History of Shelby County, Missouri, 1911, page 664. Henry F. Glahn

Mr. Glahn was born in Prussia, Germany, on February 6, 1841, and is a son of Christian and Mary Antoni (Wand) Glahn, also natives of Prussia. They brought their family to the United States in 1843 and came at once to Missouri, locating in Marion County. The father was a wagon maker and worked at his trade in that county, and also farmed, until 1866. In that year he moved to Shelby County and made his new home in Clay township, where he followed farming and raising live stock exclusively, and there he passed the remainder of his life, dying in 1888. He was very successful in his operations and accumulated a large fortune for this part of the country. The mother died in 1888. They were the parents of twelve children, five of whom are living: Henry F., Gustave and Joseph (twins), Benjamin, and Katharine, the wife of Irwin Lathrop, of Joplin, Missouri.

Henry Glahn obtained his education in the district schools of Marion County, and after completing their course of instruction began farming for himself. Bur he was not allowed a long period of peaceful pursuit of this industry. The Civil War began in a short time after he went to farming, and on August 22, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, Thirtieth Missouri Infantry, and was soon afterward at the front in the midst of hostilities. He took part in the battles of Jackson, Arkansas Post and Blakely, and a number of other engagements of greater or less importance, including the siege of Vicksburg. During this memorable siege he was one of the eighty-four resolute patriots who volunteered for the disastrous attack on Fort Hill, which was a forlorn hope form the beginning.

After the close of the war Mr. Glahn returned to his Shelby County, Missouri, home and resumed his farming operations. He has continued them without interruption to the present time (1910), and has been very successful in carrying them on. His present farm comprises 170 acres of good land, is well improved and cultivated with every care and attention that intelligence, good judgement and advanced methods can apply to the work. His live stock industry is also extensive and profitable, for it is managed in the same way as the general work on the farm. Mr. Glahn ranks among the leading and most judicious farmers and stock men in his township, and the good results of all his efforts fully entitle him to the rank he holds.

On October 22, 1868, he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Jane Price, a daughter of James and Sarah (Stewart) Price, natives of Kentucky, who came to Missouri in 1860 and located in Macon County. Eleven children were born of this union, three of whom died in infancy. Those who are living are: Harvey E., whose home is in this county; Dora, the wife of William Foreman; Daniel Webster; George William; Julius Samuel; Charles Henry; Rosa Helen, the wife of Louis Clair, and Russel Marion, who is attending school at Kirksville, with a view to a business or professional career.

In political faith and allegiance the father is an ardent Republican and an earnest worker for the success of his party in all campaigns. He served on the school board for a period of eight years, not, however, as a partisan, but as a good citizen, and for the benefit of the community, and he rendered excellent service, giving the schools an impulse to progress which sprang from his own enterprising and progressive spirit. His fraternal relations are with the Grand Army of the Republic, in which he has always taken a great interest and a very active and prominent part. He is now the chief mustering officer for the state of Missouri, and officer of the day in the post to which he belongs at Clarence. He is also a past-commander and has been state and national aide-de-camp. His fervor in devotion to the organization, like that of many other veterans who are members of it, seems to grow in intensity as the years pass and its fast-fading ranks melt away. So, also, does his interest in and zeal in behalf of the Christian Church, of which he and his entire family have long been devout and consistent members, and he a leader in the congregation to which he belongs, taking an active part in all its worthy and commendable work. In all the requirements of good citizenship he has measured up to the highest standard, giving his community the best service and example he has been capable of. The people of the township and county are well advised of this fact, and of all else that is creditable in his record, and they esteem him accordingly, holding him to be one of the best and most useful men among them.