwin) Glasgow
Children
James Austra GlasgowRachel Isabella (Glasgow) Morehouse
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-3027
Research clusters
Worldwide One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
4

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 positionJames Austra Glasgow (1846)
Maternal grandfather positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Maternal grandmother positionRachel Isabella (Glasgow) Morehouse (1842)
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 fit31/100
Weak Lead
Dates1763–1835Generation44 years age gapRecorded placesIreland · Newberry, South Carolina, United States · County Antrim — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Collateral Naming · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowElizabeth (Kinard) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 44-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Elizabeth (Kinard) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (44) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 79 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1842), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate already has another child named James Glasgow (Glasgow-2439) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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  • plausible 44-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 79 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1842), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1785–1808) (+6; other parent Elizabeth (Kinard) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Elizabeth (Kinard) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (44) 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): Rachel +10 (25 public profiles; niece/nephew Rachel Keller Glasgow, sibling Rachel McCrackin; +2 repetition bonus) (+10 total)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate already has another child named James Glasgow (Glasgow-2439) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Automated fit30/100
Weak Lead
Dates1785–1820Generation22 years age gapRecorded placesLocation not supplied — profile holding pointIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 22-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1842), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

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  • plausible 22-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1842), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate and subject share the given name James (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 224 public profiles)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son James Austra Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, James in 224 profiles)

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

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit21/100
Weak Lead
Dates1778–1853Generation29 years age gapRecorded placesRockbridge, Virginia, United States · Brush Creek Township, Adams, Ohio, United States · Rockbridge, Virginia, USAIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowRhoda Neely (Montgomery) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 29-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Rhoda Neely (Montgomery) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (28) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 64 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1842), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded Joseph Montgomery Glasgow in Brush Creek Township, Adams, Ohio, United States within 0 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

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  • plausible 29-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 64 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1842), 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 (1803–1822) (+6; other parent Rhoda Neely (Montgomery) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Rhoda Neely (Montgomery) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (28) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Rachel +8 (25 public profiles; subject branch: Rachel Isabella (Glasgow) Morehouse; candidate branch: Rachel Ramsey (Glasgow) Graham) (+8 total)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded Joseph Montgomery Glasgow in Brush Creek Township, Adams, Ohio, United States within 0 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

Automated fit20/100
Weak Lead
Dates1776–1850Generation31 years age gapRecorded placesNorth Carolina, United States · Smith, Tennessee, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 31-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 66 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1842), 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 31-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 66 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1842), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate and subject share the given name James (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 224 public profiles)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son James Austra Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, James in 224 profiles)

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

Automated fit19/100
Weak Lead
Dates1769–1818Generation38 years age gapRecorded placesNewberry District South Carolina (estimated) · Newberry, South Carolina, United States · Newberry District South CarolinaIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 38-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 73 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1842), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 1 years of the subject (+3)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate already has another child named James Glasgow (Glasgow-3981) 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 73 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1842), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 1 years of the subject (+3)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Rachel +8 (25 public profiles; subject branch: Rachel Isabella (Glasgow) Morehouse; candidate branch: Rachel Keller) (+8 total)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate already has another child named James Glasgow (Glasgow-3981) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit23/100
Weak Lead
Dates1775–?Generation32 years age gapRecorded placesNewberry, South Carolina, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Child Naming · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 32-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 67 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1842), 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 32-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 67 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1842), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's given name recurs among another recorded child (+3; Rachel occurs in 25 public profiles)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Rachel +8 (25 public profiles; niece/nephew Rachel Keller Glasgow) (+8 total)

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

Automated fit22/100
Weak Lead
Dates1773–?Generation34 years age gapRecorded placesNewberry, South Carolina, United StatesIndependent 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 69 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1842), 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 34-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 69 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1842), 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): Rachel +10 (25 public profiles; niece/nephew Rachel Keller Glasgow, sibling Rachel McCrackin; +2 repetition bonus) (+10 total)

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

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit20/100
Weak Lead
Dates1785–1853Generation22 years age gapRecorded placesRockbridge, Rockbridge County, Virginia · Seaman, Adams County, Ohio, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 22-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1842), 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 22-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1842), 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): Rachel +8 (25 public profiles; niece/nephew Rachel Ramsey (Glasgow) Graham) (+8 total)

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

Automated fit20/100
Weak Lead
Dates1781–1806Generation26 years age gapRecorded placesRockbridge, Virginia, United States · Adams, Ohio, 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 61 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1842), 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 26-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 61 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1842), 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): Rachel +8 (25 public profiles; niece/nephew Rachel Ramsey (Glasgow) Graham) (+8 total)

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

Automated fit20/100
Weak Lead
Dates1776–1846Generation31 years age gapRecorded placesPennsylvania, United States · Highland, Ohio, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 31-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 66 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1842), 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 31-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 66 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1842), 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): Rachel +8 (25 public profiles; niece/nephew Rachel Ramsey (Glasgow) Graham) (+8 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 fit43/100
Similar Person
Dates1805–1890PlacesClough, County Antrim, Ireland, United Kingdom → Portadown, County Antrim, Ireland, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Open side-by-side comparison

Same-name candidate

James GlasgowGlasgow-3196

Automated fit43/100
Similar Person
Dates1805–?PlacesCounty Tyrone, Ireland, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)

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. 1807

Profile-stated birthplace: Fleming, Kentucky, United States

Fleming, Kentucky, 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-3027

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
1Unknown

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.3 sources

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

  1. tree_only "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 17 January 2022, 20:00), entry for James Polk Glasgow (PID https://beta.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:9SB4-K3B ); contributed by various users.
  2. unknown https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Mostly_Glasgow/9Wh_HAAACAAJ?hl=en
  3. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-3027
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-3027 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2025-06-28.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Fleming, Kentucky, United StatesWikiTree profile field
marriage1829-12-20Daviess, Indiana, United StatesWikiTree relationship field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenRachel Isabella MorehouseGlasgow-35831842-03-08 · Illinois, United States · 1923-07-12
ChildrenJames Austra GlasgowGlasgow-35841846-08-23 · Monroe, Illinois, United States · 1940-12-12
SpousesHester Isabel GlasgowBaldwin-204321808-06-10 · Union, North Carolina, United States · 1884-11-28 · 1829-12-20 · Daviess, Indiana, United States

Record-bearing passages

Profile source citations

  1. "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 17 January 2022, 20:00), entry for James Polk Glasgow (PID https://beta.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:9SB4-K3B ); contributed by various users. source link 1 source link 2
  2. https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Mostly_Glasgow/9Wh_HAAACAAJ?hl=en source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
James was born in 1807. He passed away in 1883.
* Fact: Also Known As Glassgow, Glassgowe
* Fact: Residence (20 Dec 1829) , Daviess,
* Fact: Residence (1850) St. Clair county, part of, St. Clair, Illinois
* Fact: Residence (1860) Township 1 S Range 8 W, St Clair, Illinois, United States
* Fact: Residence (1870) Harristown, Macon, Illinois, United States
* Fact: Burial Prairie Lawn Cemetary, Block 243, Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Sources
* "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 17 January 2022, 20:00), entry for James Polk Glasgow (PID https://beta.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:9SB4-K3B ); contributed by various users.
* https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Mostly_Glasgow/9Wh_HAAACAAJ?hl=en
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==

James was born in 1807.  He passed away in 1883.
* Fact: Also Known As  Glassgow, Glassgowe
* Fact: Residence (20 Dec 1829)  , Daviess,
* Fact: Residence (1850)  St. Clair county, part of, St. Clair, Illinois
* Fact: Residence (1860)  Township 1 S Range 8 W, St Clair, Illinois, United States
* Fact: Residence (1870)  Harristown, Macon, Illinois, United States
* Fact: Burial   Prairie Lawn Cemetary, Block 243, Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States


== Sources ==
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* "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (http://familysearch.org : modified 17 January 2022, 20:00), entry for James Polk Glasgow (PID https://beta.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:9SB4-K3B ); contributed by various users.
* https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Mostly_Glasgow/9Wh_HAAACAAJ?hl=en