Hiram Clark Glendening

Hiram Clark Glendening was born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 11, 1831. When a child, he moved with his parents to Middlefield, Ohio, where he grew to manhood. He was twice married and the father of eight children, four of whom survive him: W. C. Glendening, A. P. Glendening, Mrs. A. E. Smolt and Mrs. Carl Warkentine. He enlisted in the Civil war August 21, 1862, in Co. D, 32nd Wisconsin Volunteers and when mustered out in February, 1865, on account of ill health, was First Lieutenant of his company. He came to Newton from Fall River, Wisconsin, in the fall of 1883 and had been actively identified with the affairs of the community.

Mr. Glendening was a man who was respected by the community and though he held public offices of city clerk for several years and later that of police judge, he was very conscientious in all his dealings and never made an enemy. He attended strictly to business during business hours, but was very devoted to his family and home. had he lived until the 28th of August, he and his wife would have celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage. He was one of a family of ten children, and the two who survive him, Mrs. S Lehman and Mrs. A. B. Gilbert, were present at the funeral as was the four of the family of eight children of which he was the father.