William E. Snow (1804 - 1894)

Born 1804 in North Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy W. (Tinsley) Snow — married 1833 in Tennessee

Descendants

Died 1894 at about age 90 in Paris, Henry Co., Tennessee, USA

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Biography

Weakley County Families Genealogy on RootsWeb says:^[1]

ID: I104081

Name: William E. Snow

Sex: M

Birth: 1804 in North Carolina

Death: 1894 in Paris, Henry County, Tennessee

Event: Place of Burial Chapel Hill Cemetery, Paris, Henry Co., Tennessee

Occupation: Cooper

Census: 1840 Lincoln Co., TN, Dist. 4, p. 21

Census: 1850 Lincoln Co., TN, Subd. 2, p. 68b

Census: 1860 Henry Co., TN, Dist. 5, Paris P.O., p. 365a

Census: 1870 Henry Co., TN, Dist. 4, Paris P.O., p. 249b

Census: 1880 Henry Co., TN, Dist. 4, ED 71, p. 65a

Event: Deed 17 OCT 1845 Barren County, KY - William Snow sold land that his wife, Nancy, inherited from [her father] Moses Tinsley.

Father: Henry Snow b: BET 1760 AND 1770 in North Carolina

Mother: Anna [Unknown] b: ABT 1779 in Virginia^[2]

Marriage to: Nancy Tinsley b: 1814 in Tennessee

Children:

1. Thomas P. Snow b: ABT 1835 in Lincoln Co., Tennessee, USA
2. Mahala Snow b: ABT 1836 in Lincoln Co., Tennessee, USA
3. Sarah A. "Sallie" Snow b: MAR 1838 in Lincoln Co., Tennessee
4. John S. Snow b: ABT 1842 in Lincoln Co., Tennessee, USA
5. James C. Snow b: 1844 in Lincoln Co., Tennessee, USA
6. Samuel Morgan Snow b: FEB 1846 in Lincoln Co., Tennessee
7. William T. Snow b: 8 AUG 1847 in Lincoln Co., Tennessee, USA
8. Martin J. Snow b: JAN 1850 in Lincoln Co., Tennessee, USA
9. Sophia Snow b: ABT 1852 in Lincoln Co., Tennessee, USA
10. Rufus Parks Snow b: 1854 in Lincoln Co., Tennessee, USA

William & Nancy (Tinsley) Snow moved their family from Lincoln County to Henry County, Tennessee, just before 1860. They spent the next 25+ years on the same farm in Henry County, Tennessee.

William E. Snow died near Paris, Henry County, Tennessee, USA, in 1894. His wife had passed before him in 1886. They are buried next to each other, with their son, James C. Snow, who died in 1897, and James' infant son Herman, who had died in 1884, at the Chapel Hill Cemetery, Henry County, Tennessee, USA. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Weakley County Families Genealogy on RootsWeb - William E. Snow
2. ↑ A different family genealogy says William's mother was Jane "Jenny" Snow, b: 1778 in Albemarle Co., Virginia; daughter of Frost & Snow Sr.. See: Daniatripp Genealogy on RootsWeb - William E. Snow
3. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 28447040 - William E. Snow and for Nancy (Tinsley) Snow, see: Find A Grave Memorial# 28447034 - Nancy Tinsley Snow.

• Weakley County Families Genealogy on RootsWeb - William E. Snow

• Daniatripp Genealogy on RootsWeb - William E. Snow

• Find A Grave Memorial# 28447040 - William E. Snow Has headstone photo with name & dates.