David Presley Glass, son of Joseph and Eliza (Morrison) Glass, was born in Rush county, Indiana, March 15, 1849, where he received his education in the public schools. At the age of eighteen he engaged in farming and has made this his vocation through life. In 1882 he came to Grant county and located on one hundred and forty acres of fine farm land in Fairmount township, where he still resides.

        October 2, 1873, David P. Glass married Eliza A., daughter of James and Jane (Hite) Tuttle, who was born in Rush county, Indiana, October 10, 1853, and by whom he has had four children, viz.: Myrton E., born August 31, 1874, and married to Addie, daughter of Joel and Serepta (McCormick) Little, February 2, 1900. He lives on the home farm with his father. Dodona, born September 22, 1875; Lowry, born October 31, 1876; and James T. born December 31, 1879.

        The parents of Mr. Glass moved from Fleming county, Kentucky, to Ohio in 1832 and were among the early settlers. His paternal grandfather, George Glass, came from Ireland and located in Fleming county, Kentucky, where he died.

        The father and mother of Mr. Glass were married March 17, 1825, and were the parents of twelve children, viz.: George D., born January 21, 1826; Martha J., January 18, 1829; Elizabeth Ellen, August 18, 1830, died July 23, 1833; Joann, March 27, 1832, died December 16, 1900; Nancy M., September 13, 1835; Robert, April 5, 1837; Helen, February 13, 1839; James, November 15, 1840; John, March 4, 1842, died September 18, 1886; Lowry, August 7, 1844, died January 20, 1862; and Henry, June 17, 1847. The father died February 23, 1876, and his mother September 7, 1881. She was born and reared in Maryland. Their son Lowry died in the Civil war from measles. He enlisted in Company K, Thirty-seventh Indiana Volunteers, and his brother in the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Indiana Volunteers, for one hundred days.