John F. Glosser Is Dead at His Southern Home

John Frederick Glosser died at his home, near Waynesville, North Carolina, on Wednesday, January 29, in the 74th year of his age.

Mr. Glosser, who was born in Chambersburg October 20th, 1838, is still well remembered by some of our older citizens, as a young man of excellent parts and possessed of superior intellectual attainments. In 1863 - ’64 Mr. Glosser filled the responsibile position of Deputy Prothonotary under K. Shannon Taylor, and at the time of the burning of Chambersburg, July 20, 1864, saved the valuable papers of the office, to the gratification of Prothonotary Taylor, the members of the bar, and all who had an interest in their preservation.

After the burning of Chambersburg, with his parents - Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Glosser - he located in Pittsburgh, where he married Miss E. Caroline Harman, daughter of the late Rev. Daniel Harman, a prominent minister of the M. E. Church, and one time pastor of the church in Chambersburg.

Shortly after his marriage Mr. Glosser entered the service of the Pennsylvania railroad company, at Pittsburgh. A skilled accountant he was soon in line of promotion for more responsible service. For a time he resided at Altoona, later being transferred to headquarters in Philadelphia, where he was made auditor of the accounts of the Pullman car service of the Pennsylvania railroad, one of the most responsible subordinate positions of the company.

Mr. Glosser was in the employ of the company for over thirty-five years, when he retired. His duties required considerable travel along the lines of the Company. Well read, he was an authority on many subjects, and as a resident on the border during the exciting days of the Civil War, keen and intelligent observer that he was, he had a fund of reminiscences to relate that were an infinite delight to old associates.

For many years Mr. Glosser and family resided in the vicinity of Philadelphia in Chester County. A year before his death he built a home near Waynesville, N. C. Besides his widow he is survived by two sons and three daughters: J. Frank Glosser, of Mansfield, Ohio; Dr. Herbert H., of Buffalo, N. Y.; Mrs. Caroline G. Peeler, Philadelphia; Miss Anna M. and Miss E. Florence Glosser. Also two sisters, Mrs. J. L. Lewis and Mrs. Cassel, Pittsburgh.

Public Opinion (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania), 2/7/1913

Notes: Found by Meg Wiederseim. John Glosser was on the board of the Daylesford Water Company.