The Chelsea Standard
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Glazier descendant pays a visit to Chelsea
By Tom Diab, Special Writer
PUBLISHED: May 15, 2008
In April the Chelsea Area Historical Society entertained a visit from the great-great-grandson of Frank P. Glazier.
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His name is Sam Glazier of Grand Rapids, and he is a first-year computer engineering student at the University of Michigan.
Frank Glazier was one of the most influential characters in Chelsea's history. He founded the Glazier Stove Co. in 1890.
He is responsible for building so many of the beautiful buildings that decorate Chelsea today, including the Clocktower complex, the First United Methodist church, the Glazier memorial bank, the Chelsea Retirement Community and more.
At the height of his career Frank Glazier was Michigan's state treasurer from 1904 to 1907.
I invited Sam Glazier to Chelsea so that he could see what his ancestors had accomplished.
It was interesting to find out that Sam had little knowledge of the greatness of Frank Glazier.
The day began around noon when I went to pick Sam up from the university. First we drove by the beautiful, seven-story Glazier building built in 1907 at the corner of Huron and Main streets in Ann Arbor.
In Chelsea we first chatted with John Keusch, the 98-year-old attorney and Chelsea historian who knew many of Sam's ancestors.
Following this we visited the Glazier cemetery plot followed by the beautiful Glazier home on South Street that is currently being renovated by the Beekman family.
We then drove out to Cavanaugh Lake to view some of the property that Frank Glazier and his children owned. Sam's father grew up at the lake.
We ended up at the Chelsea Historical Museum located within the Clocktower complex in the Gourmet Chocolate CafÈ, where we spent two hours studying the Glazier heritage.
It was dark by the time I drove Sam back to the university and it was clear to me that this fine young man was amazed and proud be a Glazier.
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