Mary Blair (Wilmot) Snow (1831 - 1884)

Born 6 Nov 1831 in Mantua, Portage, Ohio, USA

Wife of Samuel Pearce Snow — married 25 Sep 1869 (to 14 Apr 1884) in Mantua, Portage, Ohio, USA

Died 14 Apr 1884 at age 52 in Hope, Santa Barbara County, California, USA

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Biography

According to a Wilmot Genealogy book from 1940, "Mary Blair Wilmot" was born November 6, 1831, in Mantua, Portage, Ohio. This would make her just 10 years younger than Samuel Pearce Snow, born in August 1821, also in Mantua, Portage, Ohio. Mary's father was Elihu Wilmot, b: Feb. 26, 1789 in New Haven Co., Connecticut, and her mother was Lucretia (Blair) Wilmot, b: 1790 in Massachusetts.^[1]

So far as is known, Mary Wilmot was still unmarried when, in September 1869, Samuel Pearce Snow, a widower with 7 children, returned to Mantua, Portage, Ohio, and married her. They were wed at the Portage Court House on September 25, 1869.^[2]

The 1870 US Census reports them living on a farm in Neosho County, Kansas, with 6 of Samuel's 7 children (Melvin M. Snow, age 14, is missing from the list).^[3]

1870 US Census for: Erie Township, Neosho County, Kansas

Name....................Role...............................Sex.....Age.......Birth State

S.P. Snow.............Head / "Farmer"...........M....... 49.........Ohio

Mary W Snow......Wife / Keeps-House.....F........ 38.........Ohio

Earnest Snow......Farm Worker ...............M....... 17.........Illinois

Oliver Snow.........In School.......................M........12........Minnesota

Ada Snow.............In School.......................F.........10........Minnesota

Eugene Snow.......In School......................M........08........Minnesota

Laurin Snow.........In School......................M........06.........Illinois

Arthur Snow.........At Home......................M........ 03........Iowa

In 1875, Samuel and Mary (Wilmot) Snow moved their family from the Middle West to Santa Barbara County, California. The settled on a ranch in Hopes Precinct there, where they were living for the 1880 US Census.^[4] Note that Samuel's son, Melvin M. Snow, is back on the list as a School Teacher and his two youngest sons have different Given names (Laurin is now called Arthur; Arthur is called Charles). Mary W. Snow has lost 8 years off her 1831 birth.

1880 US Census for: Hopes Precinct, Santa Barbara, California

Name....................Role...............................Sex.....Age.......Birth State

P. S. Snow.............Head / "Farmer"..........M........ 58.........Ohio

M. W. Snow..........Wife / Keeps-House.....F..........40.........Ohio

"M.M." Snow.......School Teacher ............M.........23.........Minnesota

Ada Snow.............Housekeeper................F..........20.........Minnesota

Eugene Snow.......Farmer..........................M.........18.........Minnesota

"Arthur" Snow......In School......................M.........19.........Illinois

"Charles" Snow....In School......................M.........15.........Iowa

Mary Blair (Wilmot) Snow died in Santa Barbara on April 14, 1884. She was buried in the Santa Barbara Cemetery in California.^[5]

Samuel Pearce Snow remarried after her death; he died in Santa Barbara County, California, on December 13, 1909, and was buried next to Mary (Wilmot) Snow in the Santa Barbara Cemetery. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Wilmot--Wilmoth--Wilmeth Families, by James Lillard Wilmeth (with major contribution from Horace James Willmot on the Claridon, Burton and Mantua OH Wilmot lines), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1940. Cited on My Ancestors Remembered on RootsWeb - Mary Wilmot. No birth data could be found on FamilySearch but US Census data confirms Eilhu & Lucretia (Blair) Wilmot of Mantua, Ohio, had a daughter named Mary.
2. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8Z2-PH5 : 27 September 2017), Samuel R. Snow and Mary Wilmot, 25 Sep 1869; citing Portage, Ohio, United States, reference ; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 891,362.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJY-ZBV : 12 April 2016), Mary W Snow in household of S ? Snow, Kansas, United States; citing p. 17, family 136, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,939.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6PJ-ZDK : 19 August 2017), W M Snow in household of P S Snow, Hopes, Santa Barbara, California, United States; citing enumeration district ED 83, sheet 524A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0081; FHL microfilm 1,254,081.
5. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 90545411 - Mary W. Snow
6. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 90545415 - Samuel Pearce Snow

Personal correspondence between Betsy J. Green and Tom Bredehoft, in February 2013:

"Mary W. Snow was the 2nd wife of Samuel Pearce Snow. They married in 1869 when he was a widower with 7 children. They arrived in California in 1875, and settled in Santa Barbara soon after. She died in Santa Barbara in 1884. After her death, he remarried again. Samuel died in Santa Barbara on Dec. 13, 1909. He is buried here." Regards, Betsy J. Green.