Archive Name: Alumni Horae
Volume 64, Issue 2, Page 118, Obituaries 86
Originally published: Summer 1984
Obituary: Charles Leidy Snowdon, Jr.
1910 - Charles Leidy Snowdon, Jr. President of the Form of 1910, diedon April 13, 1984, in Wilmington, Delaware. He was born inBrownsville, Pennsylvania, on June 24, 1891, the son of ElizabethBissell Hogg Snowdon and Charles Leidy Snowdon, and entered School asa 111 Former in 1906. He was active in the Forestry Club and theLibrary Association; and was vice president of the Concordian LiterarySociety, treasurer of the Missionary Society, secretary of theScientific Association, and had one of the lead roles in Charley'sAunt, the 1910 Washington's Birthday Theatrical. He was field marshalof the Athletic Association, a member of the Old Hundred firstfootball team and the School football team, and rowed in the Shattuckfirst boat.
At Yale, from which he graduated in 1912, he was involved in manyactivities, served as vice president of the St. Paul's
School Club, and was captain of crew in his senior year. During WorldWar I he was an Army aviator in this country and France as a dualinstructor, an instructor in acrobatics (stunts), and as a test pilotattached to the Technical Section, American Expeditionary Force,leaving the service as a first lieutenant.
He spent forty years with Reliance Steel Casting Company ofPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as president from 1946 until his retirementin 1960. In Pittsburgh he served as senior warden of the Church of theAscension and as a board member of St. Margaret's Memorial Hospitaland Homewood Cemetery. In 1975 he and his wife, the former Ruth A.Johnson, moved to Wilmington.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Elizabeth R. Snowdon Hoopes, ofGreenville, Delaware; three grandchildren; and fivegreat-grandchildren. His son, Charles L. Snowdon 111 '40, firstlieutenant USAAF, died on a training flight in Florida, July 14, 1945,after returning from thirty-five missions as a B -17 pilot in the ETO.
Volume 64, Issue 2, Page 118, Obituaries 86
Originally published: Summer 1984
Obituary: Charles Leidy Snowdon, Jr.
1910 - Charles Leidy Snowdon, Jr. President of the Form of 1910, diedon April 13, 1984, in Wilmington, Delaware. He was born inBrownsville, Pennsylvania, on June 24, 1891, the son of ElizabethBissell Hogg Snowdon and Charles Leidy Snowdon, and entered School asa 111 Former in 1906. He was active in the Forestry Club and theLibrary Association; and was vice president of the Concordian LiterarySociety, treasurer of the Missionary Society, secretary of theScientific Association, and had one of the lead roles in Charley'sAunt, the 1910 Washington's Birthday Theatrical. He was field marshalof the Athletic Association, a member of the Old Hundred firstfootball team and the School football team, and rowed in the Shattuckfirst boat.
At Yale, from which he graduated in 1912, he was involved in manyactivities, served as vice president of the St. Paul's
School Club, and was captain of crew in his senior year. During WorldWar I he was an Army aviator in this country and France as a dualinstructor, an instructor in acrobatics (stunts), and as a test pilotattached to the Technical Section, American Expeditionary Force,leaving the service as a first lieutenant.
He spent forty years with Reliance Steel Casting Company ofPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as president from 1946 until his retirementin 1960. In Pittsburgh he served as senior warden of the Church of theAscension and as a board member of St. Margaret's Memorial Hospitaland Homewood Cemetery. In 1975 he and his wife, the former Ruth A.Johnson, moved to Wilmington.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Elizabeth R. Snowdon Hoopes, ofGreenville, Delaware; three grandchildren; and fivegreat-grandchildren. His son, Charles L. Snowdon 111 '40, firstlieutenant USAAF, died on a training flight in Florida, July 14, 1945,after returning from thirty-five missions as a B -17 pilot in the ETO.
- ABT 1892 - Birth - ; Pennsylvania
- APR 1984 - Death - ; Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA
- 1935 - Residence -
- 01 APR 1940 - Residence - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head ; Fox Chapel, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1930 - Residence - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head ; Ohara, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1900 - Residence - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son ; Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1910 - Residence - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son ; Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1935 - Residence -
- 01 APR 1940 - Residence - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head ; Fox Chapel, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1930 - Residence - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head ; Ohara, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1900 - Residence - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son ; Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1910 - Residence - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son ; Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
PARENT (M) Charles Leidy Snowdon | |||
Birth | 25 JUN 1854 | Fayette County, Pennsylvania | |
Death | 1937 | Coral Gables, Florida | |
Marriage | 26 JUN 1879 | to Elizabeth "Bessie" Bissell Hogg at Brownsville, PA | |
Father | John Nelson Snowdon | ||
Mother | Elizabeth J. McSherry | ||
PARENT (F) Elizabeth "Bessie" Bissell Hogg | |||
Birth | 26 JAN 1856 | Brownsville, Pennsylvania | |
Death | 1927 | ||
Marriage | 26 JUN 1879 | to Charles Leidy Snowdon at Brownsville, PA | |
Father | George Ewing Hogg | ||
Mother | Sarah Anne McClurg | ||
CHILDREN | |||
F | Eliza "Lida" Helen Snowdon | ||
Birth | 21 JAN 1883 | Pennsylvania | |
Death | DEC 1973 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
Marriage | to Edward Henesy | ||
F | Caroline McClurg Snowdon | ||
Birth | 16 MAY 1886 | Pennsylvania | |
Death | 03 JUN 1971 | ||
Marriage | to Ralph Strother Richards | ||
M | Felix Brunot Snowdon | ||
Birth | 23 OCT 1887 | Pennsylvania | |
Death | 07 OCT 1954 | Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA | |
Marriage | to Martha Guthrie | ||
M | George Hogg Snowdon | ||
Birth | 27 APR 1883 | Brownsville, PA | |
Death | 25 MAY 1931 | Pittsburgh, PA | |
Marriage | 30 DEC 1909 | to Louise Witherbee Taft at Manhattan, NY | |
F | Mary Elizabeth Snowdon | ||
Birth | 06 SEP 1895 | Pennsylvania | |
Death | 06 JUN 1915 | Pennsylvania | |
Marriage | to Joseph Coudon Hoopes | ||
M | Charles Leidy Snowdon Jr. | ||
Birth | ABT 1892 | Pennsylvania | |
Death | APR 1984 | Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA | |
Marriage | to Ruth J Snowdon | ||
M | Charles Nelson Snowdon | ||
Birth | 24 JUN 1891 | Pennsylvania | |
Death | APR 1984 | Wilmington, Delaware | |
Marriage | to Ruth J. Johnson |
PARENT (M) Charles Leidy Snowdon Jr. | |||
Birth | ABT 1892 | Pennsylvania | |
Death | APR 1984 | Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA | |
Marriage | to Ruth J Snowdon | ||
Father | Charles Leidy Snowdon | ||
Mother | Elizabeth "Bessie" Bissell Hogg | ||
PARENT (F) Ruth J Snowdon | |||
Birth | ABT 1896 | Pennsylvania | |
Death | 04 JAN 1990 | Wilmington, Delaware | |
Marriage | to Charles Leidy Snowdon Jr. | ||
Father | ? | ||
Mother | ? | ||
CHILDREN | |||
M | Charles Leidy Snowdon III | ||
Birth | 09 NOV 1921 | Pennsylvania | |
Death | 14 JUL 1945 | ||
F | Elizabeth Reeves Snowdon | ||
Birth | 06 NOV 1919 | Pennsylvania | |
Death | 05 MAR 2004 | Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States of America | |
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1 Charles Leidy Snowdon Jr. b: ABT 1892 d: APR 1984
+ Ruth J Snowdon b: ABT 1896 d: 04 JAN 1990
2 Charles Leidy Snowdon III b: 09 NOV 1921 d: 14 JUL 1945
2 Elizabeth Reeves Snowdon b: 06 NOV 1919 d: 05 MAR 2004