Glenn County, California

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~ Welcome ~
My name is Martha and I am your host for 'All things Glenn County'
I live on the Central Coast of California so cannot do 'on the ground research'
but... I am an experienced online researcher and might be able to find
that missing piece of your 'Ancestral Pie'

Please use this link for contact: Martha

Table of Contents
History ~ Biographies ~ Search ~ Maps ~ "What's New"
Vital Records ~ Military ~ Crime and Punishment ~ Odds and Ends
Cemeteries ~ Mortuaries ~ Coroner and Funeral Records ~ Obituaries

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Glenn County Neighbors
Colusa ~ Lake ~ Mendocino ~ Butte ~ Tehama


 
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Formation and History of Glenn County
Glenn County was named for Dr Hugh Glenn, the largest landowner in the county. Glenn fought in the Mexican War and was at Chapultepec. He Graduated from Cooper Medical College and married the same year. He decided against medicine and came to California to make his fortune. He returned to St Louis with $5,000 which he put in a bank that failed the next day. Back he came to California and again mined enough gold to bring his wife and young son out to join him. Tlenn then turned from mining to raising wheat. In 1880 when wheat prices did not suit him, he chartered ships and took his wheat to Liverpool where he sold it for English gold. he ran for governor of California but was deveated. later he bacame a power in the State Board of Agriculture.

Glenn County was organized in 1891 from territory cut off from Colusa County. Willows which became the county seat, was established as a town in 1876 with a general merchandize store. Temporary offices for the County were in Odd Fellows Hall until the Courthouse and jail were built in 1894. Sources: Guide to County Archives, Coy Sacramento, River of Gold, Julian Dana History of Colusa and Glenn Counties, California Writers Biographical Sketches,
Los Angeles Historic Records Co. 1918
Counties and Courthouses of California: A Survey
The Historical Activities Committee
The National Society of Colonial Dames of America
Resident in the State of California:
Historical Activities Committee: Mrs Sherman Rogers, Hall, Jr, Mrs George Storm Hauck, Mrs Bullard Nugent,
Mrs Donald Rex Tallman, Mrs Slocum Wilson, Mrs Frederick Mewborn Fisk, Chairman 1964
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Biographies & Books
History Of Colusa and Glenn Counties California
With Biographical Sketches Of The Leading Men and Women of the Counties
Who have been Identified with their Growth
and
Development from the Early Days to the Present
Further...

History By Charles Davis McCormish and Mrs. Rebecca T. Lambert
Illustrated & Complete In One Volume
Historic Record Company Los Angeles, California 1918
The Biographies from this book have been transcribed,
The Index is here.
The pages are here: 255-322, 322-404, 404-527, 527-657, 657-757, 757-805,
955-1074, 806-955 Additional Biographies can be found here.

Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography
by Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914; Fiske, John, 1842-1901
Publication date 1900 
Appleton Review ~ Ice Drive Link

Over the Years I downloaded and indexed as many of the great old County Histories as I could find.
Here are indexes for many of the CA Histories
Check them out, there may be Glenn County Folk Listed!
Most, if not all of the Histories are on the Archive.org site or Google Books

Goin' West: 1830-1880
This is a set of booklets that have a lot of interesting
information. There are 12 Volumes, No indexes, but they are alphabetically set up.
They are all available in the Family Search Catalog
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California Map Collections
Perry-Castaneda ~ Map Collection ~ Earthquake Fault Maps [CA]
American Georgaphical Society Library Digital Map Collection
Humboldt State University Map Collection
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for California~ Railroad Maps, CA
And, of course, Google Earth
Southern California Base Map
CA Digital Map Collection ~ Dept of Forestry [USDA]
"MapGoose-CA" ~ USGS CA Maps
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 "What's New"
Mercantile Guide
To
Cities and Suburbs
Of The
United States of America
California and Northwest Edition: 1893
Volume 3
Issued Annually
Copyrighted and Compiled By A Marks
Copyrighted at Washington D C, April 14th, 1890
San Francisco, Cal:
Published by the Mercantile Guide Co
403 Sansome Street

This is a really interesting Booklet.
It contains not only the Names of People, but their Business Name, Occupation and local Address.
Here are Page Images for Glenn County:
Willows, P 1, P 2


There is a great site that has all sorts of links to free Historical and Genealogical Data
"The Ancestor Hunt"
Digital Newspapers ~ Year Books & Alumni Books School Records ~ Obituaries ~ Coroner, Mortuary & Cemetery Records
BMD's ~ Birth & Marriage Records ~ Divorce & Death Records ~ Probate & Tax Records ~ Institutional & Military Records Naturalizations & Immigration ~ Criminal & Digital Archives ~ Directories ~ Photos & Voter Records
Scroll down, left side has the menu
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Heritage Hub: California Digital Newspapers
Alta California 1850 - 1861 USA - CA - San Francisco
Californian, The (CA) 2002 - 2021 USA - CA - Bakersfield
Californian, The: Blogs (CA) 2011 - 2015 USA - CA - Bakersfield
Californian, The: Web Edition Articles (CA) 2008 - 2021 USA - CA - Bakersfield Web-Only Source
Business Press/California, The (Ontario, CA) 1996 - 2002 USA - CA - Riverside
California Courier 1987 - 2007 USA - CA - Glendale
California Courier, The (Glendale, CA) 2007 - 2021 USA - CA - Glendale
California Gazette 1851 - 1852 USA - CA - Benicia
California Journal und Sonntags-gast 1872 - 1877 USA - CA - San Francisco [German]
California Newswire (CA) 2009 - 2021 USA - CA
Californian 1846 USA - CA - Monterey
Californian, The (Temecula, CA) 2003 - 2013 USA - CA - Temecula
Center Square California, The (CA) 2021 - Current USA - CA Web-Only Source
Collegian, The: California State University-Fresno (CA) 2003 - 2020 USA - CA - Fresno
League of California Cities (CA) 2018 - Current USA - CA Web-Only Source
Weekly Alta California 1850 - 1854 USA - CA - San Francisco
Weekly California Express 1857 - 1859 USA - CA - Marysville

I am willing to do lookups in the above CA Newspapers
Include Name[s], Dates and Contact Martha


"The Fine Print"
Glenn County Coordinator: Martha A Crosley Graham
State Coordinator: Bob Jenkins
Assistant State Coordinator: Karen De Groote

If you are interested in volunteering for this project, please review our "Volunteer" page and contact us!
Here are the Guidelines for being a County Coordinator: Please use this Link
There are many ways to participate. If you have an idea or comment please let us know.


Information contained on all of the pages within the Glenn County portion of the CAGenWeb may be used
for personal genealogical and historical purposes.
Please be considerate of copyright information and give credit where credit is due:
Donated data will remain with the County in the event of the resignation of the County Coordinator.
Any person donating information in the future retains the right to have it returned to them upon request

 Site Updated: 25 March 2024
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