The day Arthur Glass, son of Benjamin M. Glass, laid eyes on the lovely Marcia Chloe Martin, he fell in love and never looked at another woman since. Her picture is on the right. They were so in love that when Arthur died of Cancer in 1957, Marcia went downhill quickly and died in 1961. Art worked on the railroad as a conductor until his retirement when he and Marcia moved to Missouri to try farming. Art died of skin cancer on his face. He claimed he had been hit with a handle on that same spot while working on the railroad. He and Marcia had the following children:

Myrna Irene Glass (my beloved grandmother) was born August 11, 1907 and died March 4, 1990 in Sterling, Whiteside Cty, IL. She was born prematurely and it was said that her father could put his wedding ring over her wrist. She was only about 11 pounds when she was a year old! I believe she had an allergy to milk as her grandmother, Emma Hendee Glass took her for awhile and spoon fed her cereal and then she began to pick up on her weight. She was very petite all her life. She had very good manual and finger dexterity and went to business school in Chicago when she was an adult where she could type really fast. This is quite an accomplishment with those old typewriters! She was also an excellent pianist and could knit anything without a pattern by simply looking at it. In fact, she did some type of knitting or crocheting all of her later years. She married my grandfather, Howland Oliver Ellis on September 11, 1926 in Rock Falls, Whiteside Cty, IL. Though they had seven children, they didn't get on well due to his late diagnosis of schizophrenia. They were divorced and Myrna married a really decent fellow named Warren Planthaber who was a wonderful grandfather. He was the widower of her sister-in-law Jennet Ellis Planthaber (Howland's sister). He turned out to be the love of her life and when he died in July of 1981, she was not sure how she would go on.

Donald Martin Glass born July 31, 1910 .

Marian Lydia Glass born January 11, 1912 in Prophetstown, Whiteside Cty, IL.

Robert Roland Glass born July 18, 1913 Prophetstown, IL, died April 13, 1987 Rock Falls, Whiteside, IL.

Faye Maxine Glass born October 24, 1924 in IL, died August 24, 1998 in Alaska.

Harriet Aline Glass born February 20, 1919 Amboy, Whiteside, IL, died December 6, 1993.

Marcia Mae Glass

Arthur Dean Glass born June 9, 1932.

Emma Jean Glass still living

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