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ROBERT W. GLENN, farmer, post office Noblestown. About the year 1790 William Glenn, with his family and four brothers, emigrated to America from Ireland and settled in New York. Robert, a son, was then but two years old, and when quite a boy commenced the study of medicine, graduating in New York city when eighteen years old. He came to Allegheny county in 1810, commenced the practice of his profession, and was the first, and at that time the only, physician in that section. He married Margaret, daughter of John McDonald, Sr., an old pioneer in Pennsylvania. Born to Dr. and Mrs. Glenn were six children, three of whom are now living: John, M. D., Martha N., Mary M. (deceased), Robert W., James, M. D. (deceased) and William (deceased). The doctor purchased seventy-five acres of land near Noblestown, which is still owned by his sons. The house erected on the lot purchased at Noblestown is still standing in a good state of preservation. Dr. Glenn died in 1837, aged fifty-two years, and his widow in 1860, aged seventy-five years. John and Robert W. now reside on the homestead. The Glenn family are among the most prominent in this section of Allegheny county, are members of the Presbyterian Church, and republicans.