Clinton Rosette Glidden-- Part 2: A Glidden Connection

Ancestry lists him as Clinton Rosette Glidden and that he lived from 1897 to 18 July 1919 and died in France.  In this case, he died a year after he was wounded.  I would think it would have been a 1918 death from the wound.

His parents were Varnum Alexander Glidden and Susie Stewart.

These Gliddens were related to Joseph Farwell Glidden of barbed wire fame..  As a matter of fact, Varnum Alexander Glidden names one of his sons Joseph Farwell Glidden.

--Cooter

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

Who Was This Cunton Rossette Glidden From DeKalb County?

Yesterday I wrote about four men from DeKalb County going off to World War I.  I decided to look around the web to see if they survived.  Of course, they were going to a training camp in mid August 1918 so it is unlikely they ever even got out of the United States as the war ended three months later.

But, while I was looking at a list of Gold Star families for DeKalb County in World War I and following wars (in which I did not find their names) I did come across a very famous name in DeKalb, the name Glidden.  Joseph Glidden is credited with being one of the inventors of barbed wire and lived in DeKalb, Illinois.

Before I go on any further, I should say that a Gold Star is given to families of those who give their lives in war.

The name I saw was given as Cunton Rossette Glidden.  I knew there was a Clinton Rosette Middle School in DeKalb (where I  did observation and some teaching while at NIU).

Well, perhaps the Cunton was a misspelling of Clinton and Rossette was actually Rosette.

Got me To Wondering.  --Cooter