The development of Glendale had begun ten years earlier as America’s first planned railroad commuter town. It offered rail access to Ivorydale and downtown and was supposedly safe from cholera, a disease that ravaged crowded cities.

W. A. Procter and his wife, Charlotte Elizabeth (1838-1903), had five children and left an indelible mark on Glendale. Their children were: Marianna who married Mortimer Mathews, Wm. Cooper who married Jane Elizabeth Johnston, Olivia who married Rev. Cleveland Benedict, Elsie who married Rev. Paul Matthews, and Bessie who married Ralph Rogan. All of these couples lived in Glendale at least for a while.