Charles Edward Glynn, M. D. Biography >From "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago. Surnames: Glynn, Langan. The demands made upon the members of the medical fraternity are in some respects greater than perhaps upon any other class of citizens. If the minister is reserved and austere we imagine that it is because he is engaged with thoughts far beyond our mental ken; if the lawyer is brusque and crabbed it is considered a mark of genius. There is demanded unfailing geniality and courtesy from the physician, however, and to his broad professional knowledge he must add sympathy and a quick, almost intuitive understanding of the mental phases which he sees represented before him. Meeting the various requirements of the practitioner of medicine, Dr. C. E. Glynn gives his entire time to his professional service and is now president of the Davenport Hospital, one of the best appointed establishments of this character in the state. He was born in Scott county, January 9, 1873. His father, Thomas J. Glynn, was a native of Ireland and came to the United states with his parents when a child! of six years, spending his boyhood days in Indiana. He afterward removed to Scott county, Iowa, and became a prosperous farmer and stock-raiser, closely associated with the agricultural interests of the county until 1892, when he sold out and has since lived retired, making his home in Davenport, Iowa. He has always been active in affairs of the county, contributing to public progress through his cooperation in many movements for the general good. He is, moreover, recognized as a leader in local democratic circles and was elected and served as chairman of the board of supervisors. He married Anna M. Ennis, a native of Canada and of Irish parentage. The public schools of this county afforded Dr. Glynn his early educational advantages and later he attended St. Ambrose college in Davenport, from which he was graduated in the class of 1888. He afterward taught school for two years but throughout that period had in view the object of eventually becoming a member of the medical fraternity. He entered the college of Physicians and Surgeons at Chicago from which he was graduated in 1902. He then began practice in Davenport and, in association with Dr. J. Siewert Weber, he has organized and built the Davenport Hospital for the treatment of medical and surgical cases. This is one of the best appointed and most up-to-date accessories known to medical and surgical practice at the present time. He is president of the hospital and is also a member of the various medical societies, whose object is to advance the efficiency of the medical fraternity by the dissemination of knowledge acquired through original research and experience. ! He is likewise assistant medical director in the director in the Germany Mutual Insurance company and aside from his hospital work has a good private practice. Dr. Glynn was married November 22, 1905, to Miss Blanch J. Langan, a native of DeWitt, Iowa, and in this city they have many friends. Dr. Glynn is a member of the Knights of Columbus and other fraternal orders. He is a member of the American, the Iowa State, the Iowa and Illinois and the Scott County Medical Societies. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann Assist. CC: Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project List Adm. for: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES