Individual research record
William Monroe Glasgow
c. 1844-06-13 – c. 1916-01-24
Glasgow-485 · 1 mapped association
At a glance
Identity & family
Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.
- Birth
- c. 1844-06-13 · Randolph, North Carolina, United States
- Death
- c. 1916-01-24 · Liberty, Randolph, North Carolina, United States
- Parents
- Jesse Lemuel Glasgowunmarked
- Spouses
- Malinda Margaret (Brown) Glasgow
- Children
- Not recorded
- Gender
- Male
- WikiTree
- Glasgow-485
- Research clusters
- Worldwide One-Tree profile leads
- Mapped descendants
- 0
Comparison context
These child positions and checks are the subject details used to rank possible parents below.
Naming sequence used by the parentage model
Known-position checks: 0 support · 0 conflict. Ordinals retain unnamed children and recognise reused names.
Estimate and relationship notes
- WikiTree marks this person as having children, but no named child profile is recoverable from this export.
Relationship comparison
Potential parents or duplicates
Compare scored leads with the subject details above—not proof.
No named children are recoverable, so child-naming analysis cannot be run.
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
William GlasgowGlasgow-3847
- 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
Same-name candidate
William Emery GlascoGlasco-103
- same first and last name (+18)
- birth years within 1 (+25)
No indexed conflict
Full comparison detail
- same first and last name (+18)
- birth years within 1 (+25)
Conflicts: No indexed conflict
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
Profile-stated birthplace: Randolph, North Carolina, United States
Randolph, North Carolina, United States
One-Tree export profile fields are search leads, not sources; relationships are shown only where the export supplies parent links.
Source and mapping detail
WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-485
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.3 claims
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.5 sources
Source or provenance: quality describes the record layer, not every conclusion drawn from it.
- unknown 1870, 1900, 1910 Federal Census
- unknown 1908 NC marriage registration
- original 1916 NC death certificate
- unknown Find A Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=104879379&ref=acom
- tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-485
Technical profile and raw captureDataset metadata, machine dossier and captured WikiTree biography.Advanced
WikiTree profile information
Glasgow-485
William Monroe Glasgow
Updated 2020-07-24
Dataset: ONT_Glasco_2026-08-18T16_05.json · generated 2026-08-20
WikiTree biography, citations and relationship snapshot
Glasgow-485 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2020-07-24.
Profile location claims
| Event | Date | Location | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| birth | — | Randolph, North Carolina, United States | WikiTree profile field |
| death | — | Liberty, Randolph, North Carolina, United States | WikiTree profile field |
Immediate relationship snapshot
| Relationship | Person | WikiTree ID | Dates and places returned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parents | Jesse Lemuel Glasgow | Glasgow-1041 | 1815-00-00 · Virginia, United States · 1863-00-00 · Randolph, North Carolina, United States |
| Children | John | Brown-43840 | 1873-00-00 · North Carolina · 1965-00-00 |
| Children | Daniel | Brown-43191 | 1887-06-18 · Randolph County, North Carolina · 1945-08-02 · Thomasville, Davidson County, North Carolina |
| Spouses | Malinda Margaret Glasgow | Brown-43839 | 1848-02-11 · Guilford County, North Carolina · 1912-12-21 · Thomasville, Davidson County, North Carolina · 0000-00-00 |
Record-bearing passages
- Biography :1870 Census, Franklinsville, Randolph County, North Carolina :Anna Giles F 70 :Malinda Brown F 22 Domestic (Next household) :William Glassgo M 26 :Martha J Glassgo F 24 :Arganna S Glassgo F 1
- :1880 Census, Franklinsville, Randolph County, North Carolina :Luke Cross M 66 :Lucinda Cross F 61 :Alfins Cross M 16 Grandson :Malinda Brown F 31 Servant (Housekeeper) :John R Brown M 7 Boarder :Minnie F Brown F 3 Boarder
- The census indicates that John and Minnie's father was born in Tennessee, but subsequent censuses do not agree with this and all say North Carolina.
- :1900 Census, Franklinville, Randolph County, North Carolina :Melinda Brown F 52 North Carolina :Mary Brown F 15 North Carolina :Daniel P Brown M 12 North Carolina
- Malinda was listed as the head of household on the 1900 Federal Census. She was educated, and she was working as a washer woman in Franklinville, Randolph County, North Carolina. Daniel's 15 year old sister, Mary, was working in a cotton mill and 12 year old Daniel was attending school.
- On December 18, 1908, in Randolph County, Malinda married William Julian Glasgow. Malinda worked for one William Glassco's mother-in-law back in 1870. This marriage occurred shortly after Martha J Giles Glassco's death. Hmmm...
- :1910 Census, Greensboro Road, Liberty, Randolph County, North Carolina :William Glascoe M 68 :Melinda Glascoe F 65
- The census appears to indicate that this is William's second marriage and Malinda's first. William was born in Virginia, as were his parents. William was a veteran of the confederate army. (But it's very complicated. He was a deserter who eventually defected to the union side. I'll post more if I can ever confirm that he is the father of Malinda's children. People seem pretty convinced that he was John R H Brown's father, at least. Maybe there are family stories. One relative said she has seen a bastardy bond indicating William fathered Daniel, too.)
- William's death certificate indicates that he died on 1/19/1916 from chronic Bright's disease. This does differ from the date of death on his tombstone. It states that he was a widowed farmer, his father is Jesse Glasgow born in Virginia, and his mother is Martha Davis born in Randolph County, North Carolina. Sources *1870, 1900, 1910 Federal Census *1908 NC marriage registration *1916 NC death certificate *Find A Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=104879379&ref=acom
Profile source citations
- 1870, 1900, 1910 Federal Census
- 1908 NC marriage registration
- 1916 NC death certificate
- Find A Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=104879379&ref=acom source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography :1870 Census, Franklinsville, Randolph County, North Carolina :Anna Giles F 70 :Malinda Brown F 22 Domestic (Next household) :William Glassgo M 26 :Martha J Glassgo F 24 :Arganna S Glassgo F 1 :1880 Census, Franklinsville, Randolph County, North Carolina :Luke Cross M 66 :Lucinda Cross F 61 :Alfins Cross M 16 Grandson :Malinda Brown F 31 Servant (Housekeeper) :John R Brown M 7 Boarder :Minnie F Brown F 3 Boarder The census indicates that John and Minnie's father was born in Tennessee, but subsequent censuses do not agree with this and all say North Carolina. :1900 Census, Franklinville, Randolph County, North Carolina :Melinda Brown F 52 North Carolina :Mary Brown F 15 North Carolina :Daniel P Brown M 12 North Carolina Malinda was listed as the head of household on the 1900 Federal Census. She was educated, and she was working as a washer woman in Franklinville, Randolph County, North Carolina. Daniel's 15 year old sister, Mary, was working in a cotton mill and 12 year old Daniel was attending school. On December 18, 1908, in Randolph County, Malinda married William Julian Glasgow. Malinda worked for one William Glassco's mother-in-law back in 1870. This marriage occurred shortly after Martha J Giles Glassco's death. Hmmm... :1910 Census, Greensboro Road, Liberty, Randolph County, North Carolina :William Glascoe M 68 :Melinda Glascoe F 65 The census appears to indicate that this is William's second marriage and Malinda's first. William was born in Virginia, as were his parents. William was a veteran of the confederate army. (But it's very complicated. He was a deserter who eventually defected to the union side. I'll post more if I can ever confirm that he is the father of Malinda's children. People seem pretty convinced that he was John R H Brown's father, at least. Maybe there are family stories. One relative said she has seen a bastardy bond indicating William fathered Daniel, too.) William's death certificate indicates that he died on 1/19/1916 from chronic Bright's disease. This does differ from the date of death on his tombstone. It states that he was a widowed farmer, his father is Jesse Glasgow born in Virginia, and his mother is Martha Davis born in Randolph County, North Carolina. Sources *1870, 1900, 1910 Federal Census *1908 NC marriage registration *1916 NC death certificate *Find A Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=104879379&ref=acom
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography == :1870 Census, Franklinsville, Randolph County, North Carolina :Anna Giles F 70 :Malinda Brown F 22 Domestic (Next household) :William Glassgo M 26 :Martha J Glassgo F 24 :Arganna S Glassgo F 1 :1880 Census, Franklinsville, Randolph County, North Carolina :Luke Cross M 66 :Lucinda Cross F 61 :Alfins Cross M 16 Grandson :Malinda Brown F 31 Servant (Housekeeper) :John R Brown M 7 Boarder :Minnie F Brown F 3 Boarder The census indicates that John and Minnie's father was born in Tennessee, but subsequent censuses do not agree with this and all say North Carolina. :1900 Census, Franklinville, Randolph County, North Carolina :Melinda Brown F 52 North Carolina :Mary Brown F 15 North Carolina :Daniel P Brown M 12 North Carolina Malinda was listed as the head of household on the 1900 Federal Census. She was educated, and she was working as a washer woman in Franklinville, Randolph County, North Carolina. Daniel's 15 year old sister, Mary, was working in a cotton mill and 12 year old Daniel was attending school. On December 18, 1908, in Randolph County, Malinda married William Julian Glasgow. Malinda worked for one William Glassco's mother-in-law back in 1870. This marriage occurred shortly after Martha J Giles Glassco's death. Hmmm... :1910 Census, Greensboro Road, Liberty, Randolph County, North Carolina :William Glascoe M 68 :Melinda Glascoe F 65 The census appears to indicate that this is William's second marriage and Malinda's first. William was born in Virginia, as were his parents. William was a veteran of the confederate army. (But it's very complicated. He was a deserter who eventually defected to the union side. I'll post more if I can ever confirm that he is the father of Malinda's children. People seem pretty convinced that he was John R H Brown's father, at least. Maybe there are family stories. One relative said she has seen a bastardy bond indicating William fathered Daniel, too.) William's death certificate indicates that he died on 1/19/1916 from chronic Bright's disease. This does differ from the date of death on his tombstone. It states that he was a widowed farmer, his father is Jesse Glasgow born in Virginia, and his mother is Martha Davis born in Randolph County, North Carolina. == Sources == <references /> *1870, 1900, 1910 Federal Census *1908 NC marriage registration *1916 NC death certificate *Find A Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=104879379&ref=acom