R. F. Glenn (Biography)

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Taken from History of the State of Kansas, by William G. Cutler


R.F. GLENN, Register of Deeds of Ellk County, was born in Vermillion County, Ill., in 1857.  He was raised on a farm and worked at farming and brick making until thirteen years of age, when he started in the world for himself, working summers and attending school winters until seventeen years of age, when he began teaching, teaching until twenty-one years of age, when he came West and located at Cedar Vale, Chautauqua Co., Kan.  In 1880, he took a trip to Colorado, but soon after returned to Kansas, locating at Grenola, and was employed as a salesman in the general store of C. D. Murphy.  In January, Mr. Murphy sold out to Hewins & Titus, and  Mr. Glenn continued with the new firm until January 1882, when he came to Howard and took his present position having been elected in the fall of 1831 (Note:  I believe this should have been 1881).  Mr. Glenn is a thoroughly self-made man, and close attention to business and his known reliability, was placed in the best office in the county before he had been a resident two years.  He is a good business man, and has a bright future before him.  He is a member of Howard Lodge, No. 134, I.O.O.F.