J. W. Glidden (1844-?) was born in Madison, New Hampshire, and died in an unknown location. He moved to Chicago in the early 1880s, acting as an agent for Glidden & Slocum, a company selling washing machines invented by Glidden's older brother, Oscar. He later moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, and worked for Oscar, who had set up the Michigan Washing Machine Company. There is no record of J. W. Glidden studying with Mary Baker Eddy or uniting with the Church of Christ (Scientist).

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