Ancestry of
John Glenn

First American to orbit Earth

Gabriel Glenn

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• • Great-grandfather of John Glenn — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8 
  • Father:
  • David Glenn 
  • Mother:
  • Nancy Ann Dunlap   
  • Birth Date:
  • Oct 1795 
  • Birth Location:
  • West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 7 Sep 1874 
  • Death Location:
  • Westland Township, Guernsey, Ohio 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • East Union Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Claysville, Guernsey, Ohio 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Jane "Jennie" Wilson
  • Marriage Date:
  • 27 Mar 1838 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Cambridge Township, Guernsey, Ohio 
  • Child:

  John Comin Glenn (Ahnentafel No:4 )

• Sources for Gabriel Glenn

  • ¹ Federal Census, OH, Guernesey County, 1850, Westland, Image 2 of 28.
  • ² Federal Census, OH, Guernsey County, 1860, Westland, p. 164, Image 6 of 26.
  • ³ Federal Census, OH, Guernsey County, 1870, Westland, p. 19, Image 19 of 23.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/09/2015).
  • ⁵ Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953, Death certificate for son John C Glenn.
  • ⁶ Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016, Marriage record for Gabriel Glenn and Jane Wilson.
  • ⁷ Watson, Nettie Bowers and Louise Dollison Marsh, Our Glenn Family in America: Immigrant to Astronaut, 1768-1990, Madison, Wisconsin: The Odana Press (1990), 52, 108-150, 216.