Elmyria Mary (Taylor) Snow (1850 - 1922)

Born 1850 in Morgan County, Tennessee, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel James Snow — married 5 Jun 1866 in Madison, Newton Co., Arkansas, USA

Died 1922 at about age 72 in Redden, Atoka County, Oklahoma, USA

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Biography

Elmyria (aka "Elmira") Taylor was born in 1850 in Morgan County, Tennessee, USA. Her parents were:

Father: Samuel James Taylor, b: 1820 in VA

Mother: Alecia (Snow) Taylor, b: 1823 in TN

Shortly after "Elmira" Taylor's birth, her family joined other Morgan County farmers who left Tennessee, moving west to Arkansas in 1850, seeking better and cheaper farm land. Her mother (Alceia "Racey-Leacy" Snow)'s family joined them on this westward trek. They settled in rural Newton County in the Arkansas Ozark mountains. There, they lived through the horrors of the US Civil War, mostly Union sympathizers, but above-all determined to keep their families together and survive.

Shortly after the war's end, on June 5, 1866, at just 16 years old, Elmira Taylor married her cousin, Samuel-James "Jimmy" Snow (son of her mother's brother). He was only 18. They married in Madison, Newton Co., Arkansas. Samuel James and Elmira Mary (Taylor) Snow bought a farm in Jasper, Newton Co., Arkansas (enlarged to 420 acres by 1880) to raise their family. They had 5 children:^[1]

1. Amanda "Mandy" Snow b: 25 Apr 1867 in Jasper, Newton, AR
2. William Elisha Snow b: 15 May 1869 in Jasper, Newton, AR
3. Henry Harrison Snow b: Mar 1875 in Newton, Newton, AR
4. Aaron James Snow b: 18 Feb 1878 in Jasper, Newton, AR
5. Elizabeth "Lizzie/Missy" Snow b: 1880 in Jasper, Newton, AR

The 1880 Census listed them:^[2]

No: 61/63

Name..........Sex....Age....M/S..........Occupation......Birth....F/M Birth

SNOW, Sam....m... 33... Married..... Farmer............ TN..... KY ? - TN

Elmira..............f..... 31..... "....."................................... TN..... VA - TN

Elisha..............m... 11................................................. AR...... TN - TN

Manda F. ........f....... 8................................................. AR...... TN - TN

Henry H . ......m...... 5................................................. AR...... TN - TN

James.............m...... 2................................................. AR...... TN - TN

The winter after the 1880 Census was taken, between Christmas and January 1881, Samuel James Snow caught ill and passed away at his farm in Jasper, Newton, Arkansas. He was only 33 years old. His wife, Elmira Mary (Taylor) Snow, survived him. She died in 1922 in Redden, Atoka Co., Oklahoma. Samuel James Snow is buried at the Jasper Cemetery, Jasper, Newton County, Arkansas.^[3] Elmyira Mary (Taylor) Snow is buried at the Redden Cemetery, Redden, Atoka County, Oklahoma, USA. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Shaeffer/Huckabee and related families Genealogy - Samuel Snow
2. ↑ 1880 US Census, cited on:Descendants of Solomon Snow on freepages.genealogy
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #114130394 - Samuel James Snow.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #18626073 - Elmyira Taylor Snow.

• The Kirk and Trail Families on RootsWeb - Elmira Taylor

• Dave McAfee's Combined Files Jan 14, 2008 on RootsWeb - Elmira Taylor. Gives birth year as 1851 but if she was born in TN, as attested by family information, it had to be 1850 because they all trekked together that summer to Arkansas.

• Snow, Benedict, Laymance, and Related Family Lines on RootsWeb - Elmira Taylor]