John Jacob Snidow (1887 - 1942)

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Lucille (Williams) Snidow — married 25 Sep 1914 in Sullivan, Tennessee, United States

Biography

JOHN J. SNIDOW (2/11/1887-6/27/1942)

The funeral of John J. Snidow, who died suddenly of a heart ailment Saturday evening at 10 o'clock at St. Luke's hospital, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3 at the Lutheran church at Pembroke, VA., and burial will take place in Pembroke. Mr. Snidow, 55, 604 Frederick Street, succumbed a short while after being admitted to the hospital. Mr. Snidow was power director at the Bluestone plant of the Norfolk and Western railroad. He was one of the most prominent and popular men of railroad circles. The funeral service will be conducted by the Rev. Jennings W. Hobson, rector of Christ Episcopal church, this city. Active pallbearers W. D. Snidow and F. E. Snidow, Pearisburg; C.A. Lucas, C.G.Hoge, R.D. Williams and James B. Hale, Pembroke. Honorary pallbearers are: M.T. Peery, J.T. Denny, E.N. Greaver, R. V. Crockett, W. Goodman, Fred Sanders, O. Ogle, D.T. McGhee, W.I. Marable, J.H. Hoge, Dr. A.H. Hoge, S.B. Payne, R.J. Cousins, A.L. Rhoads, Ezra Bilbert, George G. Greenacre, Dan Bradshaw, Aubrey Martin, H.C. Callaway, R.A. Yarbrough, Frank Lawrence, A.S.Buchanan, F.A. Harris, C.T. Snidow, I.N. Fuqua, S.H. Meem, G.W. O'Keefe, H.H. Lawson, C.H. Mustard, Virgil Shumate and W.O. Scruggs. Mr. Snidow is survived by his wife, who was Miss Margaret Lucille Williams, a daughter of Mrs. Martin Williams of Pearisburg and the late Judge Williams; one son John J. Snidow, Jr., of Elizabeth, N.J. and a daughter Mrs. Leslie Fredrik van Eeghen, of St. Petersburg, Fla.

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Notes: John Jacob Snidow, brother of Frank Peck Snidow and Robert Chapman Snidow, was the son of Harvey Washington Snidow and Elizabeth Ellen Peck (see Elizabeth's obituary in the next column). Harvey descended from both Philip AND Jacob Snidow:

i.Philip Snidow (m.Barbara Prillaman) ii.George W. Snidow (m. Eliz. Surface) iii.Barbara Snidow (m. Jacob Snidow Jr.) iv.Harvey Washington Snidow

i.Jacob Snidow ii.Jacob Snidow Jr. (m.Barbara Snidow) iii.Harvey Washington Snidow

Harvey's wife was Elizabeth Ellen Peck, a great granddaughter of Col. Christian Snidow:

i.Christian Snidow (m.Mary Burk) ii.Rebecca Snidow (m. Benj. Peck) iii.John Snidow Peck (m. Mary Burk, a cousin) iv.Elizabeth Ellen Peck (m.Harvey W. Snidow)

John Jacob Snidow's obituary and notes above contributed by his granddaughter Jane P. Snidow Lloyd.

And from the Norfolk & Western magazine, August 1942 - contributed by Mr. & Mrs. John Jacob Snidow III in April of 2010...

The Norfolk and Western Family regrets to learn of the death of Power Director John Jacob Snidow, Bluestone, who died at Bluefield on June 27. Mr. Snidow, a native of Pembroke, Va., began work for the Norfolk and Western in 1923 at Bluestone power plant, where he had worked until he became ill last March. He was a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and had served with the United States Army in the Philippine Islands.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/1B2W-5L8 : accessed 14 Jun 2014), Harve Snidow, Pembroke District (north part), Giles, Virginia, United States; citing sheet 2A, family 25, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241709.
• Obituaries