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    1. [ALBARBOU] GLOVER, John Thomas
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    3. Margie, Thought you might be interested in this one since it is GLOVER. Including it on the Barbour list since we have a few other GLOVER descendants. Source: "Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1907" State of AL Dept of Archives and History, compiled by Thomas M. Owen, L.L, D. Director, Brown Publishing Co, Montgomery, AL, 1907 p. 101 Legislative Department, Jefferson County JOHN THOMAS GLOVER, of Birmingham, was born at Richmond, Twiggs county, GA, May 14, 1864, and is the son of John Thomas and Cleopatra Victoria (Strozer) Glover and the grandson of Thomas and Elizabeth Pittman Glover and of Peter Jacob and Rhoda Glover Strozer of Albany, Ga. The Glover families are of Irish descent. Thomas Glover, of Nash Co, N.C. emigrated in 1820 to Twiggs, Co, Ga. where he became an extensive cotton planter. His son, John Thomas, SR. born in 1837, was a layer in Albany and Dawson, Ga successively. In 1892, he enlisted in Co I, 6th Ga Regiment as a private; was promoted to a lieutenant in his company, and afterwards was made adjutant of the regiment. He was twice wounded. After the War, resumed the practice of his profession in Twiggs County, G. His son, John Thomas, Sr. received his education in the ordinary village schools of the county; studied law and was admitted to the bar in Birmingham in 1896, where he has since continuously practiced his profession. He is a member of the Elks and of the Knights of Pythias; was married at Lithia Springs, Ga. August 3, 1890 to Jennie Ensley, daughter of Thomas and Mattie (Couch) Arnall. She died March 14, 1907 in Philadelphia, Pa.

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