William Wilkins Glenn

William Wilkins Glenn (July 20, 1824 - June 24, 1876) was a journalist, newspaper proprietor, and Confederate sympathizer from Baltimore, Maryland. Portions of his estate helped establish the town of Glen Burnie, Maryland.

Biography

William Wilkins Glenn, the grandson of Judge John Glenn and son of Judge Elias Glenn, was born into an influential Baltimore family. Glenn incorporated parts of the family's business property into an estate in the mid-19th century. In 1888, years after Glenn's death, these properties became part of the suburban-Baltimore town Glen Burnie. Glenn continued to agitate on behalf of the Confederacy, causing him to flee Maryland for England and France for portions of the war. After the war, Glenn edited the Baltimore Gazette until 1872 when he sold his interests in the paper. Glenn died at his home on the corner of Charles and Madison streets in Baltimore on June 24, 1876, from Bright's disease.

Works and publications The Baltimore gazette. (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1875.

Glenn, William Wilkins, Bayly Ellen Marks, and Mark Norton Schatz. Between North and South: A Maryland Journalist Views the Civil War : the Narrative of William Wilkins Glenn, 1861-1869. Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1976.

Baltimore's The daily exchange. (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861.