The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-22


spring fever, gives energy and puts the
blood in good condition MISS EFF1E
/ CoIoNyE, 1886 10th Street, \. W, Washing
ton. D. c.
men and brethren; together they hae
clasped hands under the dim shaded glow
OF the triple candle lights on the north
side OF the sacred altar, and last night
after thirty-six years past and gone they
separated again, and for the last time
I Governor Glenn has gone. but Charlie
Lease remains, but who viii say that they
win not meet again, somewhere, some
time, out and amid those strange and un-
known spaces between Here and There
where the pangs Of obscured genius such
as was the lot of Governor Glenn, and the
+ disappointments OF Mr. Lease. and thew
/ are, perhaps, many. VIII all be wiped
away with the white light of philan-
/ thropic understanding.
Judge Glenn was possessed Of a mind
/ so transparent that 1t absorbed every
thing that came to him, and so respondent
that it reflected back to his kind the best
that it found -Iasons in wichita viii
long feel a great void. and they VIII re-
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fully among the quarries and at the last
submitted to the Supreme Architect Of ne
universal Temple such perfected SAMPLES
Of his workmanship as viii elicit from
the Eternal Grand Senior Warden the
lasting encomium Of well done. good
and faithful servant; enter thou into the
joys of the biest"
Judge Glenn had also been an Odd Eel
low for a great many years and was
much respected in that order
The following autobiography was writ
ten by Judge Glenn for the Eagle few
months before he died. 1t is a brief and
unornamented narrative OF the principal
events ia his singular eyentfuI life.
Ny name is Archibald Alexander Glenn.
i was born IN Nicholas county. Kentucky.
January 90, 1919. Ny father and mother
We're Henry Glenn and Ruth Glenn. nee
Rhodes. NV paternal grandparents were
Archibald Glenn and Sarah Glenn nee
Ferguson. Both were natives of the En-
erI isles; both came TO America when
quite young. Ny maternal grandparents
were Jacob Rhodes. "a native Of Ger
many and Elizabeth Rhodes. whose mai
den name was Furlon. Her father and
mother were Robert Furlon, and Kitty.
his wife. nee kitty Mcguire" both nat
ives Of ireland.
My grandfather. Archibald Glenn,
came to America, think, in ITO. when
about 20 years of age. He served through
the entire war of the Revolution in the
American army. think in the Pennsyl-
vania line. Thsre were four brothers who
came TO the colonies together. James. /
John, Archibald and Andrew, all OF whom
served through the Revolutionary war
Their descendants are scattered all over
The country from the Aueghenies TO the I
Pacific ana from the lakes on the north
TO the gulf on the south.
My father was born in Pennsylvania. /
February 8. 1857, but removed with his I
fathers family to Kentucky about 1870.
Aiy mother was born In Mason county, /
Kentucky, January Z. 1870. In 1921 my
father removed to the state OF Indiana.
where he lived seven years and then .
moved to Illinois first 70 VermilIion coun- +
Is. afterward 10 Schuyler county. where 4
be died Apri5. lS22
Ny opportunities for an education were +
limited. While we lived in Indiana. / at
tended D subscription school for a couple
OF years. where I learned 20 spell and
read. After my fathers death was sent
To similar school for three months. F
which completed my education. SO far as
schools are concerned. When I left
school I could not write my own name
and at the age OF 13, or the death OF ny /
father ] entered the battle OF life brt
poorly equipped Tor the struggle. was
B great reader and having reteutive
memory ard reading every book that
anne into my hands. ] managed 10 gain
/ fair English education
II worked or nv mothers farm until
was IS, then as a means Of widening
ny knowledge. went into a printing Once
md became printer. followed thar
business several years and then taught
-hool three or four years and then went
nto merchandising ca a small scale in a
country village. Ripley Brown county.
iaois- began my political life as a
IS hig ard remained So unl the break
-s up of the great party in 1853. when
ecsme Democrat. as tlst party more
early represented nay views on the great
oliucal Questions q the day than any
Their. ana since THAI sine I have acted
sth tie Democratic parity. During rhe
var 7 was sway Democrat
"Ia ISIS 7 vas elected justice az the
ra-E- --li- -Ae -tr- u--ce ever held.
kept school director IN 1919 was ar-
ointed postmaster Of Ripley. that being
be only appoinuve oG5cs ever held. /
5rve5 as postmaster and justice o. the
eace untn lS2 when I removed % 1It
-sriinS. The coa1ty seat of B-cVa oean-
s. u the meantime had married. on
be 1th day az February ISL. Z was
carried 90 9liss I.aviaia Cooper. az Pike
ountv. Illinois. with whom I lived untl
sr da1th in ISL
'Tn ths fan Of 1873 I was elected clerk
Z the district court Of Brown county.
hitch 'ffice held hy repeated elecuons
nth 1853. During all Of this tire I vas
S-ofhcio recorder Of deeds. ard during
'ur years % ths psrted vas twice
.ectsd superintendent of schools Tor
7oHn county. Also En- November. Isl
lille holding these o1ces- was eiects1
lSte to Tie state ctns1fr1tional con I
enuoa ~ ls2 My district vas com-
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