H.W. GLASSCOCK
EARLY MAYOR OF THE TOWN
DECEMBER 24 , 1909
THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
TRANSCRIBED BY : TINA EASLEY
H.W. GLASSCOCK WAS ONE OF THE PIONEER CITIZENS OF GREENE COUNTY AS WELL AS OF PARAGOULD. IN HIS YOUNGER DAYS HE WAS CLERK OF THE COUNTY. HE SERVED IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY AND MADE A BRILLIANT RECORD.
AFTER MOVING TO PARAGOULD IN 1884 HE ENGAGED IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS . HE WAS SEVERAL TIMES MAYOR OF THE TOWN AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE . HE BUILT THE HOME OCCUPIED BY HIS DAUGHTER AND HER FAMILY , MRS . EUGENE SMITH , ON DEPOT STREET , WHICH WAS HIS HOME AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH SEVERAL YEARS AGO . HE ACQUIRED LARGE BODIES OF LANDS AND HAD HE LIVED TILL THIS DAY AND BEEN ABLE TO HOLD HIS LANDS WOULD HAVE BEEN , PERHAPS , THE WEALTHIEST MAN IN THE COUNTY.
HE WAS FATHER OF ALBERT GLASSCOCK AND MRS. EUGENE SMITH . HE WAS NEARLY ALL HIS LIFE A PILLAR IN THE METHODIST CHURCH AND WAS A LIBERAL SUPPORTER OF THE MINISTRY . THE LAST AND THIRD WIFE OF CAPT. GLASSCOCK , WHO WAS THE WIDOW OF DR. HUNTER SURVIVES HIM AND LIVES WITH HIS DAUGHTER , MRS. WILL TRICE.