"Portrait and Biographical Record of Portland and Vicinity, Oregon." Authors: "a
compilation of this work....by a number of writers".  Chapman Publishing Co;
Chicago, 1903. p. 533.
 
JOHN GLOVER

     An agriculturist who impressed his general worth upon the community of
Clackamas county, and whose many years of residence here were characterized by
public spirited efforts and business success, was John Glover, born in Missouri
in 1836, and who died in this county October 6, 1884.
     The coming of Mr. Glover to Oregon was hardly a matter of his own election,
for his father, John P. Glover, an ambitious and fairly successful farmer back
in Missouri, brought his family overland in 1852, settling upon a donation claim
of six hundred and forty acres in Clackamas county, upon which the remainder of
his days were spent. After the death of the father there were four heirs to the
property, and the son John, who was one of them, was fortunately able to buy off
the other claimants, and was therefore the possessor of large landed estates.
The trust was fully appreciated, and among the larger possibilities of his
adopted state he found ample chance for the exercise of sound business judgment,
which redounded to the credit of all with whom he came in contact. Through his
efforts about forty acres of the heavily timbered land was cleared of its
detriment to farming enterprises, and the improvements known at that time were
introduced unstintingly.   This property is being worked by his sons and widow,
and the standard insisted upon by the pioneer and former head of the family is
being maintained to distinct advantage. Mr. Glover was enterprising and thrifty,
and established an enviable reputation as a man of sound business judgment.
     Twice married, the first wife of Mr. Glover was formerly Parthenia Brigman,
of which union there were born two children: Mrs. Olive O'Neil of Oregon, and
Mrs. Flora Beck of California. The present Mrs. Glover was, in her girlhood,
Lucy O'Neil, and was born in Ripley county, Ind., October 9, 1841. She was first
married to L. E. Martin, with whom she came across the plains in 1860, with
three yoke of oxen, and household belongings for beginning life in Oregon. After
a residence here of four years the
couple returned to the east, and after the death of her husband Mrs. Martin
again took up her residence in Oregon. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs.
Martin, of whom Mrs. Bertha Gibson is living in Oregon City, Ore.; Mrs. M. M.
Trullinger is a resident of Union Mills, Ore.; and Emily is deceased. To Mr. and
Mrs. Glover were born five children, viz.: Delia M.; John R. of Wardner, Idaho;
Walter G.; Homer C.; and Matt C. In politics Mr. Glover was a stanch defender of
Jeffersonian Democracy, and during nearly his entire active life was a member of
the school board of his respective districts.  Mrs. Glover is a member of the
Baptist Church.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2008 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
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