Clinton Rosette Glidden-- Part 1: WW I Casualty Named After Clinton Rosette

I clicked on the name of Cunton Rossette Glidden and found out that he had died of wounds.

Further research revealed, as I thought, the man's name was Clinton Rosette Glidden.  He was not the son of Joseph Glidden, however, the inventor of barbed wire.  But related.

He was named after Clinton Rosette, 1850-1909 of DeKalb County, Illinois.  He is considered one of the famous people of DeKalb and was the first editor of the DeKalb Chronicle newspaper (still in business). Clinton Rosette was also instrumental in DeKalb getting what is today known as Northern Illinois University.

In 1968, the DeKalb School District named Clinton Rosette Middle School after him.

--Cooter