James
Alexander
Snelson
Sr.
Born in Jefferson City, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Snelson
and Mary Deborah (Tate) Snelson
Brother of
Joseph Snelson, Marshall Snelson, Michael Snelson, Mary B. (Snelson) Morrow, Levi Lane Snelson Sr, William Snelson, Deborah Snelson, John C Snelson, Thomas Snelson, Andrew Samuel Snelson, Tabitha Snelson and Anne Snelson
Husband of
Ann (Heatherly) Snelson
— married
1821 in Gasconade, Missouri, United States
Descendants 
Father of
John Thomas Snelson
Died
at about age 51
in Franklin, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 31 May 2012
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Biography
James Alexander Snelson Sr. was born in 1794 in Tennessee. He is the son of Rev John Thomas Snelson and Mary Deborah Tate.
"James Snelson came from Tennessee in 1810, a single man but was soon afterward married." [1]
He married Ann Heatherly in 1821 in Gasconade County, Missouri. Their children:
- Sarah S Snelson, (1822–1853)
- Mary Snelson, (1824–Deceased)
- John Thomas Snelson, (1832–Deceased)
- Elizabeth Snelson, (1835–Deceased)
- Marshall L. Snelson, (1837–Deceased)
- James Alexander Snelson, (1839–1898)
The 1840 Census[2] shows him with his wife and seven children in Boeuf Township, Franklin County, Missouri. He is between 40 and 50 years old.
He died in 1850.
Sources
- ↑ Goodspeed's History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford & Gasconade counties, Missouri, 1888.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTF-8P5 : 19 May 2020), James Snelson, Boeuf Township, Franklin, Missouri, United States; citing p. 205, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
Profile Snelson-119 created through the import of Williams Family Tree(1).ged on May 30, 2012 by Chris Harter.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~3.12%
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