GLAZE: Henry Glaze, son of a Lewis County family of that name, and his wife, together with
several children born to them in Lewis County, came here and settled on upper Spring Creek
sometime prior to the Civil War— 1861. The names of those children, we are informed, were
Marshall, Stephen S., Isaac M., Henry Granville, and Sarah and Eliza. Stepren S. served as a
Union soldier; died in that service. Marshall married, was killed by Confederate guerrillas at
the home of his father on Spring Creek, sometime during the Civil War; he left a widow and at
least one daughter, whose name was Henrietta; she married George Hess, son of a neighbor
family, February 19, 1880. Isaac M. married Miss Sarah Jane Cleavenger, of Reedy, April 14,
1866; made their lifetime home on Left Fork of Reedy on lands adjoining the old Cleavenger
farm. To Isaac M. and Sarah J. were born and reared the following children: Melvina
(“Nellie”), wife of Dr. A. L. Crislip, mother of Dr. Chester Crislip, of Spencer. Everette W.,
who married Cynthia Wright, October 17, 1894, his age 25, her ~ge 20. Emory, yet a bachelor;
Carl and B. Hoy, and Effie. We do not have the marriages of the last three—if married. Henry
Granville Glaze, son of Henry, first mentioned, married Miss Arvilla Rogers, September 10,
1868; she was a daughter of Benjamin Rogers of near Spencer. To them were born and reared
two sons named Lonah and Onah. Lonah Glaze married Bertha McClain of upper Spring Creek,
the 28th ef April, 1898, his age 23, her age 20. Clair Glaze, grandson of H. Granville, graduated
from the Spencer High School in its class of 1918.
Source: History of Roane County, West Virginia, 1774-1927 William H. Bishop, Esq. p 531
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Submitted to the West Virginia Biographies Project by:
Sandy Spradling
SSpradling@aol.com
November 28, 1999
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