- CHARLES F. GLASS, a leading photographer of Janesville, is
a native of the Empire State,
- having been born in Chautauqua County on the 28th day of
November, 1848. Almost his entire life has been spent in this
city, to which his parents, Henry B. and Laura (CHAPMAN) GLASS,
removed during his infancy. He received his education in the
city schools, and on the 3d day of November, 1881, led to the
marriage altar Miss Ella F. SALSMAN, a native of Jersey City,
N.J., and a daughter of T. J. SALSMAN, who for many years was
a merchant of Milwaukee, afterward a prominent hotel man in Waukesha,
Calmar, Iowa; Omaha and Janesville. Mr. GLASS has been connected
with the photographic business from early youth entering his
father's gallery at the age of eighteen years in 1863. He continued
with him, becoming thoroughly conversant with the art in all
its details until 1886, when he purchased the business. He is
now one of the most popular artists in the city and well deserves
a liberal share of the public patronage. The gallery is complete
in all its appointments, and furnishes work of the best class
in all sizes and styles of the photographic art. In political
sentiment he is a supporter of the Republican party, and socially,
is a member of Oriental Lodge No. 22, Knights of Pythias. He
was also one of the charter members of Company A, 1st Regiment
Wisconsin State Guards, in which he was promoted from the rank
of Orderly Sergeant to Second Lieutenant, and subsequently became
Captain, being in command of the company for two years of the
seven in which he was numbered in its ranks. He is a leading
business man of Janesville and is highly respected by is many
friends.
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- Taken from "The Portrait and Biographical Album of
Rock County, Wis." (c)1889, p. 781.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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