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MAJ. W. J. GLENN, superintendent of the County Home, Woodville, was born in Scott township, in 1839. His grandfather, William Glenn, came to Allegheny county from Lancaster county, Pa., about the year 1800, and settled in Upper St. Clair township. He purchased a large tract of land, and followed farming. He married Margaret Herdman, who bore him five sons and five daughters, and died in 1840, aged sixty-three years. James B., his eldest son, was born in 1809, in St. Clair township, and was always a farmer. He married Rebecca A. McCulley, daughter of Thomas McCulley, of this county, and three sons and four daughters were born to them, of whom W. J. is the eldest. James B. Glenn is now a resident of Washington county, Pa. His wife died in 1871, aged fifty-nine years. Maj. Glenn was reared on a farm, and educated at the Mansfield Academy, which he left at the age of eighteen years to engage in the practical concerns of life. For two years he was a teacher in the public schools. In 1861 he enlisted in Co. E, 61st P. V. I., returning from the field as captain of his company. He was appointed major, in 1885, of the 14th P. Regt. N. G. P., which rank he still holds. He married, in 1865, Mattie E., daughter of Jacob Doolittle, a well-known citizen in Allegheny county. Three children have been born to Maj. and Mrs. Glenn, two of whom are living: Mary C. and Frank D. Maj. Glenn has been engaged in various pursuits, being two years in the oil business; also in the general merchandise business in Allegheny City; was justice of the peace of Chartiers borough for ten years, and was appointed, in 1884, superintendent of the County Home, which position he fills with entire satisfaction to everyone. He is a member of the G. A. R. and of the Masonic fraternity. He is a Presbyterian, and a republican.