Sarah (Griffin) Snead (1820 - 1888)

Born 27 Jan 1820 in Alabama

Wife of Henley Graham Snead — married 26 Mar 1840 in Bibb County Alabama

Died 5 Oct 1888 at age 68 in Bibb County, Alabama

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Biography

Sarah was born January 27, 1820. She passed away October 5, 1888.

Henley Snead married Sarah Griffin on March 26, 1840, in Bibb County, Alabama. Sarah was the daughter of Benjamin and Martha “Polly” Griffin. She was born Jan 27, 1820 and died October 5, 1888.

1850: Bibb Co., Alabama; Henly G Snead 35 North Carolina; Sarah Snead 28 Alabama; David Snead 8 Alabama; Daniel Snead 5 Alabama; Mary S Snead 4 Alabama; Pleasant M Henry 28 Alabama; Jerome Snead 5 Alabama; "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHPR-PXH

8 August 1860: East Side Cahaba River, Bibb Co., Alabama; H G Snead, Farmer, 44 North Carolina; Sarah Snead 39 Alabama; David Snead 18 Alabama; Daniel Snead 14 Alabama; Mary Snead 12 Alabama; Jane Snead 10 Alabama; Margaret Snead 8 Alabama; Charles Snead 3 Alabama; A male infant 1/12 Alabama; "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDH-N8S

1870 ?

1880: Precinct 5 Centerville, Bibb, Alabama; H. G. Sneed, Farmer, 66 North Carolina/North Carolina/North Carolina; Sarah Sneed Wife 56 Alabama/Virginia/Virginia; Ida Sneed Daughter 23 Alabama; Charlie Sneed Son 22 Alabama; Ula Sneed Daughter 14 Alabama; "United States Census, 1880", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4N1-5MY

Henley and Sarah (Griffin) Snead were the parents of the following ten children:

1. Daniel [DAVID, This son's name was DAVID not DANIEL] V. Snead born June 19, 1842, died August 17, 1861, in the Civil War at Culpepper, Virginia of measles.
2. Martha E. Snead born June 13, 1844, died October 6, 1844.
3. Daniel Bernard Snead born October 12, 1845, died June 4, 1919, married 1. Alethia Caroline Abercrombie and 2. Sally Parker
4. Mary Susan Snead born December 10, 1847, died August 23, 1905, married Andrew Jackson “Andy" Kersh. They moved to Texas.
5. Jerome W. Snead born January 10, 1850, died October 12, 1850
6. Nancy Jane “Jennie” Snead born August 4, 1851, married David Joshua W Kersh and moved to Humble, Texas. Died 2 June 1922 in Texas
7. Margaret J. Snead born July 11, 1854, died September 30, 1866.
8. Charles Earl Snead born March 1, 1857, died April 11, 1944. He married February 12, 1885 Mary Elizabeth Abercrombie (1857-1940).
9. Ida G. Snead born August 10, 1860, died February 16, 1937, married John David Lightsey
10. Annar Eulalia Snead born June 17, 1865, died June 6, 1930. She never married.”

Sources

BURIAL: Mount Zion Cemetery in Bibb County, Alabama

Find A Grave: Memorial #59492801 Sarah Snead