An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., The
Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, pages 387-388
	
	STEPHEN S. GLIDDEN, Spokane, Washington, is one of the enterprising and
successful business men of the Northwest.
	He was born in Northfield, New Hampshire, in the year 1828, and is a son of
Charles M. Glidden and Alice M. (Smith) Glidden, both natives of New Hampshire.
His ancestors took a prominent and active part in the public affairs of their
day. His great-grandfather and grandfather represented the town of Northfield in
the New Hampshire Legislature for a period of forty years, and the
great-grandson of the first of these gentlemen represented the same town in the
same august body in the centennial year of the town. Mr. Glidden has in his
possession some papers which are of a very interesting character, and which are
more than a hundred years old, one dated 1784, being an appointment of Charles
Glidden, grandfather of Stephen S., as Deputy Sheriff, and another as Justice of
the Peace.
	Mr. Glidden received his education in the public schools and the Methodist
Seminary in his native town, graduating in 1847. His parents had moved to Ohio
and located in Scioto county, in 1832, having made the journey to what was then
the West, in wagons, and after his graduation Stephen S. returned home and
engaged in the iron  business with his father and uncle, who were foundry men,
and remained in Scioto county until 1865. He then moved to Tennessee, where he
was engaged in the same business until 1876. From that time until 1885, he lived
consecutively at Evansville, Indiana, Alabama, Chattanooga, and St. Paul, and at
the last named place did a wholesale grocery business. In 1885 he came out West,
invested largely in mining property in the Coeur d' Alene country, has been
there at intervals ever since, and still retains large interests there. He
operates a large store in the Coeur d' Alene country, and is a stockholder in
various enterprises in Spokane. As President of the old Bank of Spokane, he has
done much to advance its interests, and its present prosperity is largely due to
his efficient management. Mr. Glidden was a member of the Constitutional
Convention in 1888. His whole life has been characterized by earnest activity,
and the position of prominence and influence he occupies to-day is solely the
result of his own industry and perseverance.
	Mr. Glidden was married in 1855 to Miss Susie Garrett, a native of Illinois.
They have had seven children, five of whom are now living.
	
Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in September 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer
	
	
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