Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed., 
1885, McLean Co.

WILLIAM A. GLENN, McLean County, was born February 22, 1827, in Todd Co., 
Kentucky, and is the second in a family of eight children, born to George 
F. and Nancy (Christian) Glenn, natives of Virginia and North Carolina; 
his paternal grandfather was James Glenn, who married Rachel Finley, a 
native of Virginia.  The maternal grandfather was John Christian, who 
married a Miss Harris, born and reared in North Carolina.  They came to 
Todd County about 1800.  William A. was reared on a farm with but limited 
opportunity for mental improvement.  He remained at home with his parents 
until he was twenty-six years of age, when he turned his attention to 
mercantile pursuits, engaging in business in Columbus, Mo., to which 
place he moved in 1853, remaining there until 1868, when he sold out 
and returned to Kentucky.  He engaged in the dry goods and leaf tobacco 
business in Todd County until 1870, when he removed to Eminence, Henry 
County; from there he went to Columbia in 1874, where he edited a paper - 
the Columbia Spectator - for one year.  He then went to Hopkinsville and 
engaged in the leaf tobacco business and as salesman in a store.  He next 
went to Trenton where he is engaged in the dry goods business with T. M. 
Smith.  He was married in June, 1855, to D. Ella, a daughter of Milton 
and Mary (Daniel) Beauchamp, natives of Kentucky.  They have had four 
children, all of whom are dead.  He and wife are members of the Christian 
Church.  He is a Democrat in politics.

Glenn Christian Finley Harris Smith Beauchamp Daniel
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Todd-KY VA NC MO Henry-KY Columbia-Adair-KY Hopkinsville-Christian-KY

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