Engineer M&C Rail Road

Born:

March 3, 1833, Franklin City, Georgia

Died:

December 17, 1898, Huntsville, Alabama

Buried:

Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama

Residence:

117 Walker Avenue NE

Father of:

John Henry Glenn

Notes:

•  At the 319 Walker Residence are listed four Glenns: Edgar (fireman M&C Rail Road), John E. (engineer M&C Rail Road), John H. Glenn (rate officer for Equitable Bldg.), Miss Mary. (Address numbers have changed over time and the number listed in the city directory is likely not the number today.) - City Directory 1896-1897

•  A grave for John E. Glenn's son with a note saying: "Gone but not forgotten. Harvey A. Glenn, Son of John E. & M. S. Glenn, died in Huntsville, Ala. Aug. 13, 1879 Aged 19 yrs., 10 Mo. & 12 D's." - Maple Hill

•  Married Mary Susan Wooldridge of Decatur (Sept. 14, 1858). - Bishop

•  Father of:
     Harvey Andrew GLENN (1859 - 1879)
     Alice Morgan GLENN (1862 - 1889)
     Alfred Edgar GLENN (1864 - 1928)
     Paralee Wooldridge GLENN (1867 - 1937)
     John Henry GLENN (1869 - 1952)
     William James GLENN (1871 - 1872)
     David Nicholas GLENN (1873 - 1874)
     Mary Elizabeth GLENN (1875 - 1907)
     Harvena GLENN (1879 - 1884)
     Walter Clarence GLENN (1882 - 1884) - Ancestry.com

•  The Census shows his mother living with them. Her name was Susan Glenn and she was 73 and "widowed". Both of John's parents were born in North Carolina. - 1880 Census


Related Links:

•  1880 Census - Viewed through an Ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&indiv=try&h=5528572.)

•  Ancestry.com - Page created by ClydeWooldridge44 and can be viewed only with an Ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/35527276/person/18820537349.)

•  Bishop - Article titled "History of the John E. Glenn Family" by Mary Ann Bishop.

•  City Directory 1896-1897 - Huntsville City Directory 1896-97, by Huntsville Directory Company, 1896-1897, page 37.

•  Find A Grave - Page created by Bobbie Christian and maintained by Gene Hill.

•  Maple Hill - Maple Hill Cemetery, Phase One, by Diane Robey, Dorothy Scott Johnson, John Rison Jones, Jr., & Frances C. Roberts (Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society), 1995, page 91.

The Following Pages Link to this Page:
•  117 Walker Avenue NE
•  Bishop
•  City Directory 1896-1897
•  John Henry Glenn
•  Maple Hill