LC control no. | no 95042366 |
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Personal name heading | Glass, P. T. (Presley Thornton), 1824-1902 |
Variant(s) | Glass, Presley Thornton, 1824-1902 Glass, Mr. (Presley Thornton), 1824-1902 |
Found in | Oleomargarine ... 1886: caption title (Hon. P. T. Glass of Tennessee) Bio. dir. Am. Con., 1961 (Glass, Presley Thornton; Democratic Representative from Tenn.; b. Halifax, Va., Oct. 18, 1824; moved with his parents to Weakley Co., Tenn. in 1828; admitted to the bar in 1847 and est. practice in Ripley, Tenn.; member state house of reps. in 1848 and again in 1882; served as commissary in the Confederate service; elected to the 49th-50th Congresses, serving from 1885-1889; retired from public life; d. Ripley, Tenn., Oct. 9, 1902) Cultivation, etc., of hemp and flax, 1889: p. 1 (Mr. Glass, from the Committee on Agriculture) |