Ex-Bear Lake Postmaster Dies
Charles W. Glover Passes Away In Cadillac of Ulcers of Stomach
Charles W. Glover, former Bear Lake postmaster and for many years a resident of that village, died at Mercy hospital, Cadillac, early today after a two weeks illness with ulcers of the stomach. Mr. Glover left Bear Lake about three years ago to accept a position in the state highway department's branch office at Cadillac. At the time of his death he was employed by the Wexford county road Commission.
A cripple since childhood, and seriously handcapped(sic) by that misfortune. Glover won many friends through his cheerful demeanor and his willingness to serve wherever and whenever he was needed in public or in private life. Beside having held the office of postmaster at Bear Lake for many years he had also served in several township and village offices. He was a member of Bear Lake Lodge No. 416 F. & A. M., and of Mayflower Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mattie Glover. There are no other immediate relatives. Funeral services have not yet been arranged but will probably be held at Bear Lake and under Masonic auspices. ( Manistee News Advocate, 13 Oct 1927)
Charles Waldo. Glover, my great grand uncle, was the son of Samuel Stillman Glover, Jr. and Adeline L. Glover, nee Dyer. I was curious about his role as a postmaster and knew that it was a federal position so I put my genealogy sleuthing skills to work.
Source: U.S. Congress. Congressional Record. 60th Cong., 2nd sess., December 14, 1908. Vol. 43, pt. 1: 206.
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1908.
The Congressional Record is available through several sources. I accessed it through the Government Publishing Office (GPO), which serves as the official repository. The GPO provides PDFs and a full-text search for Congressional Records from 1873 to the present.
Other sources include:
- Library of Congress (LOC)(Congress.gov): Provides access to the Congressional Record from 1873 to the present.
- HathiTrust Digital Library (https://www.hathitrust.org/): Offers digitized versions of historical Congressional Records, particularly pre-1923 volumes that are in the public domain.
- Internet Archive (https://archive.org/): Contains scanned volumes of historical Congressional Records, often sourced from library collections.
- HeinOnline (https://heinonline.org/): A legal research subscription database with comprehensive congressional records. It may be accessible through some libraries.
These records are useful for more than just government research. Genealogists can use them to find information about ancestors who served in Congress, were mentioned in legislative discussions, or were appointed to government positions, including postmasters. Postmaster appointments, in particular, can help place an ancestor in a specific location and time. These resources make it easier to uncover family connections to historical events and government service.
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