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June 2011
(Generations 1,2,3,4,5 etc. are numbered 1,3,5,7,9 etc.  Additional Spouses are 2,4,6,8 etc.)
Compiled by Gordon Speer, 3304 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, IL 61081

1,1 James GLENN (1785-10/1849) m. 4/17/1810 Nancy DOUGLASS (       -7/1/1837) 
    Fifteen children.  The last one was born after James died.  His second wife survived
    him by 55 years.  He had moved from South Carolina to Monroe County Indiana by 1838.
    We found no graves in Indiana.  Esther McCrery's maternal grandmother was Margaret
    Douglass, from Chester County, South Carolina.  The only Glenn in Chester County in
    the 1800 Census was a John Glenn.
  3,11 Mary Ann GLENN (4/10/1811-       )

  3,12 Peggy GLENN (2/8/1813-       )

  3,13 Elizabeth GLENN (2/8/1815-       )

  3,14 John GLENN (6/6/1817-       )

  3,15 Jennet GLENN (3/29/1820-       )

  3,16 Agnes GLENN (6/16/1823-       )

  3,17 James GLENN II (4/17/1825-       )

  3,18 Martha GLENN (9/10/1828-       )

  3,19 Isabella GLENN (10/27/1831-       )

 2, m. 2nd in Monroe County, Indiana 9/13/1838 Nancy J. (Daniels) McDONALD (       -4/19/1904)
       The 1840 Census of Monroe County, Indiana indicated that Nancy was then between 20
       and 30, and that there were four children living with them:  a boy under 5, a boy
       between 10 and 15, a girl between 5 and 10, and a girl between 15 and 20.
  3,1a Robert Kennedy Nelson GLENN (8/10/1839-9/21/1903) m. 2/9/1865 Esther Elizabeth McCRERY
       (8/24/1845-11/6/1924),  Robert was born in Monroe County, Indiana, Esther in Warren
       County, Illinois (Her ancestors are buried in Cedar Creek Cemetery, two miles north
       of Little York, Illinois.)  When Robert was just ten years old his father died, and 
       when he was fifteen he was left to care for his mother, his five younger siblings,
       and the family's Indiana farm. Their farm, from 1870 on, was in Section 32 of Rozetta
       Township, Henderson County, Illinois, 1.75 miles south of Highway 164, west of Highway 94.
       Robert and Esther are buried in South Henderson Cemetery, between Gladstone and Biggsville.
    5,1a1 James Alvin GLENN (12/8/1865-3/17/1915) m. 10/22/1896 Eleanor MEKEMSON (7/13/1862-
          8/30/1898) Biggsville. Eleanor died in childbirth at age 36.
      7,1a11 Robert Andrew GLENN (8/30/1898-1/11/1966) m. 12/29/1920 Mildred Elizabeth "Beth"
             WHITEMAN (9/1/1899-9/10/1998)  She stayed on the Whiteman Homestead centennial
             farm for 30 years after he died.  Vince Whiteman farms it now. 
        9,1a111 Mayre Eleanor GLENN (4/1/1926-    ) m. 6/28/1948 Donald Keith McCLANAHAN
                (2/16/1927-       ) Las Cruces, New Mexico
        9,1a112 Mildred Agnes GLENN (5/6/1929-       ) m. 12/5/1949 Frank "Dale" ANDERSON
                (10/14/1928-       )  farmer  Stronghurst, IL
        9,1a113 Elizabeth Lucille GLENN (9/10/1933-       ) m. 9/3/1955 Gordon Eugene SPEER
                (12/25/1933-       ) science teacher  Sterling, IL

    5,1a2 David Oscar GLENN(3/21/1868-4/17/1943)m.10/24/1893 Sarah Elizabeth"Bess" GRAHAM
          (9/3/1875-12/23/1934)
      7,1a21 Elsie Marie GLENN (10/13/1895-9/23/1972) m. 4/1/1918 Ray Miller WHITEMAN
             (12/13/1894-3/6/1981) 
        9,1a211 Ralph Glenn WHITEMAN (10/1/1921-       ) m. 8/22/1942 Leanore Nell SAPP
                (3/2/1920-       )
        9,1a212 Jane Elizabeth WHITEMAN (3/16/1925-10/18/1954) m. 3/31/1945 Joe Bagley WATSON
                (7/25/1925-       )
      7,1a22 Martha Elizabeth GLENN (4/15/1899-1/17/1975) m. 9/14/1921 Charles Benjamin BAILEY
             (10/27/1894-       )
        9,1a221 Dorothy Elizabeth BAILEY 7/12/1924-   ) m. 10/13/1950 Carl BUHMEYER (6/21/1920-  )
        9,1a222 Mary Ann BAILEY (11/30/1930-        ) m. 8/5/1951 Norman Leon FRANK (11/13/1931- )
        9,1a223 Marcia Eileen BAILEY (8/1/1937- ) m. 10/24/1964 William Charles SLIGHT (8/11/1936- )
      7,1a23 (Jenny) Alicia GLENN (12/8/1902-       ) m. 3/17/1923 Charles Leonard CUMMINGS
        9,1a231 William Glenn CUMMINGS (5/21/1927-   ) m. 6/24/1951 Doris Ilene LEE (3/13/1929- )
        9,1a232 Robert Charles CUMMINGS (9/6/1932- ) m.6/15/1957 Erma Rose WALLINGFORD (3/23/1930- )
      7,1a24 Evelyn Agnes GLENN (8/5/1906-9/3/1985) m. 7/4/1928 George PAGE
        9,1a241 Gerald Norman PAGE (4/28/1929-       ) m. 5/12/1951 Shirley M. HARVEY
        9,1a242 David Robert PAGE (8/3/1931-8/3/1931)

    5,1a3 Margaret Clara GLENN (12/18/1870-5/12/1871)  age five months

    5,1a4 William Pressley GLENN (5/13/1873-10/29/1949) m.9/1/1910 Mary Graham STEWART (10/11/1882-)
      7,1a41 Donzella Martin GLENN (9/5/1912-       ) m. 7/5/1934 Loyal HAMILTON
        9,1a411 Joyce Elaine HAMILTON (9/6/1936-       ) m. 1/20/1956 John WILLSON
          11,1a4111 Karen Elaine WILLSON (9/13/1956-       )
        9,1a412 Sandra Kay HAMILTON (5/29/1938-       )
        9,1a413 Charles Davis HAMILTON (12/6/1942-       )
        9,1a414 Linda Lou HAMILTON (10/23/1945-       )
      7,1a42 William Pressley GLENN Jr (5/10/1921-       ) m. Mary Jean LORIMER (7/30/1924-       )

    5,1a5 Flora Agnes GLENN (12/29/1875-3/8/1941)

    5,1a6 Samuel Robert GLENN (9/19/1879-4/27/1967) m. 9/30/1908 Jessie McKEE (1/27/1880-3/8/1928)
      7,1a61 (Robert) John GLENN (10/29/1909-       ) m. 9/27/1941 Elizabeth Hartmann "Libbie"
             McCLAIN (9/23/1912-       )
        9,1a611 Robert John GLENN, Jr. (1/6/1947-       )
        9,1a612 Gordon Lee GLENN (6/6/1948-       )
      7,1a62 Mary Esther GLENN (3/5/1917-       )
     6, m. 2nd Lucy Phillura GARDINER (4/16/1903-12/6/1979) 
      7,1a63 Richard Seth GLENN (7/13/1932-12/3/2010) m. 1/19/1952 Muriel Helen GREEN (9/29/1932-5/13/2011)
        9,1a631 Linda Marlene GLENN
        9,1a632 David Vincent GLENN
        9,1a633 Laura Jean GLENN
        9,1a634 Lisa Marie GLENN
        9,1a635 Lee Ann GLENN

    5,1a7 Cora Elizabeth "Belle" GLENN(9/19/1882-2/5/1972) m.9/15/1909 Fred BURRUS(9/11/1885-7/11/1974)
      7,1a71 (Margaret) Elizabeth BURRUS (10/20/1910-       ) m. 10/1/1949 Al SHALLENBERGER
             (12/27/1908-1/19/1983)
      7,1a72 Ruth Glenn BURRUS (12/18/1913-       ) m. 6/10/1938 Lawrence FOSTER (11/22/1909-       )
        9,1a721 Ella Fredene FOSTER (8/13/1939-       ) m. Thomas Edward HEYERT (3/31/1938-       )
      7,1a73 Frances Marian BURRUS (8/29/1919-       ) m. Fred CARROL

    5,1a8 Andrew Thomas GLENN (9/14/1885-1/17/1983) m. 11/24/1915 Oleva May GIBB (2/11/1891-12/29/1972)
      7,1a81 David Rex GLENN (3/20/1921-3/23/1921)  age three days
      7,1a82 Ralph Edwin GLENN (6/17/1922-7/30/1984) m. 2/19/1943 Virginia PATTERSON (4/19/1922-       )

    5,1a9 Ida May GLENN (8/3/1889-4/2/1974) m. 6/2/1915 Clarence GIBB (9/8/1892-11/1979)
      7,1a91 (Elizabeth) Glenadine GIBB (6/8/1919-       )
      7,1a92 (Mildred) Lucille GIBB (7/17/1922-       ) m. 6/1/1946 Lyman FORT (6/8/1922-       )

  3,1b William Turner GLENN (11/29/1840-       )

  3,1c Samuel Harris GLENN (11/7/1842-9/21/1929)

  3,1d Sarah Elender GLENN (5/14/1845-       )

  3,1e Joseph Pressley GLENN (4/2/1847-       )

  3,1f  Eliza Amanda GLENN (3/25/1850-       )