Sedgwick County KSGenWeb

Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan.

Chapman Brothers 1888

Pages 849 - 850

JOHN GEORGE GLASER, a representative and enterprising young farmer and stock- raiser, residing on section 21, in Salem Township, is a native of Clearfield County, Pa., and made his entrance upon the stage of life Jan. 11, 1855. His parents are John and Margaret (Reisch) Glaser, natives of Germany, at present living in Douglas County, this State.

            John Glaser and his wife were the parents of ten children, as follows: J. George, the subject of this sketch; Catherine, Mrs. John Yergler, residing in Salem Township; Barbara, Mrs. Joseph Kreibel, living in the same township; Theodore, who lives in Douglas County; Sarah and Carrie. The balance of the children are deceased. When George was about nine years of age, his parents removed to Kansas, and he was reared to manhood in this State. He received but a rudimentary education in the district schools of the locality, and from early boyhood was engaged in the hard labors attendant on agricultural pursuits. He remained at home most of the time until attaining his twenty-fifth year, assisting his father in carrying on a farm.

            Mr. Glaser and Miss Barbara Kramer were united in the bonds of matrimony Feb. 19, 1880. The bride was a native of Iowa, born June 4, 1858, and is a daughter of Bernard and Barbara (Huss) Kramer, both of whom were natives of Germany. Her parents had born unto them a family of ten children, as follows: John, who resides in Douglas County, Kan.; Bernard, living in the same county; Frederika, who is the wife of Ferdinand Shendel; Barbara, Mrs. Glaser; George, who resides in Coffey County; Lewis, who is living in Richardson County, Neb., and Lena, in Douglas County, this State. Three died in infancy.

            After his marriage Mr. Glaser commenced agricultural pursuits on his own account, and his battle with the world has resulted in a victory for him. He is the owner of eighty acres of most excellent arable land, on section 21, which he has brought to a high state of tillage, and which, like all the soil in this portion of the State, is remarkable for its fertility and fecundity. His improvements upon the place are of a permanent and substantial character, and his surroundings, although of recent origin, are beginning to assume a beauty that will no doubt in time greatly enhance the value of his property. He is giving considerable attention to the rearing of stock, and has gathered around him the nucleus of a fine herd, feeling convinced that in this direction lies the road to wealth for the average Kansas farmer. His industry, perseverance and enterprise make him one of Sedgwick County's representative men, and his untarnished honor and genial manners endear him to the entire community.

            Mr. and Mrs. Glaser are the parents of two children: Jesse, born Dec. 22, 1881, and Minnie E., Oct. 13, 1883. Although the young people started in life with comparatively but little capital, and notwithstanding the fact that many so hampered have not risen in the world, with the assistance of his estimable wife, Mr. Glaser has succeeded in attaining quite a success in business. He is practically what is termed a self-made man, as his early education was, through circumstances, much neglected. An extended course of reading, coupled with great observation and thought, has, however, raised him to a position among the well-posted men of the township. He is entirely independent of party lines in politics, his only criterion in such matters being whether any measure is for the benefit of the county in which he lives, or is calculated to elevate society at large. A lithographic view of Mr. Glaser's residence is shown on another page of this work.

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