Person:John Glasson (2)

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John C. Glasson
d.16 Nov 1954
Facts and Events
Name[1] John C. Glasson
Gender Male
Birth[2] Abt 1878 Gwennap, Cornwall, England
Marriage to Karolina Månsdotter
Death? 16 Nov 1954
Burial[3] Sunset Park Cemetery, Lakeview, Lake County, Oregon

Place of birth comes from Vera Madden correspondence re Glasson Family, 1 October 2005.

According to his nephew, Ted Schönström, John's mother ran a boarding house for miners in Silver Plume, Colorado following the death of his father, James, in 1883. John worked in and around the mines a "mule skinner" driving ore wagons pulled by mule teams loaded with silver concentrate. In his later years, he was Town Marshall of Lakeview, Oregon.

References
  1. Photograph, 50th Wedding Anniversary.
  2. Census Records
    Roll: 2, Page: 12, County: Clear Creek ED: 2.

    Colorado State Census of 1885
    Jno C. Glasson, Color: W, Sex: M, Age: 7, Birth Place: Eng, Father's Birth Place: Eng, Mother's Birth Place: Eng

  3. Cemetery Records
    Block 169, Lot 7.

    Burial Records, Sunset Park Cemetery, Lakeview, Lake County, Oregon, Established 1919. Operated by the Lake County Cemetery Maintenance District #CM-0185