Franklin Benjamin Snow (1843 - 1900)

Born 19 Feb 1843 in North Ridgeville, Lorain County, Ohio, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Josephine E. (Case) Crittenden — married 13 Feb 1870 (to 13 Mar 1900) in Saulk County, Wisconsin, USA

Descendants

Died 13 Mar 1900 at age 57 in Timber Hill, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, USA

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Biography

Franklin Benjamin Snow, known as "Franklin," to differentiate him from his father, was born in 19 February 1843 on his parents' farm in North Ridgeville, Lorain County, Ohio, USA. He was the son of Benjamin Franklin Snow, b: 1805 in Massachusetts, and his wife, Diana (Bartlet) Snow, b: 1812 in Connecticut. On the 1850 US Census, "Franklin" Snow was recorded as 6 years old, born in Ohio, living with his parents, 44 and 38 years old, respectively, and 6 siblings, all in Ridgeville Township, Lorain County, Ohio, USA. ^[1]

Ten years later, the 1860 US Census recorded Benjamin Franklin Snow's family, including 16-year-old "Franklin" Snow, as having moved to Troy, Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. Franklin was one of the couple's 8 children, all born in Ohio, helping their parents on their "General Farm". The farm was valued at $1,000 US dollars & their personal property at $200 US dollars. Franklin and his older brother were "Farm Laborers". ^[2]

On 13 February 1870, in Saulk County, Wisconsin, Franklin B. Snow, almost 27, married 19-year-old Josephine E. Case, b: 20 Sep 1850 in Racine Co., Wisconsin.^[3] The couple had 11 children:

1. Edith E. Snow, 1871–1880 ​​
2. Katie Snow, 1873–1879
3. Lydia M. Snow, 1875–1880
4. Franklin B. Snow, 1877–1900
5. Olive J Snow, 1880–1880 ​​
6. Carlos Cady Snow, 1882–1959
7. Lorin Laurel Snow, 1883–1929
8. Melvin Albert Snow, 1886–1908
9. Susan Francis Snow, 1888–After 1910
10. Henry Bushyhead Snow, 1891–1964
11. John Edwin Snow, 1894–1947

The June 1870 US Census recorded the couple as 25 and 19 years old, married and living on their farm in Arenas Township, Iowa County, Wisconsin, USA. They had no children as yet. ^[4] Their first daughter, Edith E. Snow, was born there on 27 February 1871. When Edith was about a year old, Franklin & Josephine moved to Jewell County, Kansas. They would live there with frequent return trips to Wisconsin for the next 25+ years. A majority of their children were born on their farm there.

The 1880 US Census recorded "H. B. Snow" [sic=F. B. Snow], age 35, and his wife, Josephine Snow, 30 years old, living on their farm in Vicksburg Township, Jewell County, Kansas, USA. Only their infant daughter, Olive Snow, b: Jan 1880 in Kansas, was living with them. F. B. Snow was a "Farmer". ^[5]

The 1890 US Census was accidentally destroyed and is not available. Franklin B. Snow and his family left Jewell County, Kansas, shortly after the railroad linked Kansas to the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, now north-east Oklahoma, in 1889. They joined other American farmers now allowed to buy land in what was still "Indian Territory," USA. Their last 2 sons: Henry "Bushyhead" Snow, b: 24 April 1891, and John Edwin Snow, b: 23 October 1894, were born in Noxie (Nowata County), Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, USA. This area borders southern Kansas.

Franklin Benjamin "Franklin" Snow passed away on 13 March 1900 on his farm at "Timber Hill," Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, USA (in Nowata County, Oklahoma, today). He was 57 years old. His body was buried just across the Territory boundary at Robbins Cemetery, Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA. ^[6]

Frank's wife, Josephine E. (Case) Snow, survived his passing. The 1 June 1900 US Census recorded her as 50 years old, a widow, living in ED 9, Township 27, N. Range 16 E., Nowata County, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, USA.^[7] She had 6 children living with her on their rented family farm. The Census stated only 6 of her 11 children were alive in June 1900: ^[8]
Josephine E. Snow, Head, Female, Sep 1850, Wisconsin, Farmer
Carlos C Snow, Son, Male, Jan 1882, Kansas, Farmer
Lorain L Snow, Son, Male, Dec 1883, Kansas, Farmer
Melvian A Snow, Son, Male, Feb 1886, Kansas, Farmer
Susie F Snow, Daughter, Female, Sep 1888, Kansas
Henry B Snow, Son, Male, Apr 1891, Indian Territory
John E. Snow, Son, Male, Oct 1893, Indian Territory

Josephine (Case) Snow remarried to widower Christopher Columbus Crittenden on 28 August 1907 in Craig County, Oklahoma, USA. The 15 April 1910 US Census recorded her as 59 years old, married to Columbus C. Crittenden, age 55, living with him on their farm in Hickory, Nowata County, Oklahoma, USA. Four of her younger children: Lorin L Snow, 26; Susie F. Snow, 21; Henry B. Snow, 18; and John Edwin Snow, 15 years old, were living with them along with 2 of her husband's sons: Christopher C. Crittenden Jr., 17; and Samuel Crittenden, 13 years old (Their mother, Nancy Kelley, had died in 1905). The Census reported that only 5 of Josephine's 11 born children were now still living.^{[9] [10]} Josephine (Case) Snow Crittenden passed away on 19 June 1931 in Wann, Nowata County, Oklahoma. She was buried near her 2nd husband's grave (he died in 1918) at the Wann town Cemetery, Wann, Nowata County, Oklahoma, USA. ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQK-FH1 : 4 April 2020), Franklin Snow in household of Benjamin Snow, Ridgeville, Lorain, Ohio, United States; citing family 174, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW98-4DN : 18 March 2020), Franklin Snow in entry for Benj F Snow, 1860.
3. ↑ "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRTM-KR5 : 30 January 2020), Franklin B. Snow, 1870.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN9J-45W : 19 March 2020), Franklin B Snow, 1870.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF5S-V6W : 29 August 2017), Josephine Snow in household of H B Snow, Vicksburg, Jewell, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 131, sheet 472A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,384.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 June 2020), memorial page for Frank Snow (1846–13 Mar 1900), Find A Grave: Memorial #203086952, citing Robbins Cemetery, Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by Rich (contributor 46947058) . Note: A brief obituary notice is cited on the Memorial; it is mistaken about his age. An "edit request" has been made.
7. ↑ 1900 Ed Districts: Indian Territory See District 9.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSRK-9RC : accessed 13 June 2020), Josephine E Snow, Township 27 N. Range 16 E., Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9, sheet 19A, family 350, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,843.
9. ↑ "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." Database with images. FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXLN-KJS : 23 March 2020), Columbus C Crittenden and Josephine E Snow, 28 Aug 1907; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLQ2-HRL : accessed 13 June 2020), Josephine E Crittenden in household of Christopher C Crittenden, Hickory, Nowata, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 128, sheet 6A, family 2, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1264; FHL microfilm 1,375,277.
11. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #22144512

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQK-FHP : 9 November 2014), Benjamin Snow, Ridgeville, Lorain, Ohio, United States; citing family 174, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Name: Benjamin Snow

Event Type: Census

Event Year: 1850

Event Place: Ridgeville, Lorain, Ohio, United States

Gender: Male

Age: 44

Race: White

Birth Year (Estimated): 1806

Birthplace: Massachusetts

House Number: 168

HOUSEHOLD	ROLE	GENDER	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
Benjamin Snow	Head	M	44	Massachusetts
Deami M Snow	Wife	F	38	Connecticut
Lydia Snow	Daughter	F	16	Ohio
Charles Snow	Son	M	14	Ohio
Huldah Snow	Daughter	F	12	Ohio
Sarah Snow	Daughter	F	10	Ohio
Franklin Snow	Son	M	6	Ohio
Malcolm Snow	Son	M	4	Ohio
Gaunt Snow	Son	M	1	Ohio

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW98-4DZ : 30 December 2015), Benj F Snow, 1860.

Name: Benj F Snow

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1860

Event Place: Troy, Sauk, Wisconsin, United States

Gender: Male

Age: 55

Race: White

Race (Original): [Blank]

Birth Year (Estimated): 1805

Birthplace: Massachusetts

Page: 98

HOUSEHOLD	ROLE	GENDER	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
Benj F Snow	Head	M	55	Massachusetts
Diana Snow	Wife	F	48	Connecticut
Lydia Snow	Daughter	F	26	Ohio
Carlos Snow	Son	M	24	Ohio
Huldah Snow	Daughter	F	22	Ohio
Sarah Snow	Daughter	F	19	Ohio
Franklin Snow	Son	M	16	Ohio
Malcolm Snow	Son	M	13	Ohio
Laurall Snow	Son	M	11	Ohio
Emma Snow	Daughter	F	9	Ohio

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