Glasgow Surname Project

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Marcus Alexander Drayton Glasgow

1857-03-20 – 1935-05-15

Glasgow-655 · 1 mapped association

Cobb, Georgia, United States→Jefferson, Alabama, United States
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Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
2Close relations
2Evidence items
10Candidate leads
Birth
1857-03-20 · Cobb, Georgia, United States
Death
1935-05-15 · Jefferson, Alabama, United States
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Phoebe Olivia (Samples) Glasgow
Children
Clara (Glasgow) Powell
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-655
Research clusters
Worldwide One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
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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 positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Maternal grandfather positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Maternal grandmother positionClara (Glasgow) Powell (1891)
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
Dates1820–1894Generation37 years age gapRecorded placesAdams, Ohio, United States · Washington, Washington, Iowa, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Collateral Naming · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowMary Ramsey (Finley) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Mary Ramsey (Finley) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (38) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 71 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1891), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

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

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  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 71 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1891), 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 (1841–1861) (+6; other parent Mary Ramsey (Finley) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Mary Ramsey (Finley) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (38) 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): Clara +12 (10 public profiles; niece/nephew Clara (Glasgow) Preston) (+12 total)

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

Automated fit25/100
Weak Lead
Dates1824–1909Generation33 years age gapRecorded placesTranquility, Scott Township, Adams, Ohio, United States · Courtland, Republic, Kansas, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Collateral Naming · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowNancy Ann (Campbell) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 33-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Nancy Ann (Campbell) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (32) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 67 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1891), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded Linnet Adelaide (Glasgow) Thompson in Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, United States within 2 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

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  • plausible 33-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 67 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1891), 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 (1847–1869) (+6; other parent Nancy Ann (Campbell) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Nancy Ann (Campbell) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (32) 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): Clara +12 (10 public profiles; niece/nephew Clara (Glasgow) Preston) (+12 total)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded Linnet Adelaide (Glasgow) Thompson in Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, 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 fit24/100
Weak Lead
Dates1832–1879Generation25 years age gapRecorded placesAdams, Ohio, United States · Promise City, Wayne, Iowa, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 59 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1891), 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 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 59 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1891), 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): Clara +12 (10 public profiles; niece/nephew Clara (Glasgow) Preston) (+12 total)

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

Automated fit24/100
Weak Lead
Dates1820–1866Generation37 years age gapRecorded placesAdams, Ohio, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 71 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1891), 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 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 71 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1891), 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): Clara +12 (10 public profiles; niece/nephew Clara (Glasgow) Preston) (+12 total)

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

Automated fit22/100
Weak Lead
Dates1827–1909Generation30 years age gapRecorded placesAdams, Ohio, United States · Morning Sun, Louisa, Iowa, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Household · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Jane (McIntyre) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (17) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 64 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1891), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded William Stuart Glasgow in Adams, Ohio, United States within 7 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 64 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1891), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits within the candidate's overall child-bearing span (1850–1871) (+3; children are not tied to one spouse)
  • known spouse Jane (McIntyre) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (17) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Clara +12 (10 public profiles; subject branch: Clara (Glasgow) Powell; candidate branch: Clara (Glasgow) Preston) (+12 total)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded William Stuart Glasgow in Adams, Ohio, United States within 7 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit24/100
Weak Lead
Dates1834–1902Generation23 years age gapRecorded placesAdams, Ohio, United States · Corydon, Wayne, Iowa, 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 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1891), 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 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1891), 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): Clara +12 (10 public profiles; niece/nephew Clara (Glasgow) Preston) (+12 total)

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

Automated fit24/100
Weak Lead
Dates1818–1909Generation39 years age gapRecorded placesAdams, Ohio, United States · Cherry Fork, Wayne Township, Adams, Ohio, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 39-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 73 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1891), 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 39-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 73 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1891), 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): Clara +12 (10 public profiles; niece/nephew Clara (Glasgow) Preston) (+12 total)

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

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit18/100
Weak Lead
Dates1840–1915Generation17 years age gapRecorded placesAdams, Ohio, United States · Louisa, Iowa, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • possible 17-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1891), 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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  • possible 17-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1891), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • another recorded child shares the subject's birth year (+2; possible twins or date uncertainty)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Clara +12 (10 public profiles; subject branch: Clara (Glasgow) Powell; candidate branch: Clara (Glasgow) Preston) (+12 total)

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

Automated fit16/100
Weak Lead
Dates1842–1870Generation15 years age gapRecorded placesOhio, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • possible 15-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 49 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1891), 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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  • possible 15-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 49 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1891), 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): Clara +12 (10 public profiles; sibling Clara T Glasgow) (+12 total)

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

Automated fit15/100
Weak Lead
Dates1822–1862Generation35 years age gapRecorded placesPittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Household · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 35-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 69 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1891), 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's household recorded William Melanchthon Glasgow in Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, United States within 1 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

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  • plausible 35-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 69 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1891), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 1 years of the subject (+3)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Clara +12 (10 public profiles; subject branch: Clara (Glasgow) Powell; candidate branch: Clara T Glasgow) (+12 total)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded William Melanchthon Glasgow in Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, United States within 1 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

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.

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Research & records

Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.1 record
b. 1857

Profile-stated birthplace: Cobb, Georgia, United States

Cobb, Georgia, 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-655

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
1Derivative
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.2 sources

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

  1. derivative "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch ( : accessed 27 January 2021), Marcus A Glasgow, Election Precinct 29, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 123, sheet 1B, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: Nat
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WikiTree profile information

Glasgow-655

Marcus Alexander Drayton Glasgow

Updated 2021-01-27

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

Machine-readable dossier

WikiTree biography, citations and relationship snapshot

Glasgow-655 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2021-01-27.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Cobb, Georgia, United StatesWikiTree profile field
death—Jefferson, Alabama, United StatesWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenClara PowellGlasgow-6541891-02-04 · Jefferson County, Alabama, United States · 1964-03-31
SpousesPhoebe Olivia GlasgowSamples-8181860-10-07 · Cumming, Georgia, United States · 1947-06-20 · Bessemer, Alabama, United States · 0000-00-00

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Alex was born in 1857. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKQB-5HF : accessed 27 January 2021), Marcus A Glasgow, Election Precinct 29, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 123, sheet 1B, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 17; FHL microfilm 1,374,030. Sources

Profile source citations

  1. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKQB-5HF : accessed 27 January 2021), Marcus A Glasgow, Election Precinct 29, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 123, sheet 1B, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 17; FHL microfilm 1,374,030. source link 1
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Alex was born in 1857. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKQB-5HF : accessed 27 January 2021), Marcus A Glasgow, Election Precinct 29, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 123, sheet 1B, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 17; FHL microfilm 1,374,030. 
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== Biography ==

Alex was born in 1857. <ref>"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKQB-5HF : accessed 27 January 2021), Marcus A Glasgow, Election Precinct 29, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 123, sheet 1B, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 17; FHL microfilm 1,374,030.</ref>

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