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Josephine
Richardson Magoffin
Born
on November 6, 1873 in El Paso, the second child of Joseph and
Octavia Magoffin and was nine years younger than her brother. She
attended Central School, the first public school in El Paso, and
later went to Georgetown Visitation Convent in Washington, D.C.
Nicknamed "Josie," she was popular in El Paso and a
leader of the young people's social group. In 1888 members of the
Fifth U. S. Infantry Band gave her a surprise serenade. In the
summer of 1889 when Josephine graduated from Georgetown, she went
to Europe to study music in Dresden, Germany. She was only sixteen
at the time and her father was not enthusiastic about her going.
He wrote her, "with regard to your trip to Europe-I don't see
why your mother puts such things in your head. . . . I think
perhaps it will be better to wait until Jim or myself can go with
you." Although the trip was to have lasted only three months,
it stretched to two years. In 1891 the Magoffins went to Europe to
bring Josie home.
Returning
to El Paso, Josephine was active in the social life of the city.
She
met William Jefferson Glasgow on a visit to Fort Bayard, New
Mexico in 1895 and married the young lieutenant in October 1896.
Their wedding was called "the most fashionable and brilliant
wedding that has ever been witnessed in El Paso" and
"the most brilliant wedding ever celebrated in the
southwest." At eleven o'clock on the morning of October 29,
1896, the couple exchanged vows in the Church of Immaculate
Conception. The groom's attendants were all fellow army officers
with the exception of the bride's brother, Jim. The bride's
attendants were Kate Moore, May Cresson,and her cousin Gertrude
Dwyer from San Antonio. After the wedding a luncheon was held at
the Magoffin home
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