Obituary of William S. Glenn, Vale, Malheur Co., OR 1900
Surnames: Glenn, Yates, Beck
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The Morning Democrat, Baker City, OR; 12 May 1900

DEATH OF W. S. GLENN

Malheur's Oldest Pioneer Passes Away at the Age of 85.

William S. Glenn, one of the oldest and for 29 years a resident of what is now
Malheur county, passed to the great beyond at one o'clock Wednesday morning at
his home in Vale, aged 85 years, 1 month and 23 days.

He was born in Barren county, Tennessee, March 14, 1815. When one year old his
parents moved to Indiana, where he grew to manhood and married Miss Maria
Yates. In 1840 he moved to Iowa, where nine years later his wife died, leaving
three children, Sarah, Mary Ana and Tobert. In 1851, he was married to Miss
Nancy C. beckwith. He crossed the plains with an ox team in 1852, and was
captain of the emigrant train of which he was a member. He stopped in
California that year, and the following year returned home by water. In 1859
he again came west as far as Denver, four log houses covered with dirt then
constituting that now flourishing city. On returning to Council Bluffs, he
brought an ounce of gold dust, which was the first brought to that place from
the new gold fields of the west, and its exhibition caused much excitement. In
October, 1862, he moved to Oregon and settled in the Grande Ronde valley but
when the great gold discoveries were made at Malheur City in 1871, he moved to
that place and engaged in the mercantile business. He continued in that line
of work at Malheur City, Glennville and Vale tilla few years ago. He has taken
an active part in the development of Eastern Oregon and was well known and
highly respected throughout this portion of the state. He has raised a large
family, and many children, grand children and great grand children are living.