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WILLIAM GLASS, farmer, post office Remington, was born in Robinson township in 1811, and has always lived there. His grandfather, Isaac Glass, came to America from County Armagh, Ireland, and was a merchant by occupation. Samuel was among the oldest of the children born to this pioneer, and about 1810 purchased one hundred acres of land in Robinson township. He followed farming, and was extensively engaged in weaving, being the first person in the section who was able to do that kind of work. He married Jane, daughter of William Stewart. Mr. Stewart married a Miss Walker, who was one of three children taken by the Indians and held captive many months. To Samuel Glass and his wife nine children were born, all of whom grew to be men and women. Samuel died at the age of eighty-one years, his wife at the age of seventy-eight. William, their second child, was educated at the log schoolhouse of the township, and has followed farming all his life, owning at one time three hundred acres of land. He married, in 1835, Sarah, daughter of Andrew McCurdy, and six children were born to them: Samuel, Lizzie, Hugh M., Lutitia, Rocsa and Emma. Mr. Glass was school director and tax-collector for thirty years, and supervisor for twenty-five years. He is a member of the U. P. Church, and a republican.