storm and never returned to claim the island. His vessel, being dismasted, drifted around for weeks but he finally landed at New York with a single groat in his pocket. Finding immediate employment a necessity, he went to work for a Dutch farmer of Kings Bridge, New York, one of whose daughters he later married. Both of his sons, John and James, enlisted in the Revolutionary army, serving under Generals Green and Washington. They participated in the battle of Long Island, where John lost his life. James survived the conflict and took up a soldier's right, on the line between Sussex county, New Jersey, and Orange county, New York.
It was in the house which he built thereon that James F. Glann, the father of our subject, was born and reared. Journeying westward to De Kalb county, Illinois, the latter was there married and engaged in farming. He became a man of influence in the community and for a number of years acted as president of the board of county supervisors of De Kalb county. In 1880 he came west to Iowa, locating in Plymouth county, where he made his home for twelve or fifteen years. On the expiration of that period he removed to Sioux City, Iowa, there living retired until called to his final rest in 1900. He was a well informed man and an able public speaker. For a time he was identified with the political movement of the greenback party and afterward with the populist party. His funeral oration was delivered by George W. Argo, the well known criminal attorney of Sioux City, who was his close friend and spoke of him as one of God's great noblemen. He read much, thought deeply and reasoned profoundly. Though not identified with any church or chained to any set form of worship, he was a true Christian, the Sermon on the Mount being his creed and the meek and lowly Nazarene his model and his guide.
Arthur G. Glann was reared under the parental roof, supplementing his preliminary education by a course of study in the Le Mars (Iowa) Normal College. He followed the profession of teaching for three terms and then, having determined upon the practice of medicine as a life work, entered the office of Dr. C. F. Kueny of Le Mars, under whose direction he read for one year. Subsequently he entered the Sioux City College of Medicine, from which institution he was graduated in 1898, having the honor of being chosen valedictorian of his class. He served an interneship of several months in the Samaritan Hospital at Sioux City and then located in South Dakota, where he remained for nine years, building up a large and lucrative practice. In May, 1907, he came to Colo, Iowa, which town has since remained the scene of his professional activities. He is continually promoting his efficiency by study and research and keeps in touch with the most advanced methods of the profession through his membership in the Story County Medical Society and the Iowa State Medical Society.
On the 7th of September, 1898, Dr. Glann was united in marriage to Miss Catharine B. Niland, a daughter of Michael Niland, one of Story county's pioneers. The Doctor and his wife now have three daughters, namely : Frances, Helen and Pauline.