Glen Owen

Glen Owen

2 story, 3 bay brick house over raised basement, with interior chimneys on either end. 6/6 windows. [DHR-21-432] (Rt 608S). Owned at times by David Castleman [land], Edward McCormick (1854-1874), Mrs. Stribling (EMcCs sister) & S.S. Thomas P128, Vol. 4, Annals

Clark County Historical Association #2003.00027.233

Burial Ground

Johann David Sr 1734-1826 and Margaret Johnson Castleman 1734-1808 are buried here. 

Brick house north of "Hill and Dale". In 1772 David Castleman purchased "Glen Owen" and sold it in 1811. Formerly owned by Edward McCormick Estate. Bought by Mrs. Stribling. Later owned by Samuel Stribling Thomas. Location: On west side of Route 608. Possibly built by William Nelson Burwell, inherited by Lucy Marshall, who married John Jolliffe.

Asa Castleman, recorded the following details in 2009

" Travel East from Berryville on State Route 7 (East Main Street/Business SR-7 if downtown Berryville) approximatly two miles from the intersection of SR-7 and US-340, to State Route 608, turn right (South) for about one mile and watch for the long driveway that takes you up the hill to the right to Glen Owen. The house looks almost the same as when David lived there with the exception of an addition at the near end. This photo was taken in July 2004.

To continue: I did finally meet with the new owners of Glen Owen Farms, a very nice and friendly family, in the fall of 2008. They gave me a tour of the home and cleared up the where-a-bouts the cemetery was located. The gentleman (no names) told me that as a youngster he and others had played on the hill in the cemetery, using the headstones to hide and seek. They had purchased Glen Owen within the past few years and the cemetery was gone by then, desecrated by the second owner prior to them."

This photo from the front porch of the home is of the hill where the cemetery is/was and the bodies still rest there although the headstones were "bulldozed". 

Asa Castleman 18 August 2009.