GEORGE W. GLENN.

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         Although he has been a resident of Louisa county comparatively a short time George W. Glenn has become well established as a farmer and enjoys the prosperity which results from wisely directed efforts. He is a native of England, and was born in Lincolnshire August 17, 1867, a son of George and Mary (Thurlby) Glenn. The father decided to seek his fortune in this country and came to America in 1867, leaving his family in his native land until he could be assured of at least a moderate degree of prosperity under the new conditions. His hopes were realized and he sent for his wife and two children in 1869. He located in Minier, Tazewell county, Illinois, where he worked by the month for three years, and then removed to Stanford, McLean county, Illinois, where he engaged in farming until 1898. He then removed with his wife to Bloomington, Illinois, and they are now living in that city, having reached an advanced age. In their family were eight children: Rosie, the widow of William E. Rogers, of Champaign, Illinois; George W., of Wapello, Iowa; Thomas H., of McLean county, Illinois; Lizzie, the wife of Thomas F. Kauffman, also of McLean county; Annie, now Mrs. S. A. Meyers, of Buchanan county, Iowa; Emma, who became the wife of John Kauffman, of Rolfe, Iowa; Minnie, the wife of M. C. Boyce, of Bloomington, Illinois; and Lilly, now Mrs. W. H. Noggle, also of Rolfe.

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         George W. Glenn, our subject, arrived in America with his mother in his infancy and his earliest recollections are of this country. He possessed good advantages of education in the common schools and remained with his parents until twenty-three years of age. In 1889 he began farming on his own account in McLean county, Illinois, where he cultivated ninety-six acres for two years. He then worked at the carpenter’s trade for a year, at the end of which time he rented one hundred and sixty acres which he operated for a similar period. He then rented another tract of one hundred and sixty acres for one year and subsequently removed to Champaign county, Illinois, and for four years cultivated a farm of one hundred and seventy-three acres. Returning to the home place, he there spent three years, but was once more attracted to the carpenter’s trade, which he followed to good advantage at Bloomington. In 1909 he bought eighty-five acres in Louisa county where he established his homestead. He has greatly improved his place, making it highly attractive, and as he is an industrious man and a good farmer his efforts are rewarded by abundant annual harvests.

         On the 16th of March, 1893, Mr. Glenn was married to Miss Matilda E. Meyers, a daughter of Simon and Julia (Coleman) Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. Meyers were the parents of ten children, the eldest of whom died in infancy, the others being: Fred, deceased; Mary, the wife of John Smith, of Savannah, Andrew county, Missouri; Theodore, also a resident of Savannah; Julia, the wife of Gus H. Tugle, of South Dakota; Samuel A., of Hazelton, Iowa; Edward, deceased; Matilda E., now Mrs. George W. Glenn; Albert, of Stanford, Illinois; and Edith, who became the wife of Edward Miller, also of Stanford, and who is now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn are the parents of two children: Bessie, who was born January 2, 1894; and Lilly, born September 9, 1896, and who died October 8, 1897.

         Mr. Glenn affiliates with the democratic party, but has never sought office, preferring to devote his attention to his farm and his family. He is a member of Lodge No. 667, I.O.O.F., of Stanford, Illinois, and in religious faith adheres to the Presbyterian church. He is an active and energetic man, straight-forward in all his dealings and generous in support of all worthy objects. In Louisa county he has found a location that has proved highly satisfactory, and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn have made a host of friends here who prophesy and wish for them many years of increasing prosperity.