"Portrait & Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley Oregon."  Chapman 
Publishing Company, 1903. p. 927.
 
CHARLES P. GLOVER

     In Lincoln county, Mo., Philip and Sarah (Koentz) Glover lived on a large
farm which yielded sufficient livelihood for their ten children, among whom was
Charles P., now one of the prosperous farmers of Linn county, Ore., whose birth
occurred June 7, 1840, in Lincoln county, Mo. To the quiet and uneventful
farming locality came rumors of gold and fertile lands on the coast, and to the
elder Glover this seemed an opportunity to improve the condition of his family,
an opinion in which his wife and the oldest children heartily concurred. The
farm being disposed of, the preparations for removal proceeded rapidly, and for
the accommodation of the family three wagons were required, having three yoke of
oxen each, and enough loose stock to furnish milk and meat for the travelers.
The train consisted of thirty-six wagons.  Charles P., then a youth of nine,
rode one mare and led another owned by a Mr. Gibson one of whose colts sold at
$600 and the other at $550 in Marion county. For this troublesome service the
lad received a pair of shoes, a remuneration which would scarcely appeal to the
youth of today.
     The Glover family met with few adventures on the way across the plains, and
once in Oregon the father took up a donation claim of six hundred and seven
acres in the Waldo Hills. His children helped to., clear the land and put in the
crops, and all in all the emigration to the west proved a decided benefit to all
the members of the family. Chas. P. left home in 1862, at the age of twenty-two,
and tried his fortunes in the mines on the Salmon river, six months convincing
him that he was not a born miner, and was much better adapted to work on a farm.
Returning to the old home farm he remained until 1892, and then came to his,
present farm of two hundred and thirteen acres six miles east of Albany. His
farm is well improved, and many years of industry and economy have placed him in
a position of independence and thrift. In 1865 Mr. Glover married Clarissa
Palmer, who proved a helpmate and a ready sympathizer in the vicissitudes which
have come into the life of her husband, and died in February, 1886. In an
atmosphere of kindliness and goodness eleven children have been reared, five
sons and six daughters, all of whom are living. Lenora, at home ; Laura C., the
wife of George U. Ashby, a merchant of Weizer, Idaho ; Samuel, near Antelope,
Ore., a rancher ; Orange, of Portland, Ore. ; Narcissa, the wife of Harvey S.
Taylor, of Macleay, Ore.; Wallace, of Goldendale, Wash.; Edith, at home;
Matilda, the wife of Clarence Turner, confectioner of Lebanon, Ore. ; Ralph, of
Salem, bookkeeper ; Ronald, at home ; Mable, also at home. These children were
born in the Waldo Hills and educated in the common schools, and schools of
Monmouth and Salem.
     In political belief Mr. Glover is a Republican, but he has chosen rather.
his own farm and fireside to the excitement and always doubtful success of the
politician. Fraternally he is connected with the Ancient order of United
Workmen. A good manager, excellent business man, and unquestionably reliable in
all his dealings, Mr. Glover commands the respect of all who know him and is
deserving of the success which has come his way.

     
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2008 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.