Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed.,
Kenton Co.

W. H. GLORE, superintendent of the water-works board, and chief of the
Fire Department of Covington, Ky., was born in that city, March 21, 1845,
and is the second in a family of five children born to W. H. and Harriet
(Galbreth) Glore.  W. H. Glore, the father, was born in Boone County,
Ky., and was a carpenter by trade, but was a large dealer in tobacco for
many years.  He died in November, 1867; he was a son of Simeon Glore.
Mrs. Harriet Glore was born in Kenton County, Ky.  W. H. Glore, subject
of this sketch, received his education at the schools of Covington.  He
was engaged in manufacturing tobacco from 1864 to 1873, and was very
successful.  He was elected superintendent of the water-works board in
April, 1875, holding the position, and giving universal satisfaction up
to 1880, when his time expired.  In 1876, while superintendent of the
water-works, he was elected chief of the fire department, and has since
retained that position.  He was a member of the city council in 1873, and
re-elected in 1875, but resigned to take charge of the water-works.  He
has also been water works commissioner and water works treasurer.  In
1882 he was again elected superintendent of the water works, which
position he now holds.  He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Col.
Clay Lodge, No. 139.  He is also a member of the Washington Lodge, No. 8,
I.O.O.F.; has passed all the chairs in the lodge, also through the
encampment, and passed all the chairs in that camp.  He is also a member
of the Red Men fraternity, and has filled all the chairs in that lodge.
He has also fill all of the chairs of the State Council.  In 1863 he
enlisted in the Federal Army, and was elected captain of Company I,
Forty-first Kentucky Regiment (home service); he also enlisted in the
Fifty-fifth Kentucky Cavalry.  Mr. Glore has never married, although a
gentleman of commanding figure, over six feet high and well proportioned.

Glore Galbreth
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