The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 875 

HARRY A. GLEN.

Harry A. Glen has devoted almost his entire life to the railway business and has
worked his way upward from a humble position to that of general agent for the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company at Yakima. He was born in Scotland on the 20th
of October, 1871, a son of Henry and Margaret (Campbell) Glen. His father has
been the minister of the Presbyterian church at Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland, for
more than fifty-two years, but the mother has passed away.

Harry A. Glen is indebted to the public school system of Scotland for his
educational opportunities. He came to the United States in April, 1889, when a
youth of seventeen years, and secured employment as bellboy in a hotel in New
York, where he remained for six months. he afterward removed westward to Eau
Claire, Wisconsin, where he was engaged in the railway business for seventeen
years, starting in as office boy and becoming agent for the Northwestern
Railroad Company there.

The year 1909 witnessed the arrival of Mr. Glen in Yakima, at which time he
purchased land, which he cultivated for a year and then sold. He next returned
to railway service in the employ of the Northern Pacific, starting in the
position of stenographer with the general agent. His capability and fidelity
soon won recognition, resulting in promotion. He became traveling freight agent
and in August, 1910, was appointed general agent at Yakima, in which capacity he
has since served the corporation, being a most capable official at this point
and one who has gained popularity with the public.

On the 12th of December, 1905, Mr. Glen was married to Miss Susan Faber, of St.
Paul, Minnesota, and they have one child, Margaret, eleven years of age.

Mr. Glen belongs to the Knights of Pythias fraternity and also to the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He likewise has membership in the
Commercial Club and he gives his political allegiance to the republican party,
of which he has been a stanch advocate since becoming an American citizen. His
religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church. Ills genuine worth of
character, his business ability and tact and his unfaltering enterprise have
placed him in a creditable position in railway circles and Yakima numbers him
among her valued citizens.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.