Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Glenn, Robert James 1875 - 
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Author: History of Grundy County 1914

Glenn, Robert James – No man who owns Grundy County property need fear the 
future for he has that which will always give him a fair income, and will 
increase in value with each succeeding year.  One of the farmers of Grundy 
County who has attained to more than ordinary success along agricultural lines 
is Robert James Glenn, owner of eighty acres of land in Vienna Township.  He 
was born on his present property in 1875, a son of Robert and Catherine 
(Thomas) Glenn, the former born in Ireland, and the latter in Wales.  When he 
attained his majority, Robert Glenn came to Grundy County, and farmed until he 
retired to Verona, where he now resides.  He and his wife had three children:  
Mary Tellingham, Anna Knibbs and Robert James.

Robert James was brought up on his present farm and sent to the district 
schools.  He not only operated his own farm, but 292 acres belonging to his 
father, and specializes on hog raising upon an extensive scale.  In addition 
to raising hogs, he buys in large quantities and is a heavy shipper to the 
market.  In 1895, Mr. Glenn was married to Sadie Dix of Grundy County, and 
they have had six children:  Robert, Melvin, Catherine, Lloyd, Erwin and an 
unnamed infant who with Catherine is deceased.  Mr. Glenn is a Mason, 
belonging to the Verona lodge of that order.  He is very liberal in politics, 
believing that it is preferable to vote for the man rather than to be bound by 
party ties.  Owing to his large agricultural interests, Mr. Glenn has not had 
the time or desire to go into public life, but if he did there is no doubt but 
that he would give to official matters the same conscientious attention that 
he does to his private affairs.

Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914, p817

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