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Wiley Gordon Glover

Birth
Douglasville, Douglas County, Georgia, USA
Death
21 Nov 1933 (aged 52)
Denison, Grayson County, Texas, USA
Burial
Denison, Grayson County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Wiley Gordon "Gordon" Glover was born in June 15, 1881, in Douglasville, Douglas County, Georgia, to Benjamin Stephen Glover and Martha "Mellie" Baggett. Gordon's full name is, also, often spelled "Gordon Wiley" Glover in records.

Gordon is the grandson of Margaret Brown and John F. Glover, a delegate of the Georgia Constitutional Convention of 1877, the second state Constitutional Convention to have included elected African-American delegates. In addition, Gordon is the grandson of Wiley Cash Baggett and Louisa Catherine Scoggins.

Gordon's siblings are: John Fryer Glover; Harriet "Hattie" K. Glover; Benjamin Paul Glover; Claud Key Glover; Margaret Glover Nunnelee; Clifford J. Glover; Ernest Willie Glover; and Blanch Glover Johnson.

By 1892, Gordon and his family moved to Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. By 1900, Gordon and his family moved to Texas, first living in Rockwall, Dallas County and later, Denison, Grayson County, Texas.

By 1909, Gordon worked as a Brakeman for MKT Railroad in Denison.

Gordon married Rose May, December 22, 1912, in Hill County, Texas. Their son, Carl Edwin Glover, was born in 1914 in Denison.

By 1918, Gordon and his family moved to Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas as Gordon transferred with MKT Railroad to Cleburne. He registered with the U.S. Military draft during WWI in Cleburne.

Gordon's mother, Martha "Mellie" Baggett Glover, passed away in 1921, and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Denison.

By 1930, Gordon transferred with MKT back to Denison, and the family owned a home located at 821 West Day Street in Denison.

Wiley Gordon "Gordon" Glover passed away November 21, 1933, at home. Gordon is buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Denison.

Gordon's father, Benjamin Stephen Glover, passed away in 1944 in Oklahoma and is buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Denison, not at Calvary Cemetery in Denison as Benjamin's Findagrave memorial states.

Gordon's widow, Rose, passed away in 1953 and is buried at South Burial Ground Cemetery, Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island.

Gordon's and Rose's son, Carl Edwin Glover, passed away in 1954 and his buried alongside Rose at South Burial Ground Cemetery, Warren; Rhode Island.

Wiley Gordon, "Gordon" Glover has many extended Glover, Baggett, and May family members in Texas, Oklahoma, and throughout the U.S., who love and remember him.
Wiley Gordon "Gordon" Glover was born in June 15, 1881, in Douglasville, Douglas County, Georgia, to Benjamin Stephen Glover and Martha "Mellie" Baggett. Gordon's full name is, also, often spelled "Gordon Wiley" Glover in records.

Gordon is the grandson of Margaret Brown and John F. Glover, a delegate of the Georgia Constitutional Convention of 1877, the second state Constitutional Convention to have included elected African-American delegates. In addition, Gordon is the grandson of Wiley Cash Baggett and Louisa Catherine Scoggins.

Gordon's siblings are: John Fryer Glover; Harriet "Hattie" K. Glover; Benjamin Paul Glover; Claud Key Glover; Margaret Glover Nunnelee; Clifford J. Glover; Ernest Willie Glover; and Blanch Glover Johnson.

By 1892, Gordon and his family moved to Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. By 1900, Gordon and his family moved to Texas, first living in Rockwall, Dallas County and later, Denison, Grayson County, Texas.

By 1909, Gordon worked as a Brakeman for MKT Railroad in Denison.

Gordon married Rose May, December 22, 1912, in Hill County, Texas. Their son, Carl Edwin Glover, was born in 1914 in Denison.

By 1918, Gordon and his family moved to Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas as Gordon transferred with MKT Railroad to Cleburne. He registered with the U.S. Military draft during WWI in Cleburne.

Gordon's mother, Martha "Mellie" Baggett Glover, passed away in 1921, and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Denison.

By 1930, Gordon transferred with MKT back to Denison, and the family owned a home located at 821 West Day Street in Denison.

Wiley Gordon "Gordon" Glover passed away November 21, 1933, at home. Gordon is buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Denison.

Gordon's father, Benjamin Stephen Glover, passed away in 1944 in Oklahoma and is buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Denison, not at Calvary Cemetery in Denison as Benjamin's Findagrave memorial states.

Gordon's widow, Rose, passed away in 1953 and is buried at South Burial Ground Cemetery, Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island.

Gordon's and Rose's son, Carl Edwin Glover, passed away in 1954 and his buried alongside Rose at South Burial Ground Cemetery, Warren; Rhode Island.

Wiley Gordon, "Gordon" Glover has many extended Glover, Baggett, and May family members in Texas, Oklahoma, and throughout the U.S., who love and remember him.


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