Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, published 1880.

Greenfield:

John Glen is the Greenfield philanthropist; he was thoroughly educated for this calling in Scotland, but came to Wisconsin to carry out his mission of doing the greatest good to the greatest number; when he came to Greenfield, he turned Mr. Prentice’s mill into a sanitarium, thus founding the only benevolent institution in Greenfield; he has prevented sourness from entering many homes, giving light for darkness, so that far and near families eat their bread with gladness; he understands all the mysteries of ancient and modern milling, having run the second purifier ever operated in Milwaukee, in the mill of J.B. Martin, but he believes the old process to be far better for the consumer than the new, and is doubtless making the best family flour in Sauk Co. Mr. Glen came to this planet in January, 1836, making his entrance at Glasgow, Scotland, stopping at the home of John and Elizabeth Glen, who kindly cared for and educated him after the straightest of the Scotch Presbyterians. At the age of 20 he was married to Miss Margaret, daughter of James and Susan Whitelaw, born at Glasgow, in 1837, by whom he has had five children – James A., born in 1864; Charles J., in 1868; William M., in 1871; Forrest, in 1874, and Robert in 1877. Mr. Glen is making up his mind on the political issues of this country.

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