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- ↑ Cynthia Miller Leonard, The General Assembly of Virginia 1619–1978 (Richmond, Virginia State Library 1978) pp. 720, 726, 731, 737
- ↑ legislative memorial 1999
- ↑ "Julia Marguerite Thomason Glass (1930-2009) -".
- ↑ Glass v. Glass, http://law.justia.com/cases/virginia/supreme-court/1984/811690-1.html
- ↑ Leonard
- ↑ http://dela.state.va.us/dela/Membios.nsf/94f6e9b9c9b5678f85256b1b00732227 /7a1928f7bc05dab585256d6b0066dbd1?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,glass
- ↑ Clerk of the House of Delegates, The General Assembly of Virginia 1962-1981 (Richmond, 1983) at p. 202
- ↑ "Thomas Reakirt Glass (1928-1998) - Find a Grave".