Rev Thomas Glanville

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Rev Thomas Glanville was born on 15 May 1807 at St Enoder, CON, ENG; or St Columb.
     He married Mary Donnell on 25 December 1838 at Cave Springs, MO, USA, (when age calculated as 31 years, 7 months and 10 days) probably the Presbyterian Church.
     He married Jane Harriet Reser on 8 April 1844 at Urbana, Dallas Co., MO, USA, (when age calculated as 36 years, 10 months and 24 days.)
     He died on 20 September 1863 at Urbana, Dallas Co., MO, USA, (when age calculated as 56); shot the same night as his son; see Martyrdom in Missouri, by Rev WM Leftwich DD. pub. 1870...
CHAPTER XXII.

REVS. D. B. COOPER, H. N. WATTS AND THOS. GLANVILLE.

Rev. D. B. Coopei — Attempt Made to Ride him on a Rail — Defeated bv the Timelv Appearance of Soldiers — Particulars Furnished by Dr. N. W. Harris— Rev. H. N. Watts— A Native of Missouri- Efforts Made to Place the Old Ministers under Disability or Run them out of the State — Mr. Watts Arrested — Silenced — Correspondence with Provost Marshals Ried and Sanderson— "Test Oath" — Rev. Thos. Glanville — An Englishman by Birth — Early Life — Peculiar Trials — Manner of Life as a Citizen and a Minister — Driven from Home in 1863 — Returns and Obtains Written Permission to Preach — Warned not to fill his Appointment on Sabbath, September 20, 1863 — Remains at Home — That Night he is Shot Through his Window — Shot a Second and Third Time, and Expires Praying for his Murderers — His Eldest Son Shot and Killed the Same Night — Details Furnished by J. H. Ross and Rev. John Monroe — Conclusion.
     He was buried in September 1863 at Bowers Chapel Cemetery, Urbana, Dallas Co., MO, USA.

Other information

     Rev Thomas Glanville immigrated in 1830 to St Louis Co., MO, USA.
     Believed to be parents to William Reser Glanville and John Thomas Glanville - the latter being father of Lotus Ellen Glanville.
     On 29 July 1845 Thomas may have been Thomas Glanville, officiating minister at the marriage of Jane Donnell (sister to his own wife Mary) to John Adams. This man was recorded as "Minister of the Gospel, Methodist Episcopal Church."