Alice Delano (Snell) Goatley (1866 - 1895)

Born 19 Nov 1866 in Flat Branch Township, Shelby, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Hiram Lincoln Goatley — married 22 Nov 1888 in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States

Died 9 Apr 1895 at age 28 in Illinois, United States

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Biography

Alice (Allie) D. SNELL. Given Name: Alice (Allie). Surname: SNELL. SECG D. Just discovered her middle name Delano on son Earl's birth record! Transcribed as Delance. Her mother's sister was said to be "Mrs. Delano." Oct 2020.

GOATLEY married Surname: GOATLEY.

Born 19 Nov 1866. Flat Branch Twp,Shelby,IL,USA.

1900 census looks like more children (Earl's siblings): Mable A. b about 1898, Ralph B b about 1899. Chloe would have died (1890-96). Who is Edd (mentioned in WWI draft registration? Allie died in 1895. Florence must be Hiram's second wife and the young children are hers. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSHK-PHY : accessed 3 June 2019), Hiram Goatley, Moweaqua Township Moweaqua vill. (pt.), Shelby, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 114, sheet 3B, family 63, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,345. Hiram age 39, Florence age 28, Earl age 10, Mable A age 2, Ralph B age 1. All children b IL.

Died 09 Apr 1895. Buried Masonic Cem, Flat Branch Twp,Shelby,IL,USA. Grave in newer part of Masonic Cem., next to her father's, Flat Branch Twp. Visited 8/93. Find A Grave: Memorial #48439860 Did she die in childbirth?

Sources

• Snell, John Alden and Winona Rae Duncan Snell Descendants of John George Schnell and Maria Catharina Langin, (privately printed manuscript, 1997); p. 18. JSC Snell-2717 has scanned this manuscript and will email selected pages to interested persons.
• Shelby Co, IL, plat book, 1875, owned by Jane Snell Copes. Family info is hand-written in the book, perhaps by Ann Catherine Snell.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6W6-74B : 12 April 2016), W H Snell, Illinois, United States; citing p. 9, family 62, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,776. Flat Branch Twp, Shelby Co, IL. W H age 53 b OH, Ann age 34 b MD, Mary age 18, Eliza age 17, Daniel age 14, Ephram age 12, Cornelia age 8, Lillie age 5, Alice age 4, Anna age 2, Willis age 0. All b. IL. And Julia Black age 14, Andrew Black age 8, and Andrew Jenkins age 20 (farm laborer) all b. IL. On same page are D.B. Snell age 30 and wife Ann children Almira, August, and Sarah. Zealy, Abigail, and 7 children. And Fred and Mary Snell. All lived on neighboring farms in Flat Branch Twp.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXKV-8R7 : 20 August 2017), Ann C Snell in household of William H Snell, Mowequa, Shelby, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 189, sheet 118B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,251. William H Snell age 63 b OH, Ann C age 43 b MD, Edward M age 17, Lillie A age 14, Alice D age 12, Emma C age 11 William F age 9, Andrew Black age 17. All children b IL.
• Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28H-G5TS : 28 November 2018), Hiram Goatley and Allice Snell, 22 Nov 1888; citing Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 983,126.
• "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H9FR-NYT2 : 13 February 2020), Alice Delance Snell in entry for Earl Goatley, 1890.