Glendale Families 

The following is a listing of  some of the Families that are known to have been at Glendale or in the vicinity for many years. Through the effort of Rev. Clarence Crocker, the story of most of these families is now available on this web site. Click on the name link to read their story. We hope to add other family stories to the site. See note at end of  name list.
(List courtesy of Charles Hammett.)

Some Individuals are covered in other articles on this site. They are listed below their family name with the link to the article.

In addition to the following names, see also Glendale Household Listing.

Photograph Album of Various Glendale People and Places. Because of the file size this is broken down into 8 parts:
Album - Part 1
Album - Part 2
Album - Part 3
Album - Part 4, Sept. 2014
Album - Part 5, Oct. 2, 2014
Album - Part 6, Oct. 28, 2014
Album - Part 7, January 29, 2015
Album - Part 8, March 6, 2015

Photos were furnished by Gerald Quinn and Clarence Crocker.  (Note: These are  large PDF Files. Some large files will not always  open properly in all internet browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer. If this happens, you can save the file to your computer and then open it directly using Acrobat Reader. You can save the file to your computer by clicking on the link with your right mouse button and selecting "Save target as" and saving the file to a chosen directory on your computer. The Internet Browser Google Chrome will open large PDF files. )

Some website stories involve folks that grew up in Glendale and moved away. One example of this is
Earthquake Ethel's Roadhouse Jazz Band. This story has connections to the Quinn (3) family below.

The following Census reports relate to many of the Glendale families.

    An Analyses of the 1860 Census for Bivingville
    An Analyses of the 1900 Glendale Census   
    Gleanings from the 1910 Glendale Census
    An Analyses of the 1920 Glendale Census
    Excerpts from the 1940 Glendale Census
    Index of Glendale's 1940 Black Households

-A-
Corn
    More about the Corn Family
Crocker
    Rev. Clarence Crocker - Major Contributor to this Glendale Website
    Elmond Earl Crocker and Family
    More Glendale Crocker Families
Crossley
Cudd
Dillard
    Perry Lester Dillard - Stores In Glendale
Dunagin
Dunaway
Dupre
    S. Jervy Dupre - Presidents of the Mill at Glendale
    John Y. Dupre - Mill Office

-E-
Edgins
Elder
Elm
Ezell

-F-
Fisher
    More on Glendale Fisher Families
A. Edgar Fowler Family
    PFC Roy Fowler
Joe J. Fowler Family
Brady Hampton Fowler
Hillard Fowler
Freeman

-G-
Gault
    Other Gault Familes
Gibson
Gilmer (Gilmore)
Gosnell
Gossett
 Gregory
Grizzle

-H-
Hames
Hammett
Harmon
Harper
Harris
Hartley
Hayes
    Mrs. Lillie V. Hayes -Medical Care
Rev. Hilliard Haynes
Helems
Hilton
    Dr. George P. Hilton
   Joshua Hilton, Clifton Mill Superintendent
Hoit
Holder
Holland
Holt
    Raymond Holt - Glendale Mill Supervisors
Hopper
    E.C Hopper- Stores in Glendale
Hottel
Howell
Hunter
Hutchings
Hyder

-I-
Ingle
-J-
Jett
    Tommy Jett - Glendale Barbers and Barber Shop
Johnson

-K-
-O-
Ogle
-P-
Padgett
Parker
Patton
Pierce
Pigler
Poole
Porter
James and Susan Pruitt Family
    More on Harold (Buddy) Pruitt
    Amos Pruitt Family
Pryor
Puckett


-S-
Sanford
Shea
Sims
 Simmons
Sentell
Sizemore
Smart
Smith
Snell
Solesby
    Helen Ruth Solesby McCreary's Childhood Memories about Glendale
Spearman
Spurlin
Sprouse
Stephens
    Stephens, Bobby (Bob) Gene
   Stephens, June Elaine (Bowman)
Strange
Sutton

-T-
Tew
Thomas (Family 1)
Thomas (Family 2)
Thompson
Trombly
Townsend
Tunstall

-V-
Varner

-W-
Walden
Walker, M.W.
Ward
    Henry and Annie Ward Family
Willis

-Z-
Zimmerman
We earnestly solicit you to send us your family's story and how it is connected to the story of Glendale. We welcome memories, photographs, and incidents that can be added to the Glendale story. We are particularly interested in how your family came to be connected to Glendale. Also, we encourage you to share the biography of someone in your family to tell their individual story.(No longer accepting stories.)

Individual Biographies

The individual stories of a number of  people who were Glendale residents or who were associated with Glendale have been collected and are told on this web site. Click on this link to see the biographies available.


Return to Glendale Homepage

This web site has been started as a public service to share the story of Glendale.  See more information about Mary and her Glendale connection at Mary McKinney Teaster.