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John Knox Glassford + Augusta M. Lucas

Thomas Stowell Phelps + Margaret Riche Levy

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Col. William Alexander Glassford	11 APR 1853 -- 5 AUG 1931
Allie Seymour Davis	24 OCT 1858 -- 9 JAN 1937

Thomas Stowell Phelps	7 NOV 1848 -- 3 NOV 1915
Elwena D. Martin	NOV 1854 -- 22 JAN 1930

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William A. Glassford

Vice Adm. William Alexander Glassford

Birth	6 JUN 1886		CA, San Francisco Co, San Francisco ⚑ More on this location Links San Francisco Co, CA TTTP California TTTP FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page
Educ.	1906⁴		MD, Anne Arundel Co, Annapolis, Naval Academy⁴ ⚑ More on this location Links Anne Arundel Co MDGenWeb Site FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Maryland TTTP
Navy	1909		USS Preble (DD12), Ensign
Navy	1911-1912⁷		USS Paul Jones (DD10), Lieutenant
Navy	1918-1919⁷		USS Shaw (DD68), Commander
Navy	1919⁷		USS Chauncey (DD296), Commander
Navy	1919-1920⁷		USS Radford (DD120), Commander
Navy	1921-1922⁷		USS Montgomery (DD121), Commander
Navy	1921-1923⁷		USS Alden (DD211), Commander
Navy	1922⁷		USS Pecos (AO6), Commander
Navy	1923³		USS Tracy (DD214), Commander
Navy	1932²		USS Augusta (CA31), Captain
Navy	1937-1939⁷		USS Maryland (BB46), Captain
Military			USA Navy / Vice Admiral / World War II
Awards			American Campaign Medal American Defense Service Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Europan-African-MidEast Campn Mexican Service Medal Navy Distinguished Service Order of the Crown of Italy World War I Victory Medal World War II Victory Medal
Death	30 JUL 1958		CA, San Diego Co, San Diego ⚑ More on this location Links San Diego Co, CA TTTP California TTTP FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Cause: lung cancer
Grave	AUG 1958		VA, Arlington Co, Arlington National Cemetery ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page

Aged: 72.1 years

Marjorie Eleanor Phelps

Aged: 32 years

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Sources

William Alexander Glassford
Book: Navy Directory, 1932; ➤
Source from: Ray Gurganus
Book: Navy directory, officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 1923; ➤
Source from: Ray Gurganus
Book: Naval Academy, Lucky Bag, 1906; ➤
Source from: Ray Gurganus
Book: Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers, 1909; ➤
Source from: Ray Gurganus
Personal: Glassford family data;
Website: NavSource Naval History; ➤
Source from: Ray Gurganus
Marriage Sources:
Personal: Glassford family data;

Eleanor Glassford
(& 3) Personal: Glassford family data;

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