My Genealogy Hound

WALKER GLAZIER, late of the town of Covert, Seneca County, was a representative farmer of this section, and a highly respected citizen. Our subject was born in Worcester, Mass., January 16, 1789, and was the son of Oliver Glazier, whose birth occurred in Shrewsbury, May 23, 1763. The latter served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and was a brave and fearless man. The maiden name of his wife was Rachel Hastings. To them were born ten children, six sons and four daughters.

Walker Glazier, of this history, was fairly educated, and at the age of nineteen he began life for himself. He went from Boston to Baltimore and Philadelphia, and finally to Peekskill, N. Y., where he married Miss Cornelia Travis. To them was granted a family of eight children. Of this household Henry, born November 6, 1813, died at the age of eighty years; John, born May 7, 1816, passed away at the age of fifty-two years; Rachel, born May 10, 1818, was married to Asaph K. Porter, and died in 1894; Phebe was born June 15, 1820, is unmarried and owns and lives on the old homestead; James T. born September 5, 1822, is living at Hornellsville; Eliza, born May 29, 1825, is the wife of Travis Hopkins; Susan, born July 30, 1828, is the widow of Lewis Rappleye, and makes her home at Oswego; Cornelia, born October 28, 1830, is the wife of William H. Van Dusen, and lives at Hornellsville.

The original of this sketch was reared to farm work, and when nineteen years of age began life for himself. He first engaged in the manufacture of nails, following this for a number of years, and then abandoned it to engage in the mercantile trade. This occupied his time and attention for four years, and at the end of that time, in 1825, the records tell us that he removed to Seneca County. He made his way to the town of Covert by means of the canal. Previous to coming here, however, he had purchased eighty acres of land located one mile north of Covert, and here Mr. Glazier lived nine years.

We next find our subject living in the town of Ovid, where he became the proprietor of two hundred acres of land, which he cultivated two years, and then, or in 1836, took possession of the place now occupied by his daughter, Phebe Glazier. It comprises one hundred and twenty-five acres of excellent land located one mile north of Trumansburg, and it has been in possession of him or some one of his family about sixty years. His death occurred in Trumansburg in 1873, and his remains were laid in Grove Cemetery. In the Baptist Church, of which he was a member, he was one of the workers. For some ten years he was Justice of the Peace, and filled many places of trust in his town. Mr. Glazier was a very successful man, and accumulated a goodly share of this world’s goods. In 1859 he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Miller. Mr. Glazier was mainly self educated, of which fact he was justly proud.