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Author: Tilghman McCabe Jr
James Glenn was born May 3, 1763 in Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia), son of William Glenn and Elizabeth Lowery. At the age of 14 he ran away from his home and joined the army under General Nathanael Greene. He served with Lieut. Daniel Bedinger and others as a sharpshooter in the southern campaigns of 1779-1780. Lieutenant Glenn was present at the surrender of Cornwallis.
James Glenn was a young man, of 27 at the time he so bravely rescued Lieut. Raleigh Morgan from Indian massacre under General St. Clair on November 4, 1791. He was selected by General William Darke to carry the news of St. Clair’s defeat to Philadelphia, temporary capital of the US. President George Washington commissioned James Glenn as Captain and wrote of his heroism in the commission document.
James Glenn died November29, 1823 and is buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. He was twice married. First to Jane Duke, described as a tall, beautiful blonde. She and her three young children died, and he married Ruth Burns, by whom he had three children, Elizabeth, Mary and Captain James W. Glenn, who lived at Glenburnie, in Jefferson County, Virginia.
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