The descendants of Charles Glidden of Portsmouth and Exeter, New Hampshire

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A detailed, thorough, and complete genealogy of the all the descendants of Charles Glidden of Pancrasweek, County of Devon "the progenitor of the Gliddens of America," commissioned by Lucia Mabel Glidden Strong. Includes prefatory discussion of the origin and variants of the Glidden surname in England. Genealogical account begins with a description of the English home and ancestry back to the sixteenth century, with connections reaching back further in history. Traces descendants from that time to the mid-twentieth century in America. Notable descendants include Joseph Glidden, inventor of barbed wire, and Carlos Glidden, co-inventor of the modern typewriter, which was later marketed under the Remington name. An invaluable resource.