William Glenny

from The New York Times, January 8, 1900:
       GEN. WILLIAM GLENNY DEAD.
  Was Postmaster of Ithaca During
       Presidency of Gen. Grant.
 William Glenny, who was brevetted Briga-
dier General for conspicuous gallantry dur-
ing the civil war, died Saturday at his resi-
dence, 325 West Twentieth Street. Gen.
Glenny was born at Virgil, Cortland County,
N.Y., May 31, 1831. As a young man, he
lived for several years in Kansas, then the
scene of slavery conflicts.
 He returned later to his native State, and
at the outbreak of the civil war recruited a
company at Elmira, which became Company
E of the Sixty-fourth New York Volunteers.
From company commander he was later ad-
vanced to the Colonelcy of his regiment. At
the battle of Fair Oaks he was severely
wounded and forced, for a time, to retire
from active service. At the close of the war
he was made Brevet Brigadier General.
 During the Presidency of Gen. Grant, Gen.
Glenny served as Postmaster of Ithaca, N.
Y. For the past twenty-four years he had
filled a clerkship in the Post Office in this
city. Gen. Glenny is survived by a widow 
and one daughter, who lives in Washington,
D.C. The body was taken to Ithaca for
burial yesterday.