Transcribed from July 19, 1914, Dallas Daily Times Herald, p. 13, col. 3.
OLDEST NATIVE OF DALLAS CO. IS DISCOVERED
William Wald Glover
Of all the “oldest inhabitants” and “original settlers” ever discovered in Dallas, Saturday revealed one who indeed takes the palm. William Wald (sic) Glover, aged sixty-eight years, was born ten days after Dallas county was created–the first white man to see the light of day within the county lines and call it his native heath.
Mr. Glover is hale and hearty, and was in Dallas Saturday to see relatives. He became a great-grandfather during the morning, and was elated over that fact when interviewed by a Times Herald reporter.
The claims of Mr. Glover to be the longest in Dallas county are well substantiated. Born July 31, 1846, a short way from Dallas, he has lived during the last sixty-eight years within five miles of the city on his home place on the White Rock road.
“I have seen herds of deer where the union depot now stands,” said he. “And wild ducks swimming where the Adolphus hotel is located. Those were great days, when you rode twenty miles to see your neighbors.”
Mr. Glover is a confederate veteran with a good record, and is spending his spare time with tales of the days when the Indians roamed the plains around Dallas and when the Yanks took Galveston.
William Wald Glover was born July 31, 1846 in Dallas County, Texas and died March 13, 1928, also in Dallas County. He married Julia Ann Lanham on July 15, 1871 and the couple had four children: Ida May, Hyram Walter, Emma Caroline and Annie Matilda. He is buried in the W. W. Glover Cemetery in Dallas County, Texas.
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