Family Group Sheet for Eliza GATLIN


Husband: Frances GLASS
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Birth: abt 1797
Other Spouses: Sarah VARNER
Marriage: 31 Dec 1857 Butler Co Alabama
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Spouse: Eliza GATLIN
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Birth: 1826 Alabama
Father: Moses Allen GATLIN (1782->1856)
Mother: Chloe ROWE (1777-~1855)

Children:
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1 M: William GLASS
Birth: abt 1880 Livingston, Texas

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Notes for Frances GLASS
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 From: Charles Glass <charlesglass@hotmail.com>
 Date: Monday, November 01, 1999 11:39 AM
 I read your posting on the Gatlin GenForum concerning Moses and Chloe
Gatlin  and I was wondering if these were the same people who show up in the 1850
census in Butler County, AL?  I am searching for the parents of Eliza
 "Ghatlin",(I believe that her name was misspelled in the marriage records)
who married Francis Glass on 12/31/1857 in Butler Co., AL. Frank Glass
was my GGGrandfather.  He would have been approximately 60 years old when he
married Eliza, who was probably 32 at the time of their marriage.  I am
certain that there were other children for Moses and would like to know if  you might have other information on them.
Thanks, Charlie
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e-mail from charlesglass@hotmail.com

Thanks for this excellent info! We (there are several of us working on this
line) have a similiar problem in researching Francis Glass' parents that you
have had with Moses Gatlin.  It seems that when we get back to the 1700's
information begins to get very sparce.

In a effort to get a better understanding of Francis Glass, we constructed a
timeline to indicate his travels from NC to TX.  He was born in Mecklenberg
County, NC in about 1797.  He married Sarah Varner, whose parents we have
not located, on 3/13/1822 in Mecklenberg Co. My GGGrandfather, John Dionysus
Glass, was born on 2/8/1832 in Mecklenberg Co.  In 1833, the family moved to
Selma, AL.  In 1838, land sales records indicate that Francis purchased
39.987 acres in Cahaba, AL, which is about 15 miles south of Selma.  The
1840 census shows Francis, Sarah, John D., Mary A., Benjamin A. and Samuel
in Selma, AL.  The 1850 census shows the family in Lowndes Co., AL.

In 1857, Francis married Eliza "Ghatlin" in Butler Co., AL on 12/31/1857.  I
have felt that the name was misspelled on the marriage records and it
probably was Gatlin.  We also assume that this means that Sarah Varner Glass
died in the mid 1850s.  He would have been about 60 years of age and she
would have been about 32.  The 1860 census shows Francis, Eliza and Robert
W. H., age 2, AL.  The 1870 census shows Francis, Eliza and son living in
Livingston, TX.  The 1880 census show Eliza Glass and son, William, in
Livingston, TX.

We are currently searching for the burial sites for both Eliza and Francis
and feel that it is probably in the Livingston, TX area.  There was a
William Glass who was a Texas Ranger in the 1880s and was from this area in
E. Texas.  He was somewhat of a hero and has a memorial in the Texas Ranger
Hall of Fame in Waco, TX.  There is a strong possibility that he is the son
of Francis and Eliza, but unproven at this time.
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