John Nelson Snowdon
b: 15 OCT 1827
d: 14 DEC 1911
Biography
Served as postmaster of Brownsville, PA under Presidents Hayes,Garfield and Arthur.
Facts
  • 15 OCT 1827 - Birth - ; Brownsville, PA
  • 17 DEC 1911 - Burial - ; Redstone Cemetery Brownsville Fayette County Pennsylvania, USA
  • 14 DEC 1911 - Death - ; Brownsville, PA
  • 1902 - Residence - ; Monongahela, Pennsylvania, USA
  • 1910 - Residence - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head ; Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
  • 1870 - Residence - ; Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
  • 1860 - Residence - ; Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
  • 1850 - Residence - ; Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
  • 1900 - Residence - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head ; Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
  • 1880 - Residence - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self ; Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Occupation - In business with father as John Snowdon & Son furnishing engines and
  • 1902 - Residence - ; Monongahela, Pennsylvania, USA
  • 1910 - Residence - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head ; Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
  • 1870 - Residence - ; Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
  • 1860 - Residence - ; Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
  • 1850 - Residence - ; Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
  • 1900 - Residence - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head ; Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
  • 1880 - Residence - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self ; Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
Ancestors
   
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John Snowdon
02 MAR 1795 - 25 JAN 1875
  
  
  
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John Nelson Snowdon
15 OCT 1827 - 14 DEC 1911
  
 
  
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Mary Smith
ABT 1794 -
  
  
  
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Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) John Snowdon
Birth02 MAR 1795Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
Death25 JAN 1875 Brownsville, PA
Marriage1813to Mary Smith at England
Father?
Mother?
PARENT (F) Mary Smith
BirthABT 1794England
Death
Marriage1813to John Snowdon at England
Father?
Mother?
CHILDREN
FElizabeth Snowdon
Birth1814England
Death
MSamuel S. Snowdon
BirthJUN 1822Fayette Co., Pennsylvania
Death
FMargaret Snowdon
Birth1832Brownsville, PA
Death
FAnn Snowdon
Birth1816England
Death1916
Marriageto Captain Adam Jacobs
MJohn Nelson Snowdon
Birth15 OCT 1827Brownsville, PA
Death14 DEC 1911Brownsville, PA
Marriage17 JAN 1853to Elizabeth J. McSherry at Fayette Co., PA
FElizabeth Snowdon
Birth1833Sunderland, Durham, England
Death
FSarah Snowdon
Birth
Death
MI. W Snowdon
Birth
Death
FCaroline Snowdon
BirthABT 1831Pennsylvania
DeathAUG 1850Fayette Co., PA
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) John Nelson Snowdon
Birth15 OCT 1827Brownsville, PA
Death14 DEC 1911 Brownsville, PA
Marriage17 JAN 1853to Elizabeth J. McSherry at Fayette Co., PA
FatherJohn Snowdon
MotherMary Smith
PARENT (F) Elizabeth J. McSherry
Birth23 SEP 1830Brownsville, PA
Death23 JUN 1910 Brownsville, PA
Marriage17 JAN 1853to John Nelson Snowdon at Fayette Co., PA
FatherMale McSherry
MotherFemale
CHILDREN
FMary Snowdon
BirthABT 1857Pennsylvania
Death1940PA
Marriage1889to Walter Scott Bare at Fayette, Pennsylvania
MJohn Howard Snowdon
BirthABT 1858Pennsylvania
Death24 APR 1933Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
Marriageto Bertha Easter
Marriage1896to Emeline L Snowdon
MCharles Leidy Snowdon
Birth25 JUN 1854Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Death1937Coral Gables, Florida
Marriage26 JUN 1879to Elizabeth "Bessie" Bissell Hogg at Brownsville, PA
Evidence
[S76] 1900 United States Federal Census
[S81] 1850 United States Federal Census
[S513] Pennsylvania 1910 Miracode Index
[S58] 1910 United States Federal Census
[S52] 1870 United States Federal Census
[S59] 1880 United States Federal Census
[S84] 1860 United States Federal Census
[S480] Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963
[S432] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current
[S338] Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985
[S267] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Descendancy Chart
John Nelson Snowdon b: 15 OCT 1827 d: 14 DEC 1911
Elizabeth J. McSherry b: 23 SEP 1830 d: 23 JUN 1910
Mary Snowdon b: ABT 1857 d: 1940
Walter Scott Bare b: OCT 1857 d: 1939
John Howard Snowdon b: ABT 1858 d: 24 APR 1933
Emeline L Snowdon b: NOV 1856
Charles Leidy Snowdon b: 25 JUN 1854 d: 1937
Elizabeth "Bessie" Bissell Hogg b: 26 JAN 1856 d: 1927
Eliza "Lida" Helen Snowdon b: 21 JAN 1883 d: DEC 1973
Caroline McClurg Snowdon b: 16 MAY 1886 d: 03 JUN 1971
Ralph Strother Richards b: 04 MAR 1881 d: 21 FEB 1945
Charles Snowdon Richards b: 22 NOV 1911 d: 26 NOV 1983
Ralph Strother Richards Jr. b: 19 APR 1922 d: 06 APR 1987
Felix Brunot Snowdon b: 23 OCT 1887 d: 07 OCT 1954
Martha Guthrie b: ABT 1896
George Hogg Snowdon b: 27 APR 1883 d: 25 MAY 1931
Louise Witherbee Taft b: 20 DEC 1891 d: 23 JAN 1926
Charles Taft Snowdon b: 23 JUL 1911 d: 08 MAY 1992
Marion Louise Snowdon b: 01 AUG 1916 d: 05 OCT 1961
James Hay Reed b: 01 AUG 1914 d: 10 NOV 1962
Jerry Reed b: 25 NOV 1942 d: 25 NOV 1942
Henry Taft Snowdon b: 03 NOV 1912 d: 29 APR 1995
Agnes "Nancy" Curtiss Buckingham b: 19 SEP 1916 d: 05 MAY 2006
Henry Taft Snowdon Jr. b: 28 JAN 1947 d: 16 NOV 2011
Mary Elizabeth Snowdon b: 06 SEP 1895 d: 06 JUN 1915
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
Charles Nelson Snowdon b: 24 JUN 1891 d: APR 1984
Ruth J. Johnson b: ABT 1896