Glasscock is an English and Welsh habitational surname. In English, it originates from

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, whose name combines "glas" (old English for glass) and "cote" (a hut). In Welsh, it refers to

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, which stands for "green wood" ("glas" + "coed"). The surname may refer to the following notable people: * Craig Glassock (born 1973), Australian cricketer *

George Washington Glasscock George Washington Glasscock (April 11, 1810 – February 28, 1868) was an early settler, legislator, and businessman in Texas. He was born in Hardin County, Kentucky, near the same area where Abraham Lincoln was born. In 1830, he went to St. Lou ...

(1810–1868), Texas settler * J. Samuel Glasscock (born 1931), American attorney and politician *

Jack Glasscock John Wesley "Jack" Glasscock (July 22, 1857 – February 24, 1947) was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for several teams from 1879 to 1895. Nicknamed "Pebbly Jack", he was the top player at his position in the 1880s durin ...

(1859–1947), American baseball player *

Kent Glasscock Kenton Lee "Kent" Glasscock (born November 4, 1952)''U.S. Public Records Index'' Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010. is a former Republican politician from Manhattan, Kansas. Glasscock was born in Warrensburg, Missouri, to B ...

(born 1952), American politician *

Marcus Glasscock Herbert Marcus Glasscock (3 September 1900 – 11 October 1979) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of Herbert Thomas Glasscock (1872–1953), and Alice Betsy ...

(1900–1979), Australian rules footballer *

Mary Miller Glasscock Mary Miller Glasscock (1872–1925) was the wife of former Governor of West Virginia William E. Glasscock and served as that state's First Lady, 1909–1913. She was born September 8, 1872, at Arnettsville, West Virginia. In 1888, just shy of h ...

(1872–1925), wife of William E. Glasscock * Rebecca Glasscock, American drag queen and contestant on

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* Robert Glasscock (1797–1878), English first-class cricketer *

William E. Glasscock William Ellsworth Glasscock (December 13, 1862 – April 12, 1925) was an American politician who served as the 13th Governor of West Virginia as a Republican from 1909 to 1913. Glasscock worked for several years as a teacher, becoming the supe ...

(1862–1925), American politician

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