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Silas Mercer Glover
1800 – 1852
| Birth | 1800 |
| Death | 1852 |
| Cemetery | Duty Cemetery Webberville , Travis County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Drew Lewis on 30 Jun 2025 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5369523 |
Bio
Silas M. Glover was a Justice of the Peace of Madison County, and as such, performed marriages in the 1830's and 1840's. He and 10 children left Madison County, AL, in late 1847 or early 1848, to go to Texas. They traveled in an oxen-drawn wagon train with Lazarus Vann, his two sons and one daughter, and two or three families named Bishop. The journey was accomplished in 3months, and it is said they came the southernmost route to avoid hostiles, and they chose this season to travel to avoid heavy spring rains. Two older daughters, Elizabeth and Louisa, had married in Alabama, and they came the following year with their families. Irena Glover stated that she and the older girls took care of the babies on this long trek to Texas. The year following the arrival in Texas, 1849, there was a grasshopper infestation resulting in total devastation of crops. That same year a cholera epidemic which seemed to follow the Colorado upriver from the coast reached Webberville and took several lives. A large Comanche Indian camp was located near where Georgetown is now. ∼ Son of Benjamin K. Glover and Mary Amanda Melvina Oliver Husband of #1 Jane Ann "Jenny" Craft #2 Sarah L. "Nancy" Vann #3 Susannah Anderson Father of 1. Louisa (Glover) Wood 2. Elizabeth Glover 3. Andrew Jackson Glover 4. Irene (Glover) Vann 5. Silas Jefferson Glover 6. Francis "Frank" Glover 7. Charles R. H. Glover 8. Martha Ellen (Glover) Wood 9. R. Carolina "Callie" Glover 10 Sarah Catherine Glover 11 Lazarus Benjamin Thomas His 2nd wife, Sarah L. Vann, was the daughter of Moonbeam of the Cherokee Nation Native Americans. SILAS MERCER GLOVER was born 1800 in Elbert, GA and died 07 MAR 1851 in Travis County, TX. Buried Ebenezer Baptist Churchyard, Webberville, TX. He married (1) Jane Ann Craft 17 JAN 1820 in Huntsville, Madison, AL the daughter of Ezekiel Craft (Rev. Soldier). Marriage was performed by John Grayson, JP. He married (2) Sarah L. Nancy Vann 16 FEB 1843 in Huntsville, Madison, AL daughter of Lazarus Vann and a Cherokee lady whose name is not known. Sarah L.'s date of birth and death are not known. The last child of Sarah L. Vann Glover was born in 1847, and shortly after that Silas M. left Alabama for Texas. There are some descendants who believe Sarah L. died en route to Texas, but there is no proof that such happened. He married (3) Susannah Anderson, widow with several children, 20 NOV 1850 in Travis County, TX. She was born 1817 in Kentucky (Tammy Gunnels Potter).
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Age 52 years
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Siblings
- Mary B Glover Vann 1801–1875 FaG
- Nancy Benton Glover Grayson 1809–1859 FaG
- James M Glover 1812–1900 FaG
Children
- Silas Jefferson Glover 1821–1889
- Louisa Glover Wood 1824–1900
- Andrew Jackson Glover 1828–1861
- Irena Glover Vann 1829–1900
- Charles Hodge Glover 1835–1884
- Martha Ellen Glover Wood 1837–1911
- Sarah Glover Standifer 1845–1920
- Callie Glover 1846–1910
- Benjamin Thomas Glover 1847–1888
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