Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Glover, William 1846 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

WILLIAM GLOVER is a fine type of the native-born citizens of this State, who 
have since attaining manhood stepped forward to aid in carrying on the work so 
well begun by their fathers, in developing and sustaining the great 
agricultural interests in this part of the country. He is engaged in farming 
and stock-raising on the very farm that his father evolved from the wild 
prairies in the early settlement of this region. Our subject was born here May 
3, 1846, and is a son of John and Harriet (Robey) Glover, natives of England. 
His father, now a resident of Naperville, was formerly a well-known pioneer of 
this township. He emigrated from his native land in early manhood and coming 
to Illinois identified himself with the early settlers of DuPage County. He 
rented a farm there for two years and then coming to this county, settled in 
what is now DuPage Township, on the farm now occupied by our subject. It was 
then in a wild uncultivated condition, with the exception of four acres that 
were broken. He toiled busily early and late in cultivating and improving the 
place and made of it a choice farm. He was a man fairly-well educated and 
during his residence here was looked upon with respect, and was often 
solicited to take office, but never cared to do so, although he favored all 
the schemes for public improvements. He is a sturdy Democrat in his political 
faith. He is in his sixty-eighth year, and still retains his mental and 
physical faculties in a marked degree. His wife did not come from England 
until after he came. By her death in 1887 he sustained a great loss. She was a 
truly good woman and a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church. She bore 
him five children, as follows: William; Sarah, a resident of Naperville; Mary, 
wife of John Murr of DuPage Township; James, living in Missouri, and Ada, wife 
of Julius Highland. William Glover, of whom this biographical sketch is 
written, was about two years old when his parents brought him to this county, 
and here he was reared under the influences of pioneer life and has been an 
eye witness of the greater part of the growth of the county from its primitive 
condition. He received his education in the district schools of this township, 
which at that early day did not offer the children of the pioneers the fine 
educational privleges that the children of the present generation enjoy. He 
was a diligent scholar, however, and gained all the knowledge possible in 
school, and since, by reading and observation has added to it so that he is 
now a well-informed man. He devotes himself to the management of his land 
which comprises one hundred and forty-three and forty-four one-hundredths 
acres of land, mostly under cultivation and supplied with comfortable 
buildings, and every needed improvement. Mr. Glover is a man of upright habits 
and sound principles, and is sagacious, careful and thrifty in the management 
of his affairs. He has thus placed himself amongst the solid men of the 
township, and his traits of character are such as to command the respect and 
regard of his fellow citizens. In his political views he is a firm believer in 
the policy promulgated by the Democratic party and is a faithful supporter of 
its principles. All things that will in any way improve township or county 
meet with his cordial favor. He has served acceptably as School Director in 
District No. 3 for two years. Mr. Glover was married March 9, 1885, to Mrs. 
Matilda Butstround, whose maiden name was Burgess, a native of England. By her 
union with Mr. Glover she is the mother of one son named John. By her first 
marriage she has one daughter and one son, Elizabeth and Albert.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890 

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