William Glendening    

WILLIAM GLENDENING, farmer, post-office Mercer, was born November 13, 1818, in County Derry, Ireland. His parents, Andrew and Elizabeth (McMillan) Glendening, came to Mercer County in 1828 with their children, Mary A., William, Elizabeth, Andrew, Jane and Sarah. They settled in Springfield Township in the portion that is now in Findley. After fifteen years they moved to Delaware Township. Ten years later they moved to Cool Spring, where the father died August 28, 1873, and his wife November 24, 1871. They were members of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. Our subject was educated in the country schools in Ireland and Mercer County. He was married in 1844 to Eliza A. Linn, daughter of James and Jane (Williamson) Linn, early settlers of this county. By this union he had four children. Eliza, the wife of James Keck, is the only one living. His wife died in 1858, and he married Sarah Walker, daughter of William and Jane (Hazlett) Walker, also early settlers in the county. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Walker were: Ebenezer; Robert, killed in front of Petersburg in the seven days’ fight; William and Sarah. By his second wife Mr. Glendening has Jennie, married A. C. Slater; Lewis, married Julia Bolton; Lizzie, Emma, Maggie and Leroy. Mr. Glendening settled, when first married, in Delaware Township, and in 1883 located where he now resides, in Findley Township. He is the owner of a good farm and other property. He and wife are members of the First United Presbyterian Church, and he has been a Republican since 1862.

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.