Elizabeth Ann (Cordell) Snow (1839 - 1892)

Born 2 Jun 1839 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA

Wife of Miller Watson Snow — married 24 Dec 1860 (to 12 Feb 1892) in Surry County, North Carolina, USA

Descendants

Died 12 Feb 1892 at age 52 in Dobson Twp., Surry County, North Carolina, USA

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Biography

Elizabeth Ann "Eliza Ann" Cordell (aka "Cordle") was born in June 1839 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA. Her parents were John Cordell / Cordle, b: 1810 in Virginia; d: 1880 in Georgia, and his wife, Angeline (Cox) Cordell, b: 1820 in North Carolina; d: 1904 in Georgia. They had married about 1833. Eliza Ann was their 6th child of a total of nine (6 girls, 3 boys). ^[1]

Eliza Cordell married Miller Snow, b: 1832, on Christmas Eve (24 December) 1860 in Surry County, North Carolina, USA. ^[2] The couple had a farm in Bryan Township, Surry County, North Carolina, where they had the following 7 children:

1. Margret Matilda Snow, 1861–1936
2. Christopher Columbus Snow, 1866–1949
3. Thomas Gideon Snow, 1867–1947
4. Sarah Plutina Snow, 1869–1913
5. Nancy Snow, 1872–1940
6. Shadrack Oliver Snow, 1873–1956
7. Vicia Elizabeth Snow, 1877–1958

On the 1880 US Census, Eliza Snow was recorded as white, female, 39 years old, married to Miller W. Snow, 48 years old. The couple were living on their farm in Bryan Twp., Surry Co., North Carolina, with their youngest 6 children. Oldest daughter, Margaret Matilda Snow (b: 1861), had married cousin: Ephraim Snow on 2 March 1879 and left home.^[3]

On 12 February 1892, at 52 years old, Eliza Ann (Cordell) Snow passed away on her farm in Bryan Township, Surry County, North Carolina, USA. She was buried at the Carpenter - Snow Family Cemetery, Dobson, Surry County, North Carolina, USA. ^[4]

Her husband survived her passing. He remarried to Mary Jane Williams, b: 1843; widow of Hardin Cockerham, on 28 Dec. 1896, in Surry County, N. C.. They had no children together. Miller Watson Snow passed away on 3 January 1906 in Surry County, North Carolina. He was buried next to his 1st wife, Eliza Ann Cordell, at the Carpenter-Snow Cemetery in Dobson, Surry, N.C., USA.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Eliza Ann Cordell Pedigree Resource File on FamilySearch Cites 27 Sources.
2. ↑ "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F859-J47 : 10 February 2018), M. W. Snow and Eliza Ann Cordell, 24 Dec 1860; citing Surry County, North Carolina, reference ; FHL microfilm 546,473.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCX5-YQJ : 11 September 2017), Eliza A Snow in household of Miller W Snow, Bryan, Surry, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 172, sheet 50D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,983.
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 December 2019), memorial page for Eliza Ann Cordle Snow (2 Jun 1839–12 Feb 1892), Find A Grave: Memorial #69750249, citing Carpenter - Snow Family Cemetery, Dobson, Surry County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Marcus Snow (contributor 47020217) .
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #46463469

• Eliza Ann Cordell Pedigree Resource File on FamilySearch Cites 27 Sources.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 December 2019), memorial page for Eliza Ann Cordle Snow (2 Jun 1839–12 Feb 1892), Find A Grave: Memorial #69750249, citing Carpenter - Snow Family Cemetery, Dobson, Surry County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Marcus Snow (contributor 47020217) .