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GLENNY:Â·r.:

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The home

near the Vil lagï¿½

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..
'ln 187'ï¿½ he moveci :frpï¿½.

of..

of cï¿½

orni: tp l'Jelp
mine Gypï¿½ï¿½m
'tfo Cayuga, in the Collnty of'
.rlor uhe .use of PertYlizer. T
. mines
w.ere on the property
}tobert G1enny , o.iaer brother ., '1}."honuas: }tr. . T. Glenny haui
ï¿½is tracie as a B:Lacksmlth, anÂ«Â·ï¿½-ï¿½lle in .. Cal".;;;t ga , he .ise'9. to sh.ar
tthe topls for the"m+ners. He stï¿½jeti .in this area f.or n:l,ne years,
it was here that ije ï¿½et arni marrteti Miss Atieline J\!Ic. Cll1ng, inÂ· l
Iter aister wall? ma:J;"f ieci to Robert Glenny. She ;.1eci when .;l::o ner
tlwentles leaving Â·'#1. family of five small chtlï¿½tm; ani .Mrs. T
tias ca,lleci u.pon to go ani raise . thl.s yo.ing f'amlly, q.iite a re
.
t1or she to, was onï¿½y a yo11n;g Â·girl ,llri. tt\e t;me" .
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In the early 1 8 00 * s Thomas Gl-nny pu.rcn11seG. a farm of seventyatlcres, on Ri4gemo11nt roaÂ« in Bertie Township,' aoou.t two miles f'rqm
ml a barn;
S.tevensville. Â·He procceeciea to' b:.l11it a BlacktHlith .
.
.
011s e.
set to wbrk. on a bric
â€¢ni when these w'tre finishe&lt;i
They 'movee. iï¿½,to Lhia.
w
rm house in Bertie Townahtp, when
ii
heir son C
1 ie wasÂ«,
ear ols. Thomas Glenny was not content
o farm , a
work in. tne Blackat1ith Sl;iop, Qtlt he ala aentist work
Or'. the farm.era ln the .area, ami their chilgiren, ani when they
d:Â· a 8.â€¢ctor, he often fillecd tt;iis post till, Wm. Dougla.s M.D.
, spreati
from Fort Erie. His reputâ€¢t1.on as a 11ï¿½â€¢:ï¿½ ï¿½Â·;â€¢â€¢trï¿½aï¿½,Â·ï¿½;ï¿½e
.
,_ria wiae. In the early twentits 'Thomas
11
Â·Â·Â·Â·Â· l Contracting business ', anÂ«#. his son Cl.1â€¢.r ie hell&gt;.eti wfth 'the
s, wl1enever he coulti get aï¿½ay from h;i.â€¢ job.
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THE
was

home of Thomas
the

Gleeny

former home of Issac

from it to the Sodom Rd.

the lower end of Ridgemount,

on

Lappï¿½ his family, who moved

near

Chippewa.

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