BIO: George David GLOSNER, Centre County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania: Including 
the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion: Containing 
Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Etc. 
Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1898.
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  GEORGE DAVID GLOSNER, a leading farmer and cattle dealer of Marion 
township, Centre county, is a native of that county, his birth having 
occurred in Curtin township, March 5, 1864. His father, Sampson 
Glossner (as the name was spelled by his ancestors), was born in Pine 
Creek, Clinton Co., Penn., a son of Christian and Margaret (Teal) 
Glossner, who were born, reared and married in Germany, but at an early 
day crossed the Atlantic and located in Clinton county, whence they 
came to Centre county. Here the grandfather carried on farming 
throughout the remainder of his life. His other children were Henry, 
who died in Howard, Centre county; Margaret, widow of Conrad 

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Singer, of Curtin township, Centre county; and Jacob, a laborer of 
Eagleville, in the same county.
  By occupation Sampson Glossner was a farmer and carpenter. In 
October, 1860, he married Miss Mary Wensel, who was born November 29, 
1842, in Germany, of which country her parents, John and Margaret 
(Felder) Wensel, were also natives. In 1844 they came to America 
accompanied by his father, John Wensel, Sr., and located upon a farm in 
Centre county, where they spent their remaining days, John Wensel, Jr., 
dying in 1895, at the ripe old age of eighty-four years. Only two 
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Glossner, the sister of our subject 
being Margaret A., wife of Peter Robb, Jr., a farmer of Romola, Curtin 
township, Centre county. The father died in the fall of 1867, at the 
early age of twenty-seven years; the mother is still making her home in 
Curtin township.
  George D. Glosner continued to assist in the operation of the home 
farm until he had attained his majority, and then started out in life 
for himself as an agriculturist. On January 10, 1879, at his present 
home, he married Miss Emma M. Hoy, who was born upon that farm April 
19, 1864. They have four children, whose names and dates of birth are 
as follows: Edna M., January 25, 1890; Beulah M., April 11, 1891; Doyle 
E., July 14, 1892; and Inez M., December 2, 1893. The parents of Mrs. 
Glosner, George S. and Catherine A. (Yearick) Hoy, were both natives of 
Brush Valley, Centre county, where they were married November 27, 1851. 
For a short time they remained there, and then came to Marion township, 
where the father died December 11, 1889. He was born February 7, 1827, 
his wife on May 10, 1832, a daughter of John and Saloma (Riechel) 
Yearick; she now resides with our subject and his wife.
  Mrs. Glosner is the youngest of eight children, namely: Tabitha A., 
born June 30, 1853, is the wife of I. W. Gates, a farmer of Clearfield 
county, Penn.; Samuel C., born February 7, 1855, is a farmer of 
Hublersburg, Centre county; Angeline G., born February 28, 1856, is the 
wife of H. D. Vonada, also a farmer of Hublersburg; Semanda J., born 
September 7, 1857, is the wife of P. C. Gates, a carpenter of 
Clearfield county; Malissa C., born November 10, 1858, is the wife of 
A. A. McClintic, an undertaker of Coalport, Clearfield county; Henry 
F., born February 9, 1860, died June 12, 1874; and Susannah M., born 
December 29, 1861, is the wife of E. L. McClintic, of Lewistown, 
Pennsylvania.
  For two years after his marriage, Mr. Glosner lived upon a farm which 
he owned in Curtin township, and then removed to the old Hoy homestead, 
where he still resides. He is a thorough and skillful farmer, and as a 
cattle dealer has met with excellent success, so that he is now 
numbered among the substantial and well-to-do citizens of Marion 
township. Religiously, he is a member of the Reformed Church; 
politically, he is identified with the Republican party, and he is at 
present creditably serving as auditor and school director in his 
township.