BIOS: John L. GLESSNER, Berlin, Somerset County, PA

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History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. 
Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis 
Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, ppg. 191/2

John L. GLESSNER.

John L. Glessner, of Berlin, is a son of Tobias Glessner.  A full account of the 
Glessner family from the time of its founding in America, is given in the 
sketches of Tobias and Frank P. Glessner, which appear elsewhere in this volume. 
John L. Glessner was born October 25, 1858, in Stony Creek township, where his 
education was received in the public schools.  He worked for his father until 
the age of twenty, when he married and rented a farm from his father.  This he 
cultivated for five years, and then for two years was engaged in clearing the 
timber from a tract of one hundred and thirty acres purchased from his father.  
The land was heavily timbered with white pine and other trees.  April 2, 1887, 
he purchased from the heirs of Ephraim Ross the farm on which he now resides; it 
is situated near Downey.  His very neat and pretty home he built in 1888, 
erecting the barn the same year.  The farm is well stocked, having good orchards 
of apples and pears and a sugar camp of four hundred vessels.  In addition to 
this property Mr. Glessner is the owner of another tract.  For the last nine 
years he has been in the farm produce business, and every week throughout the 
year carries a load of produce to Johnstown.  This business he conducts in 
connection with his farming enterprises and operations.  He served at one time 
as supervisor and is a Democrat in politics.  He and his wife are members of the 
Reformed church. 
Mr. Glessner married, November 25, 1877, Hattie J. Will, and their children are: 
Nellie E., born in 1878, wife of Merle R. Schrock, for fourteen years a teacher 
in the public schools, a practical surveyor, and a Republican.  He and his wife 
live on the home farm and are members of the Reformed church.  Ivy B., born 
January 15, 1887, wife of John T. Stutzman, a farmer and a Republican.  Both are 
members of the Reformed church.  Mrs. Glessner is a daughter of William C. and 
Sarah Will, the former a cooper by trade, a Republican and a member of the 
Lutheran church.  He and his wife were the parents of eight children, among 
them, Hattie J., born April 9, 1858, was educated in the township schools, and 
is the wife of John L. Glessner.  Mr. Will died April 1, 1900, aged seventy-five 
years, and his widow, born September 30, 1826, resides with her daughter, Mrs. 
Glessner.