Charles Leidy Snowdon Jr.
b: ABT 1892
d: APR 1984
Biography
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.
Facts
  • 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
Ancestors
   
John Nelson Snowdon
15 OCT 1827 - 14 DEC 1911
 
 
Charles Leidy Snowdon
25 JUN 1854 - 1937
  
  
  
Elizabeth J. McSherry
23 SEP 1830 - 23 JUN 1910
 
Charles Leidy Snowdon Jr.
ABT 1892 - APR 1984
  
 
  
George Ewing Hogg
07 SEP 1815 - 23 MAY 1893
 
   
  
  
Sarah Anne McClurg
04 FEB 1822 - 30 JUN 1906
 
Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) Charles Leidy Snowdon
Birth25 JUN 1854Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Death1937 Coral Gables, Florida
Marriage26 JUN 1879to Elizabeth "Bessie" Bissell Hogg at Brownsville, PA
FatherJohn Nelson Snowdon
MotherElizabeth J. McSherry
PARENT (F) Elizabeth "Bessie" Bissell Hogg
Birth26 JAN 1856Brownsville, Pennsylvania
Death1927
Marriage26 JUN 1879to Charles Leidy Snowdon at Brownsville, PA
FatherGeorge Ewing Hogg
MotherSarah Anne McClurg
CHILDREN
FEliza "Lida" Helen Snowdon
Birth21 JAN 1883Pennsylvania
DeathDEC 1973Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Marriageto Edward Henesy
FCaroline McClurg Snowdon
Birth16 MAY 1886Pennsylvania
Death03 JUN 1971
Marriageto Ralph Strother Richards
MFelix Brunot Snowdon
Birth23 OCT 1887Pennsylvania
Death07 OCT 1954Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Marriageto Martha Guthrie
MGeorge Hogg Snowdon
Birth27 APR 1883Brownsville, PA
Death25 MAY 1931Pittsburgh, PA
Marriage30 DEC 1909to Louise Witherbee Taft at Manhattan, NY
FMary Elizabeth Snowdon
Birth06 SEP 1895Pennsylvania
Death06 JUN 1915Pennsylvania
Marriageto Joseph Coudon Hoopes
MCharles Leidy Snowdon Jr.
BirthABT 1892Pennsylvania
DeathAPR 1984Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA
Marriageto Ruth J Snowdon
MCharles Nelson Snowdon
Birth24 JUN 1891Pennsylvania
DeathAPR 1984Wilmington, Delaware
Marriageto Ruth J. Johnson
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) Charles Leidy Snowdon Jr.
BirthABT 1892Pennsylvania
DeathAPR 1984 Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA
Marriageto Ruth J Snowdon
FatherCharles Leidy Snowdon
MotherElizabeth "Bessie" Bissell Hogg
PARENT (F) Ruth J Snowdon
BirthABT 1896Pennsylvania
Death04 JAN 1990 Wilmington, Delaware
Marriageto Charles Leidy Snowdon Jr.
Father?
Mother?
CHILDREN
MCharles Leidy Snowdon III
Birth09 NOV 1921Pennsylvania
Death14 JUL 1945
FElizabeth Reeves Snowdon
Birth06 NOV 1919Pennsylvania
Death05 MAR 2004Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States of America
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Death
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Evidence
[S65] 1930 United States Federal Census
[S53] 1940 United States Federal Census
[S94] Social Security Death Index
[S76] 1900 United States Federal Census
[S58] 1910 United States Federal Census
Descendancy Chart
Charles Leidy Snowdon Jr. b: ABT 1892 d: APR 1984
Ruth J Snowdon b: ABT 1896 d: 04 JAN 1990
Charles Leidy Snowdon III b: 09 NOV 1921 d: 14 JUL 1945
Elizabeth Reeves Snowdon b: 06 NOV 1919 d: 05 MAR 2004