A man named IREDALE came to Glasgow about 1818 of whom not much is not. He was not here on the 1810 census, nor the 1820. He published an unknown paper, apparently for just a year or so.
William Blackstone KILGORE was the next to try his hand, and in 1828 give or take he published a small little paper. No copies remain of this. He was considered a "card" in his day, prudent, a good business man, he acquired money easily. He had a mulatto slave named Adaline who was reputed to be an excellent cook and laundry lady. Several stories are repeated
about her with great humor.
About 1846, James VIRDEN came to Glasgow and brought with him and up-to-date printing outfit. He published only one year and pulled the plug. His wife and sister supposedly introduced hoop skirts to the ladies of Glasgow. He must have moved before the 1850 census.
ATKINSON and WATSON were the next to try their hand; they were in business for about a year publishing the Kentucky Reveille. (There were two Atkinson families on the 1850 census, however, both are shown as shoemakers.
They soon sold out to L P CRENSHAW who continued for about another year. L P was also a lawyer in town per the 1850 census, and had three printers working for him - John C Noble, Andrew J Harbison and Wm. Smith.
He sold to John NOBLE who was a "cross-eyed Canadian Irishman" This is the Noble shown above, he was 27 years old on the 1870 census. CRENSHAW moved to Louisville where he was a hotel keeper and in the real estate business - then abandoned those careers and became a circuit riding Methodist minister. NOBLE hired James W(ilson) GORIN to be the editor but he found it a boring job and not a job that would make him much money and he quit.
In 1854, Col W F EVANS and Dr W J DICKEY began the Glasgow Journal. Dickey withdrew - then Evans. They were succeeded by SMITH and PARKER and their paper was named the Journal in 1859. Smith published as "The Free Press" until the Civil War began - he took off for the north ("north of the Ohio River" from when he came.") I don't know yet which Smith he was. Parker went to Elizabethtown, his home territory.
In 1865, Dr. FORBES joined with W L PORTER. Porter was the "carrier and devil". They began the Glasgow Times which was named by Bruce EVANS. They were succeeded by GEERS & MUNFORD, then by E Y KILGORE who employed Lewis McQUOWN and S E JONES and others as editors. Kilgore sold out to John D WOODS, who sold to James M RICHARDSON who was editor in 1906. This paper is still in publication as our Glasgow Daily Times.
There have been other papers: The Glasgow Republican (still in print as a weekly, published by the Times), The Glasgow News.
No newspapers exist before the Civil War. Many of the Glasgow Times and Republican's were burned in a devastating fire on the court house square when they were located there. Most actual papers are gone before 1949, however, many exist on microfilm at the public library. Some are fragments of the paper, but many, dating back to the 1870's exist.
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