Armada (Bunch) Snow (1865 - 1951)

Born 1 May 1865 in Independence Township, Macon County, Missouri, USA

Wife of Charles Edward Snow — married 5 Apr 1883 in Sumner County, Kansas, USA

Descendants

Died 25 Jan 1951 at age 85 in El Reno Township, Canadian County, Oklahoma, USA

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Biography

Armada, aka "Madie" or "Armadie," Bunch was born on May 1, 1865 on her parents' farm near La Plata, Macon County, Missouri, USA. According to the 1870 US Census, where her given name was mis-spelled "Almalda," she was one of a pair of twin girls born to Elijah Bunch, b: ca. 1832 in Missouri and his wife, Emily (Cook), b: ca. 10 May 1843 in Missouri. According to the same Census record, Elijah & Emily Bunch had 5 children under 10 years old as of June 1870: eldest daughter, Brinda Bunch, born in 1861 and two sets of twins: William & James Bunch, born ca. 1862; and "Alzada" & "Almalda" Bunch, born in 1865. They were a family who owned their farm but of modest means: their land value was $600 and their personal wealth was valued at $700. ^[1]

The family has not been found on the 1880 US Census but evidently they left Missouri that summer and homesteaded in Sumner County, Kansas. There, on April 5, 1883, Armada Bunch, 18 years old, married 22-year-old Charles Edward Snow, whose 1880 occupation was listed as "herding cattle". The couple lived and farmed for a dozen years in Sumner County, Kansas, before moving to El Reno Township, Canadian County, in Oklahoma Territory around 1895. They had 12 children, some of whom died as infants:^{[2] [3]}

1. Maud SNOW b: 29 Dec 1883 in near Caldwell, Sumner, KS^[4]
2. Eunice SNOW b: About 1885 in Sumner County, Kansas, USA
3. Jean E. SNOW b: 3 Apr 1887, Hunnewell, Sumner County, KS
4. Nora SNOW b: 3 May 1890, Hunnewell, Sumner County, KS
5. William Arthur SNOW b: About 1891 in Kansas, USA
6. Pearlie SNOW b: 13 Apr 1893, in Sumner, KS; d: 13 Jul 1893
7. Adia P. SNOW b: 1894 in Sumner, Kansas, USA
8. Scott SNOW b: 16 Nov 1898, Canadian Co., Oklahoma Territory
9. Agnes SNOW b: 9 Dec 1899, Canadian Co., Oklahoma Territory
10. Lee SNOW b: 01 Mar 1901 in El Reno, Canadian, OK Territory
11. Infant son SNOW b: 22 Dec 1902; d: 29 Dec 1902 in OK
12. Tressa SNOW b: About 1906 in Oklahoma Territory, USA

Finding this family's record on the June 1900 US Census was difficult, mainly because the enumerator had mistakenly listed Charles Snow as "Chotes Snow," born in Illinois: ^[5]

1900 US Census for El Reno Twp., Canadian Co., Oklahoma:

Name....Role...Sex...Birth-Date...Birth-Place..Occupation (if any):

"Chotes" [Charles] Snow, Head, M, Feb 1861, Illinois, Farmer

Armadie Snow, Wife, F, May 1865, Missouri, Keeps House

Eunice Snow, Daughter, F, Feb. 1886, Kansas

Jean Snow, Son, M, Apr. 1887, Kansas, Farm Laborer

Nora Snow, Daughter, F, May 1890, Kansas

Arther W Snow, Son, M, Dec. 1892, Kansas

Scott Snow, Son, M, Nov. 1898, Oklahoma

Agnes Snow, Daughter, F, Dec. 1899, Oklahoma

Hardender Norris, Servant, M, Jun. 1881, Kansas, Servant

The 1900 US Census also stated that Charles and Armadie Snow had been married 17 years (m: 1883) and that Armadie Snow had bore 9 children of whom 7 were living in June 1900 (6 of them still at home).

The April 1910 US Census recorded Charles and "Amanda" Snow as still living on their rented farm in El Reno Township, Canadian County, Oklahoma (which had become a state in 1907), USA:^[6]

1910 US Census for El Reno Twp., Canadian Co,, Oklahoma:

Name......Role.....Sex...Age...Birth-Place.....Occupation (if any):

Charles Snow, Head, M, 49, "At Sea" [sic], Farmer

Amanda [sic] Snow, Wife, F, 43, Missouri, Keeps House

W. Arthur W Snow, Son, M, 18, Kansas, Farm Laborer

Scott Snow, Son, M, 12, Oklahoma, Farm Laborer

Agnes Snow, Daughter, F, 10, Oklahoma, At School

Lee Snow, Son, M, 9, Oklahoma, At School

Tressa [Teresa] Snow, Daughter, F, 3, Oklahoma, At Home

This Census also reported that as of 1910 "Amanda" [sic] Snow had bore 14 children, 9 of whom were still living in June 1910.

The January 1920 US Census recorded Charles and Armadie Snow still living on their farm in Canadian County, Oklahoma:^[7]

1920 US Census for El Reno Twp., Canadian Co., Oklahoma:

Name......Role.....Sex...Age...Birth-Place.....Occupation (if any):

Charles Snow, Head, M, 58, Missouri [sic], General Farmer

Armadie Snow, Wife, F, 54, Missouri

Agnes Snow, Daughter, F, 20, Oklahoma

Tressa Snow, Daughter, F, 13, Oklahoma

The June 1930 US Census was the last in which Charles Snow appeared. He and "Madie" Snow were now living in a rented house in the town of Yukon, Canadian County, Oklahoma, USA, with a Lodger to help pay expenses:^[8]

1930 US Census for Yukon City, Canadian Co., Oklahoma:

Name......Role.....Sex...Age...Birth-Place.....Occupation (if any):

Charlie E. Snow, Head, M, 69, United States, Garden Laborer

"Madie" Snow, Wife, F, 64, Missouri

J. F. Fisher, Lodger, M, 55, Missouri

Charles Edward Snow died on October 7, 1939, at age 78 in Yukon, Canadian County, Oklahoma, USA. He was buried at the El Reno Cemetery, Plot: 1st Addition, Block 19, Lot 27, Space J; El Reno Township, Canadian County, Oklahoma, USA. ^[9]

His wife, Armada "Madie" (Bunch) Snow, survived her husband's passing until 1951, living for most of that time in their house in Yukon City, Canadian County, Oklahoma. Her twin sister, Alzada, aka "Sadie," (Bunch) Cooksey, who had also married in Sumner County, Kansas in 1883, had followed Charles & Madie to Oklahoma and lived nearby with her family until her death in 1944.^[10]

In Madie Snow's final illness, at 85 years old, she left Yukon to live with her youngest daughter, Tressa (Snow) Henrickson, in El Reno Township, where she passed away on January 25, 1951. She was laid to rest beside her husband at the El Reno Cemetery, Plot: 1st Addition, Block 19, Lot 27, Space K; El Reno Township, Canadian County, Oklahoma, USA. ^[11]

Obituary for Armada "Madie" Bunch Snow: ^[12]

Lee Snow's Mother Dies in El Reno :

"Eakly, Jan. 30. -- Mrs. C.E. Snow, 85, mother of Lee Snow of Eakly and former Eakly resident for many years, died Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F.P. Henrickson, in El Reno. Mrs. Snow had lived in Yukon for 27 years. Services were at 2 p.m. Sunday in the First Christian church at El Reno."

"Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Henrickson, Mrs. Rich Chappel and Mrs. Maude Ulrich, Yukon, and Mrs. Vern Patterson, southeast of El Reno; one son, Lee Snow, Eakly; a half sister, Mrs. Anna Jarvis, Wichita, Kan.; a half brother, Anthony Ford, Braman; 21 grandchildren, 29 great grandchildren and six great great grandchildren."

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46G-ZZD : 12 April 2016), Elijah Bunch, Missouri, United States; citing p. 28, family 197, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,289.
2. ↑ Smith - Kempthorne Family History on RootsWeb: Armada Bunch
3. ↑ Birth data for some children from their Find A Grave Memorials, linked to Armada Snow's F.A.G. Memorial.
4. ↑ "Kansas Marriages, 1840-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWL8-NQF : 10 February 2018), Chas E Snow in entry for Carl B Alrich and Maud Snow, 10 Apr 1903; citing Neosho Co., Kansas, reference p 148; FHL microfilm 1,404,959.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMGH-LBV : accessed 29 January 2019), Chotes Snow, El Reno Township (excl. El Reno city) Ward 1, Canadian, Oklahoma Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 18, sheet 1A, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,335.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML7Y-YRF : accessed 29 January 2019), Charles E Snow, Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 96, sheet 3B, family 54, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1246; FHL microfilm 1,375,259.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN12-MQD : accessed 29 January 2019), C E Snow, El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma, United States; citing ED 94, sheet 5B, line 85, family 111, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1455; FHL microfilm 1,821,455.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC79-BX4 : accessed 29 January 2019), Charlie E Snow, Yukon, Canadian, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 31, sheet 15A, line 27, family 402, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1895; FHL microfilm 2,341,629.
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #44972645 retrieved 30 Jan 2019 - Charles Edward Snow.
10. ↑ Smith - Kempthorne Family History on RootsWeb: Alzada Bunch
11. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #44972602 retrieved 30 Jan 2019 - Armandie “Madie” Snow.
12. ↑ The Carnegie Herald, Wed., Jan. 31, 1951. Cited on her Find A Grave Memorial.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46G-ZZD : 12 April 2016), Elijah Bunch, Missouri, United States; citing p. 28, family 197, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,289.