John GLENN of Mound City was born in Gallia County, Ohio on May 23, 1818. His grandfather, William Glenn, was one of the pioneers
of the southern part of Ohio having emigrated there from Virginia when John Glenn's father, George GLENN, was very young. John
GLENN'S mother was Nancy CARLISLE, also a native of Virginia who immigrated with her parents to Ohio. He grew up in Gallia County
which offered only the most rudimentary opportunities for schooling; as a result, he had to depend on outside resources and his
own industry for an education.
On January 1, 1840 John GLENN married Jane DUPRE of French ancestry. He continued to farm and engaged in milling in Gallia and
Highland counties until 1860. He moved that year to Mo. and selected Holt County as having the most promise for new settlers.
He purchased land in Whig Valley (this is some two miles southeast of the present town of Maitland); then, as now, one of the
most fertile and beautiful farming districts in the county. Mr. Glenn lived there until 1870, taking no part in the Civil War,
except to aid, as far as his sympathies and influence would go, the Union side of the contest.
He was elected representative from Holt County to the Mo. General Assembly in 1868, serving in the winter months for two years,
an important time in Missouri's history. In 1870, he gave up farming, moved to Mound City and has engaged in the mercantile
business with his son and son-in-law. He has had five children: Addison N. GLENN is engaged in the stock business at Mound City;
Sherzada Angeline is deceased; George P. GLENN is a high school professor in Indiana; Nancy J. is the wife of William MACKOY,
the present county surveyor and active Mound City businessman; and R. H. GLENN, one of the proprietors of the drug store in
Mound City. Mr. Glenn's father, George GLENN, moved to Holt County from Ohio in 1865 and lives in Clay township at the age of 83.
Mr. John GLENN was an Old Line Whig and supported the party of Clay and Harrison as long as it existed. He became a Republican
when that party was formed, has taken an active interest in political affairs and contributed to the success of the Republican
party in Holt County.
Source: "An Illustrated Historical Atlas Map, Holt County, MO.
Published by Brink, McDonough & Co., Philadelphia, 1877
Provided by Dave Roberts of Lyon County, Kentucky,
a former Holt County resident.
