William G. Glancy

            WILLIAM G. GLANCY, farmer, residing on section 11, Wabash Township, was born in Licking County, Ohio, April 10, 1831, a son of Owen Glancy, an old settler of Adams County. Our subject was fourteen years old when he came with his parents to Adams County, and here he grew to manhood, remaining at home till attaining the age of twenty-three years, when he engaged in buying stock.

    He was married May 31, 1855, to Miss Taphinin P. Tindall, who was born in Crawford County, Ohio, October 7, 1836. Her parents, William and Lydia (Dony) Tindall, came from Crawford County, Pennsylvania, to Ohio in an early day. Their home is in Van Wert County, Ohio, though at the present time they are in Adams County, Indiana. They are of German descent. Five children were born to the, one son and four daughters. The mother is a member of the United Brethren church. Mr. and Mrs. Glancy have had four children –John A., born March 28, 1856, died September, 1868; Lydia Alice, born May 8, 1858, is the wife of Rev. Isaac Teeters; William, born June 17, 1863, died January 29, 1864, and Viola, born April 1, 1876, died April 20, 1877.

    Mr. Glancy has been engaged in farming since his marriage. In the spring of 1868 he removed to the farm which is still occupied by himself and family, his farm consisting of thirty-five acres of choice land. In politics Mr. Glancy is a Republican, and since coming to Wabash Township has held several local offices. Owen Glancy, the father of our subject, was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, September 9, 1808, a son of James Glancy, a native of Ireland. He came to America when a young man, locating in Pennsylvania, where he was married, his wife being a native of Germany. They subsequently removed to Knox County, Ohio, where they lived till their death. Owen Glancy grew to manhood in Knox County, and his father being a farmer he was reared to the same avocation. He was married in 1829 to Miss Sarah Green, a native of Knox County, and a daughter of William and Sarah Green, who were natives of Scotland, immigrating to America and settling in Knox County, where they lived till their death. Mr. Glancy was subsequently married to Mrs. Elizabeth Aspey, and was a third time married to Mrs. Rebecca Brown. He was the father of twelve children. In early life he learned the cooper’s trade, which he followed till he came Adams County, Indiana, November 1, 1846. He then entered eighty acres of land in Monroe Township, where he lived until 1863. He then sold his land in Monroe Township, and removed to his farm on section 23, Wabash Township. He died at Decatur February 22, 1884. He was a member of the Disciple church, and the mother of our subject was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Source: Biographical and Historical Record of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887.