Archibald Glenn    

ARCHIBALD GLENN, farmer, post-office Mercer, was born August 15, 1835, in Pine Township, to Valentine and Eliza (McCune) Glenn. The father was born in Pine Township, near Center Church, March 17, 1804, and his father’s name was Robert. Eliza was born in what is now Lawrence County, and her children were: Mary, married James Breckenridge; Catharine, married Harris Armstrong; Archibald, Maggie, Robert, Thomas C., William D. The parents are members of the Presbyterian Church. Archibald Glenn attended the common schools, and for years was engaged in lumbering in Pine, Cool Spring and Lake Townships. He enlisted in Company F, Fifty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served two years. He was in the seven days’ fight, was wounded in the shoulder at Charles City Cross Roads, and was in the battle of Fredericksburg. He was married December 30, 1869, to Anna M. Albin, and had four children: Charles C., died small; Nannie E., John A. and George V. In 1875 they came from his saw-mill to their present farm, a part of which is the old homestead of her father. They are members of the Center Presbyterian Church. He is a Republican. John Albin, the father of Mrs. Glenn, was born October 3, 1819, in Pine Township, to William and Martha (Walker) Albin. His father was born in Ireland, and came to Mercer County with his father, John Albin, in 1803. The children of John Albin, Sr., were: William, Amy, John, Sallie, Margaret, Reuben and Isabella. The children of William and Martha Albin were: John, Mary A., Margaret J., Sarah, Elizabeth, Caroline, Rebecca, Maria and James. John Albin was educated in the common schools and one term at the academy at Greenville. He taught school several terms in this and Butler Counties. He was married in 1843 to Nancy Lightner, and their children are: John G., read law with Hon. Samuel Griffith, and practiced law till his death, June 28, 1875, was married to Lillie Day and left two children; Anna M., James M., married Sarah Boston and has a son, Samuel M., who clerks for A. J. McKean, and Laura, Gertie, Emma, Mary and John A.; Maria J., married Dr. L. G. Meyers. John Albin has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for over forty-nine years, and his wife is a member also. He is a Democrat.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.