BURIED AT: SECTION E.D. SITE LOT 3653
MRS. S. L. GLASGOW,WIDOWED, ENDS LIFE
Shoots Herself, Leaving Note Asking To Be Buried Beside General, Who Died Sunday
WASHINGTON, January 19, 1916 - Because she felt she could not live alone, Mrs. Winona Glasgow, 45 years old, widow of Brigadier General Samuel Lyle Glasgow, who won promotion for his share in the siege of Vicksburg in the Civil War, committed suicide this afternoon by shooting herself through the heart in her apartments at the Falkstone Courts. General Glasgow, was was70 years old, died there on Sunday night of haddening of the arteries. This morning his body was cremated.
Mrs. Glasgow went to the crematory this morning with her brother, Charles Schlichter, and her sister, Mrs. Charles W. Dietts,of Burlington, Iwa. They accompanied the widow back to her apartments. She sent Mrs. Dietts out for marketing and in the latter's absence wrote this note:
"I am lonesome, and cannot live without the General. It is my request that my ashes be placed along with his at Arlington tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Please forgive me for this, but it is my only solace."
When Mrs. Dietts returned, Mrs. Glasgow,who had neither slept nor eaten since her husband's death, said she would lie down and rest. Going into her room, she partly disrobed, lay upon bed with a comfort, placed the revolver against her heart and pulled the trigger. Two hours later, when they called her for dinner, her brother and sister discovered her dead body.
Mrs. Glasgow married General Glasgow ten years ago in Chicago. Four years ago they came to Washington to enable the General to conduct a legislative campaign for old age pensions for Civil War veterans.
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GLASGOW, SAMUEL L
BVT BRIG GEN 23 IOWA INF CIV WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 01/16/1916
BURIED AT: SECTION E D W SITE 3653
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
GLASGOW, WINONA WID/O SAMUEL L
DATE OF DEATH: 01/19/1916
BURIED AT: SECTION E.D. SITE LOT 3653
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
WIFE OF SL GLASGOW - BVT BRIG GEN COL 23 IOWA INF CIVIL WAR.
---------------------------------------------------------------------The following information was sent to me by find a grave member Loretta Castaldi. Thanks for the update.
"This grave site is located in Sec 2, Site: 3653.
Sometime in the late 1940s or early 1950s Arlington Cemetery changed their numbering system and Section E became Section 2. Unfortunately, Arlington did not change their old records. Consequently, the records (including the online veterans grave site locator) for anyone buried prior to the change date still reflects the old number system.
However, Arlington did change all of their maps and signage. So today, if someone is attempting to locate this grave site, they'll have to know that old Section E is new Section 2."
MRS. S. L. GLASGOW,WIDOWED, ENDS LIFE
Shoots Herself, Leaving Note Asking To Be Buried Beside General, Who Died Sunday
WASHINGTON, January 19, 1916 - Because she felt she could not live alone, Mrs. Winona Glasgow, 45 years old, widow of Brigadier General Samuel Lyle Glasgow, who won promotion for his share in the siege of Vicksburg in the Civil War, committed suicide this afternoon by shooting herself through the heart in her apartments at the Falkstone Courts. General Glasgow, was was70 years old, died there on Sunday night of haddening of the arteries. This morning his body was cremated.
Mrs. Glasgow went to the crematory this morning with her brother, Charles Schlichter, and her sister, Mrs. Charles W. Dietts,of Burlington, Iwa. They accompanied the widow back to her apartments. She sent Mrs. Dietts out for marketing and in the latter's absence wrote this note:
"I am lonesome, and cannot live without the General. It is my request that my ashes be placed along with his at Arlington tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Please forgive me for this, but it is my only solace."
When Mrs. Dietts returned, Mrs. Glasgow,who had neither slept nor eaten since her husband's death, said she would lie down and rest. Going into her room, she partly disrobed, lay upon bed with a comfort, placed the revolver against her heart and pulled the trigger. Two hours later, when they called her for dinner, her brother and sister discovered her dead body.
Mrs. Glasgow married General Glasgow ten years ago in Chicago. Four years ago they came to Washington to enable the General to conduct a legislative campaign for old age pensions for Civil War veterans.
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GLASGOW, SAMUEL L
BVT BRIG GEN 23 IOWA INF CIV WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 01/16/1916
BURIED AT: SECTION E D W SITE 3653
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
GLASGOW, WINONA WID/O SAMUEL L
DATE OF DEATH: 01/19/1916
BURIED AT: SECTION E.D. SITE LOT 3653
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
WIFE OF SL GLASGOW - BVT BRIG GEN COL 23 IOWA INF CIVIL WAR.
---------------------------------------------------------------------The following information was sent to me by find a grave member Loretta Castaldi. Thanks for the update.
"This grave site is located in Sec 2, Site: 3653.
Sometime in the late 1940s or early 1950s Arlington Cemetery changed their numbering system and Section E became Section 2. Unfortunately, Arlington did not change their old records. Consequently, the records (including the online veterans grave site locator) for anyone buried prior to the change date still reflects the old number system.
However, Arlington did change all of their maps and signage. So today, if someone is attempting to locate this grave site, they'll have to know that old Section E is new Section 2."
BURIED AT: SECTION E.D. SITE LOT 3653
MRS. S. L. GLASGOW,WIDOWED, ENDS LIFE
Shoots Herself, Leaving Note Asking To Be Buried Beside General, Who Died Sunday
WASHINGTON, January 19, 1916 - Because she felt she could not live alone, Mrs. Winona Glasgow, 45 years old, widow of Brigadier General Samuel Lyle Glasgow, who won promotion for his share in the siege of Vicksburg in the Civil War, committed suicide this afternoon by shooting herself through the heart in her apartments at the Falkstone Courts. General Glasgow, was was70 years old, died there on Sunday night of haddening of the arteries. This morning his body was cremated.
Mrs. Glasgow went to the crematory this morning with her brother, Charles Schlichter, and her sister, Mrs. Charles W. Dietts,of Burlington, Iwa. They accompanied the widow back to her apartments. She sent Mrs. Dietts out for marketing and in the latter's absence wrote this note:
"I am lonesome, and cannot live without the General. It is my request that my ashes be placed along with his at Arlington tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Please forgive me for this, but it is my only solace."
When Mrs. Dietts returned, Mrs. Glasgow,who had neither slept nor eaten since her husband's death, said she would lie down and rest. Going into her room, she partly disrobed, lay upon bed with a comfort, placed the revolver against her heart and pulled the trigger. Two hours later, when they called her for dinner, her brother and sister discovered her dead body.
Mrs. Glasgow married General Glasgow ten years ago in Chicago. Four years ago they came to Washington to enable the General to conduct a legislative campaign for old age pensions for Civil War veterans.
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GLASGOW, SAMUEL L
BVT BRIG GEN 23 IOWA INF CIV WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 01/16/1916
BURIED AT: SECTION E D W SITE 3653
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
GLASGOW, WINONA WID/O SAMUEL L
DATE OF DEATH: 01/19/1916
BURIED AT: SECTION E.D. SITE LOT 3653
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
WIFE OF SL GLASGOW - BVT BRIG GEN COL 23 IOWA INF CIVIL WAR.
---------------------------------------------------------------------The following information was sent to me by find a grave member Loretta Castaldi. Thanks for the update.
"This grave site is located in Sec 2, Site: 3653.
Sometime in the late 1940s or early 1950s Arlington Cemetery changed their numbering system and Section E became Section 2. Unfortunately, Arlington did not change their old records. Consequently, the records (including the online veterans grave site locator) for anyone buried prior to the change date still reflects the old number system.
However, Arlington did change all of their maps and signage. So today, if someone is attempting to locate this grave site, they'll have to know that old Section E is new Section 2."
MRS. S. L. GLASGOW,WIDOWED, ENDS LIFE
Shoots Herself, Leaving Note Asking To Be Buried Beside General, Who Died Sunday
WASHINGTON, January 19, 1916 - Because she felt she could not live alone, Mrs. Winona Glasgow, 45 years old, widow of Brigadier General Samuel Lyle Glasgow, who won promotion for his share in the siege of Vicksburg in the Civil War, committed suicide this afternoon by shooting herself through the heart in her apartments at the Falkstone Courts. General Glasgow, was was70 years old, died there on Sunday night of haddening of the arteries. This morning his body was cremated.
Mrs. Glasgow went to the crematory this morning with her brother, Charles Schlichter, and her sister, Mrs. Charles W. Dietts,of Burlington, Iwa. They accompanied the widow back to her apartments. She sent Mrs. Dietts out for marketing and in the latter's absence wrote this note:
"I am lonesome, and cannot live without the General. It is my request that my ashes be placed along with his at Arlington tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Please forgive me for this, but it is my only solace."
When Mrs. Dietts returned, Mrs. Glasgow,who had neither slept nor eaten since her husband's death, said she would lie down and rest. Going into her room, she partly disrobed, lay upon bed with a comfort, placed the revolver against her heart and pulled the trigger. Two hours later, when they called her for dinner, her brother and sister discovered her dead body.
Mrs. Glasgow married General Glasgow ten years ago in Chicago. Four years ago they came to Washington to enable the General to conduct a legislative campaign for old age pensions for Civil War veterans.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GLASGOW, SAMUEL L
BVT BRIG GEN 23 IOWA INF CIV WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 01/16/1916
BURIED AT: SECTION E D W SITE 3653
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
GLASGOW, WINONA WID/O SAMUEL L
DATE OF DEATH: 01/19/1916
BURIED AT: SECTION E.D. SITE LOT 3653
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
WIFE OF SL GLASGOW - BVT BRIG GEN COL 23 IOWA INF CIVIL WAR.
---------------------------------------------------------------------The following information was sent to me by find a grave member Loretta Castaldi. Thanks for the update.
"This grave site is located in Sec 2, Site: 3653.
Sometime in the late 1940s or early 1950s Arlington Cemetery changed their numbering system and Section E became Section 2. Unfortunately, Arlington did not change their old records. Consequently, the records (including the online veterans grave site locator) for anyone buried prior to the change date still reflects the old number system.
However, Arlington did change all of their maps and signage. So today, if someone is attempting to locate this grave site, they'll have to know that old Section E is new Section 2."
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