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Joseph W Glenn
JOSEPH W. GLENN, florist and seed dealer of Kittanning, Armstrong county,
was born Feb. 10, 1857, in Manor township, this county, where the family has
been settled for three quarters of a century.The Glenns are of Irish extraction. Mr. Glenn’s great-grandfather was one
of five brothers, natives of the North of Ireland, who immigrated to the
United States in the early part of the last century, and was a pioneer in
Mercer county, Pa. His son, Robert Glenn, grandfather of Joseph W. Glenn, was
born in Mercer county, where he lived and died, his death occurring when he
was fifty-two year old. He was a farmer by occupation. His children were:
James, Valentine, Annie, Elizabeth and another whose name is not given.James Glenn, father of Joseph W. Glenn, was born in Mercer county, and
settled in Armstrong county in the latter thirties or early forties, locating
in Manor township, where he engaged in farming. He remained there until his
death, which occurred in 1885, when he was ninety-two years old. He was twice
married, his first wife, whose maiden name was Kunkle, becoming the mother of
two children: Annie, who married James Kelley, and Margaret. For his second
wife he married Elizabeth Bruner, a native of Armstrong county, whose father
was a pioneer of the county; he was of English descent. To James and Elizabeth
(Bruner) Glenn were born seven children: Robert; Annie, now deceased; Jennie,
deceased wife of Samuel Densmore; Parks A., deceased; William, living; Joseph
W., living; and Sarah, deceased.Joseph W. Glenn grew to manhood on the homestead in Manor township and was
educated in the common schools there. When eighteen years old he began work on
his own account, as an employee in the Kittanning Rolling Mills, and he
continued in that line until 1884, working at rolling mills in different
sections of the country. In 1884 he settled at Wichita, Kans., where he worked
on a ranch for three years and then for four years was engaged in market
gardening there. In 1891 he returned to Armstrong county, Pa., locating in
North Buffalo township, where he began business as a market gardener and
florist. He remained there until 1903, when he removed to Kittanning and
entered the business he has since carried on, being engaged as a florist and
seed dealer at No. 124 Market street. He is a stockholder in the Kittanning
Brewing Company and has acted as road salesman for that concern since 1906,
his various interests keeping him busy. He is well known in the local
fraternal bodies, belonging to the B. P. O. Elks, Fraternal Order of Eagles
and I. O. H. His religious connection is with the Episcopal Church, and in
politics he associates with the Republican party.On Dec.13, 1877, Mr. Glenn married Lydia Mitchell, daughter of William and
Margaret (Sweitzer) Mitchell, of Juniata county, Pennsylvania.Source: Pages 669-670, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed September 1998 by James R Hindman for the Armstrong County Beers
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