Martin Glynn, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana 
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Martin Glynn is a planter of Pointe Coupee Parish, La., but was born in 
County Galway, Ireland, in 1832, a son of P. J. Glynn, who was a civil 
engineer by profession. In 1847 he immigrated to America and settled at 
New Orleans, where he began serving an apprenticeship at the machinist's 
trade in Leeds foundry, and after completing his term of service, worked at 
his trade for two years. He then entered the old wholesale grocery house 
of John T. Moore Sr., & Co., as a clerk, and in a few years arose to be the 
head salesman and confidential man in the house; from there he engaged in 
the grocery business under the firm name of Seward & Glynn, and from 1863 
to 1870 they conducted a wholesale establishment with good success. They 
then dissolved partnership, after which Mr. Glynn continued business for 
two years longer, being so successful that he determined to invest his 
money in sugar planting as a more profitable venture. In 1872 he purchased 
a plantation on which he moved, and this has since been his home. This 
enterprise resulted to his benefit, and he is now the owner of 3,200 acres 
of land in three plantations, and in addition to raising sugar cane, he 
also gives much attention to the culture of cotton, making 700 hogsheads of 
the former product and 350 bales of the latter. He has a fine sugar mill 
and steam cotton gin, fitted up with all the modern appliances, and in the 
conduct and management of his affairs he has manifested a shrewdness and 
sound good sense that has won for him a wide and favorable reputation. He 
has always been deeply interested in the progress and development of the 
parish, and for thirteen years was a member of the Fourth Levee district 
board, his term expiring in 1891. While serving in this capacity he was 
present at every meeting, and took an active interest in the movements of 
this board. For the past twelve years he has been president of the police 
jury. Upon the opening of the Civil war he raised a company for the 
confederate service, about the time New Orleans was captured, but his 
company was not mustered into the service. Throughout his career Mr. Glynn 
has ever been the soul of honor, and has the satisfaction of knowing that 
his present fine property has not been acquired at the expense of any one's 
happiness or comfort, but has been the result of honest toil, persistent 
endeavor and sound business judgment. He was married to Miss Mary J. 
Wilson, a daughter of C. W. Wilson, of New Orleans, of which city he was a 
prominent contractor and builder, and their union has resulted in the birth 
of thirteen children, ten of whom are living: Thomas C., W. J., A. J., 
M. E., C. W., A. A., Allie, Emma, Josephine and Belle. At the 
present time there is employed in Mr. Glynn's family a private tutor, and 
as his sons become old enough, Mr. Glynn teaches them the details of the 
sugar and cotton business, thoroughly fitting them for the practical duties 
of life. Thomas C. and W. J. are already recognized as experts in the 
manufacture of sugar.

Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 1), p. 447. 
Published by the Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892.