Glasgow Surname Project

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Moses Thomas Glasgow

1809-10-29 – 1892-01-13

Glasgow-589 · 1 mapped association

Bakerstown, Richland Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United StatesLogan, Ohio, United States

At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
11Close relations
4Evidence items
0Candidate leads
Birth
1809-10-29 · Bakerstown, Richland Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Death
1892-01-13 · Logan, Ohio, United States
Parents
John GlasgowunmarkedPeninnah (Thomas) Glasgowunmarked
Spouses
Martha W (Thompson) GlasgowMary (Cavin) GlasgowMary J (Pierce) Glasgow
Children
Clara T GlasgowLois Ladd GlasgowMary Jane GlasgowPeninnah T GlasgowRobert Finley GlasgowWilliam Melanchthon Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-589
Research clusters
Worldwide One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
6

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 positionRobert Finley Glasgow (1844)
Maternal grandfather positionWilliam Melanchthon Glasgow (1856)
Maternal grandmother positionMary Jane Glasgow (1851)
Paternal grandmother positionClara T Glasgow (1853)

Known-position checks: 0 support · 1 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

No candidate met the minimum age, location or family-naming threshold.

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.

No sufficiently similar same-name person is currently indexed.

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
Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.15 claims
2Derivative
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.4 open

Which records prove the subject's identity across events?

No current conclusion recorded.

Missing bridge: Not specified

Which original or indexed records identify the parents?

No current conclusion recorded.

Missing bridge: A contemporary record explicitly identifying the parent or parents.

Which spouses and children are directly supported by records?

No current conclusion recorded.

Missing bridge: Not specified

What conflicts or same-name conflations must be resolved?

No current conclusion recorded.

Missing bridge: Not specified

Sources and provenanceStructured citations and source-quality classifications.4 sources
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-589 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2024-06-29.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birthBakerstown, Richland Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United StatesWikiTree profile field
deathLogan, Ohio, United StatesWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsJohn GlasgowGlasgow-2091780-04-28 · County Londonderry, Ireland · 1840-08-28 · Bakerstown, West Deer Twp, Allegheny Co., PA
ParentsPeninnah GlasgowThomas-146101778-01-05 · Pennsylvania, United States · 1848-12-18 · Bakerstown, West Deer Twp, Allegheny Co., PA
ChildrenLois Ladd GlasgowGlasgow-23571842-00-00 · Ohio, United States · 1870-00-00
ChildrenRobert Finley GlasgowGlasgow-23561844-10-02 · Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States · 1912-10-27
ChildrenMary Jane GlasgowGlasgow-23581851-00-00 · Ohio, United States · 0000-00-00
ChildrenClara T GlasgowGlasgow-23591853-00-00 · Ohio, United States · 0000-00-00
ChildrenPeninnah T GlasgowGlasgow-23601854-00-00 · Ohio, United States · 0000-00-00
ChildrenWilliam Melanchthon GlasgowGlasgow-5901856-07-05 · Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, United States · 1909-03-03 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
SiblingsRobert Alexander GlasgowGlasgow-9971807-01-07 · Bakerstown, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA · 1857-12-18 · Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
SiblingsSarah AndersonGlasgow-8071808-05-09 · Bakerstown, Richland Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States · 1894-01-31 · Freeport, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States of America
SiblingsNancy GlasgowGlasgow-2081821-00-00 · Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States · 1846-07-11 · Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
SpousesMary J GlasgowPierce-144701821-00-00 · Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States · 1846-03-14 · 1839-11-05
SpousesMartha W GlasgowThompson-631461822-00-00 · Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States · 1862-12-01 · 1848-00-00
SpousesMary GlasgowCavin-1981861-00-00 · McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States · 0000-00-00 · 1879-08-00

Profile categories

Northwood Cemetery, Logan County, Ohio Northwood_Cemetery,_Logan_County,_Ohio

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Moses married Mary J. Pierce of Cincinnati on 05-November-1839. They had three children: Lois Ladd, Robert Finley, and John Cameron (died at 5 months). Mary J. Pierce died of consumption on 14-March-1846. The children were cared for by their aunt, Mary Glasgow of Pittsburgh.
  • Moses later married Martha W. Thompson of Pittsburgh in 1848. Children from this marriage were: Mary J., Clara T. Peninnah T., and William M.
  • In August 1879 he married a third time, to Mary Cavin of McKeesport, Pennsylvania,
  • Many details about Moses and his family are included In a History of the Glasgow Family (https://www.wikitree.com/photo.php/0/0a/Glasgow-590.pdf) written by William Melanchthon Glasgow (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-590). Sources

Profile source citations

  1. Family history document written by William Melanchthon Glasgow [https://www.wikitree.com/photo/pdf/Glasgow-590] source link 1
  2. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQH-K8T : 9 November 2014), Moses T Glascow, Cincinnati, ward 8, Hamilton, Ohio, United States; citing family 2331, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). source link 1
  3. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:M4HT-PKZ : 18 February 2021), Household of Moses T Glasgon, 1860. source link 1

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Full captured biography text
Biography
Moses married Mary J. Pierce of Cincinnati on 05-November-1839. They had three children: Lois Ladd, Robert Finley, and John Cameron (died at 5 months). Mary J. Pierce died of consumption on 14-March-1846. The children were cared for by their aunt, Mary Glasgow of Pittsburgh.

Moses later married Martha W. Thompson of Pittsburgh in 1848. Children from this marriage were: Mary J., Clara T. Peninnah T., and William M.

In August 1879 he married a third time, to Mary Cavin of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, 

Many details about Moses and his family are included In a History of the Glasgow Family (https://www.wikitree.com/photo.php/0/0a/Glasgow-590.pdf) written by William Melanchthon Glasgow (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-590).
Sources
* Family history document written by William Melanchthon Glasgow [https://www.wikitree.com/photo/pdf/Glasgow-590]
* "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQH-K8T : 9 November 2014), Moses T Glascow, Cincinnati, ward 8, Hamilton, Ohio, United States; citing family 2331, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
* "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:M4HT-PKZ : 18 February 2021), Household of Moses T Glasgon, 1860.
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Raw WikiTree biography markup
[[Category:Northwood Cemetery, Logan County, Ohio]]
== Biography ==
Moses married Mary J. Pierce of Cincinnati on 05-November-1839. They had three children: Lois Ladd, Robert Finley, and John Cameron (died at 5 months). Mary J. Pierce died of consumption on 14-March-1846. The children were cared for by their aunt, Mary Glasgow of Pittsburgh.

Moses later married Martha W. Thompson of Pittsburgh in 1848. Children from this marriage were: Mary J., Clara T. Peninnah T., and William M.

In August 1879 he married a third time, to Mary Cavin of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, 

Many details about Moses and his family are included In a [https://www.wikitree.com/photo.php/0/0a/Glasgow-590.pdf History of the Glasgow Family] written by [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-590 William Melanchthon Glasgow].
== Sources ==
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* Family history document written by William Melanchthon Glasgow [https://www.wikitree.com/photo/pdf/Glasgow-590]
* "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQH-K8T : 9 November 2014), Moses T Glascow, Cincinnati, ward 8, Hamilton, Ohio, United States; citing family 2331, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
* "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:M4HT-PKZ : 18 February 2021), Household of Moses T Glasgon, 1860.
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