Annetta Bonnell was born 1846 in Ohio. By the early 1860s, she was living in Olney, Illinois. She married George F. Glossbrenner on June 20, 1869, and they had at least four children: Myrtle, born around 1871; Corridon, born around 1875; Pearl, born around 1877; and Guy, born around 1879. They lived in Preston, Illinois, and her husband worked as a farmer. By 1870, they owned $3,000 of real estate and $200 of personal property. She died sometime after 1880.