A Mobile title search led to marriage records in 1904

Following the names

The letter identifies Abstract No. 2650 and refers to an attorney’s examination of items 6 and 7. Glennon says he had been asking about the property’s location while driving that afternoon. He then suggests that women named in the inquiry might have been daughters of George Hodges, and asks Ross to investigate the records. [1]

That suggestion is the document’s central lead, not its conclusion. The letter records a business trying to establish a family connection relevant to a title; it does not establish that connection itself. Names and dates handwritten beneath the typed message show additional research notes, although several readings remain uncertain. [1]

A deadline, but no answer

Glennon asks for attention by Monday morning. The request gives this surviving page a practical urgency: someone needed more information before the title inquiry could move forward. The abstract and attorney’s memorandum mentioned in the letter were not included with the supplied photographs. Nor does this page tell us how the question was resolved. [1]

For readers tracing Mobile property or family history, that makes the letter a starting point. The original images preserve both the typed request and the difficult handwriting. The archive’s text edition marks uncertainty rather than quietly completing missing words. Three photographs—one full view and two details—belong to this single letter. [1]

Sources & archive records

1. Jas. K. Glennon & Co. letter to C. M. Ross, August 5, 1904

   Owner-supplied photographs; original images and checked text edition. Abstract and attorney’s memorandum not supplied; family relationships not independently verified.