"This, the third issue of our BICENTENNIAL NOTES, reproduces a few of the more interesting documents on the victory at Yorktown, the originals of which are owned in the State of Michigan."
Born in Lynchburg, son of Robert Henry and Augusta Christian GLASS; became apprentice in the office of the LYNCHBURG DAILY REPUBLICAN; married (1) Aurelia McDearmon CALDWELL in 1886; married (2) Mrs. Mary Scott MEADE; named delegate to State Constitutional Convention in 1901. Secretary of the Treasury in 1918; succeeded Senator Thomas S. MARTIN in the U. S. Senate