BIO: Herbert H. Glenn, Bullitt County, KY

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Transcribed by: Jan West  awest1@tampabay.rr.com
Date: 21 Jan 2000
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HERBERT H. GLENN

No member of the bar of Bullitt county commands to a greater degree the confidence and 
respect of the people of the community than does Herbert H. Glenn, of Shepherdsville, where 
he has been engaged in the active practice of his profession for over thirty years, 
establishing a reputation as a sound and safe legal adviser and a successful attorney. Mr. 
Glenn was born in Bullitt county, on the 8th of December, 1872, and is a son of John W. and 
Dolly (Lee) Glenn. His father, who devoted his life to farming, was born in Virginia in 1811 
and died in Bullitt county February 25, 1875. He was a democrat in his political allegiance, 
was a Baptist in his religious faith and belonged to the Masonic order. His wife, who was 
born in Bullitt county in 1837, and died here in 1891, was a daughter of William and Sally 
(Younger) Lee. Her father, who was a farmer, was born at Cox's Creek, near Bardstown, 
Kentucky, and died in Bullitt county. He was a democrat in politics and a member of the 
Baptist church. His wife, also a native of this state, died in Bullitt county. William Lee 
was a son of John Lee, whose father, John Lee, a native of Virginia, came to Kentucky in 
young manhood and settled at Cox's Creek. 

Herbert H. Glenn secured his early education in the public schools of Bullitt and Nelson 
counties and entered the law school of Northwestern University, at Chicago, where he 
prepared for his life work. He was admitted to the bar in 1894 and located at 
Shepherdsville, where he has devoted his attention to the practice of law to the present 
time. From 1917 to 1925 he was in partnership with the late Ben Chapez, who died in 1925. He 
served fifteen years as police judge and was a member of the board of trustees of the 
Shepherdsville high school for ten years. Mr. Glenn owns a fine farm of one hundred and 
fifty acres, located a half mile out of Shepherdsville, where he carries on general farming. 
During the World war Mr. Glenn served as chairman of the  selective draft board and was 
active in his support of all local drives. He is a democrat in his political views and is a 
member of the  Baptist church. 

On June 30, 1901, in Illinois, Mr. Glenn was united in marriage to Miss Mattie Hays, who was 
born in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, March 1, 1870, and is a daughter of J. H. and Rowena 
(Knisson) Hays. Her father, who followed farming was born in Hardin county, Kentucky, and 
died in Shepherdsville. He was a democrat and took an active part in local public affairs, 
having served at one time as sheriff of Bullitt county, while his religious faith was that 
of the Baptist church. His wife was born in Bullitt county and died here. Mrs. Glenn 
received her education in the public schools of Bullitt and Nelson counties, and then taught 
school in the two counties for fifteen years. She served twenty years as examiner for the 
school board and for the same length of time was official stenographer for the circuit 
courts of Bullitt and Nelson counties. She is an active member of the Baptist church and its 
societies and belongs to the Order of the Eastern Star and the Women's Club. Mr. and Mrs. 
Glenn have two children. John David, born August 12, 1907, graduated from the Shepherdsville 
high school, as valedictorian of his class, in 1921, and graduated from the University of 
Virginia, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in 1925, winning intermediate honor in the 
academic course. In 1926 he was a member of the faculty of St. Christopher's School, in 
Richmond, Virginia, and is an ordained minister of the Baptist church. He is now associated 
with the Gulf Refining Company, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Mary Eleanor Glenn, who was born 
February 1, 1908, graduated from the Shepherdsville high school in 1925, as valedictorian of 
her class, and in 1926 attended the Western Kentucky Teachers' College, at Bowling Green. In 
1927 she taught in the high school at Auburndale, Jefferson county. Mr. Glenn has taken a 
helpful interest in the welfare of his community, giving his earnest support to all measures 
for public advancement and enjoys the sincere esteem of all with whom professional or social 
relations have brought him in  contact  

HISTORY of KENTUCKY The Blue Grass State
322886 VOLUME III ILLUSTRATED
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO - LOUISVILLE 1928
pp 585-586