My Genealogy Hound

John E. Glover needs no introduction to the readers of the present volume, his position as one of the well-known business men of Lonoke having given him extended acquaintance. He is a native of North Carolina, born in Northampton County January 26, 1846, and was the son of William H. and Mary (Brister) Glover. They came to Arkansas in 1852, and located in Eagle Township, Prairie (now Lonoke) County, being among the early settlers of that region. In a family of eleven children John E. is the third in order of birth. He remained with his parents until of age, and obtained such advantages for schooling as were to be had at that time. When twenty-one years old he began life for himself, and having always displayed a natural tendency toward mechanics, adopted that trade as his profession, and has made a success of it in every way. In 1887 he settled in Lonoke, having removed from Butlerville at that time, where he has been engaged in ginning and milling. He has followed that work in various parts of the country, and is the inventor and patentee of an improved threshing and cleaning machine, also the inventor of an improved self-tramping, compound cotton press. In 1889 Mr. Glover built his present cotton-gin and saw-mill, manufacturing all his own lumber for the purpose. In 1867 he was married to Miss Berthena E. Furlow, a native of Arkansas. At her death, which occurred in 1870, she left one daughter, Lu Elen (now Mrs. Ed Merts), and she resides in Trigg County, Ky. On March 22, 1870, Mr. Glover took for his second wife, Miss Lucy A. Cochran, of Lonoke County, and to them were born three sons and one daughter. Mrs. Glover’s death occurred in 1883, and in 1884 Mr. Glover was married to his present wife, Miss Annie L. Neeley, of Arkansas. They are members in high standing in the Methodist Church, to which he has belonged since his seventeenth year, and he is also a member of the Grange. Mr. Glover has the faculty of commanding respect wherever he goes, and is esteemed by all who know him.