Eunice Snow (1914 - 1991)

Born 13 Jan 1914 in Smith County, Texas, USA

Husband of Gladys (Thomas) Snow — married 1933 in Grayson County, Texas, USA

Died 10 Oct 1991 at age 77 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA

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Biography

Eunice "Shorty" Snow was born in 1914 on his parents' farm in Smith County, Texas, USA. He was the son of William Riley "Willie" Snow, b: 1877 in Smith Co., Texas, and his wife, Lula (Fountain) Snow, b: 7 May 1882 in Bullard Co., Texas. The couple had married on December 12, 1899 in Smith County, Texas, USA. ^{[1] [2]}

Eunice "Shorty" Snow's paternal grandparents were William Washington Snow, b: March 1848 in Cherokee County, Texas (d: 20 Feb 1930 in Van Zandt Co., TX) and his wife, Katherine "Kate" (Unknown) Snow, b: Sep 1861 in Mississippi. William W. Snow was the son of William Riley Snow, born in 1809 in Georgia (d: 1860 in Cherokee Co., TX) and his wife, Elizabeth Garland (Key) Snow, b: 12 Jan 1820 in North Carolina. They married in Walker Co., Alabama, and emigrated to Texas after it became a US State in 1845.^{[3] [4]}

"Shorty" Snow married Gladys Thomas, b: August 19, 1917 in Union, Wilson County, Texas, USA. They married in 1933 in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas, where her family had a farm. Their son, John William "Dub" Snow was born shortly thereafter.

The 1940 US Census listed them as living in Gladys' parents' household: ^[5]
Name,......Role,.......Sex,....Age,....Birth Place,.......Occupation
John W Thomas, Head, M, 67, Tennessee, Farmer
Martha B Thomas, Wife, F, 61, Tennessee
Elmer L Thomas, Son, M, 18, Texas
Eunice Snow, Son-in-law M, 26, Texas, Farmer
Gladys Snow, Daughter, F, 22, Texas
J W Snow, Grandson, M, 6, Texas

During World War II, "Shorty" and "Nay" (Gladys' nickname) Snow left East Texas and moved to Forth Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. They had the following children:

1. John William "Dub" Snow, b: 1934 in Grayson County, Texas
2. Sharon Snow
3. Jay Bradley Snow
4. Bryan Scott Snow

Eunice "Shorty" Snow passed away on October 10, 1991, in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA. He was 77 years old. Shorty was buried at the Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA. ^[6] His wife survived his passing. Gladys (Thomas) Snow died on April 7, 2010 in Fort Worth, Texas. She was 92 years old and is buried next to her husband at the Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ MRM & MLH's Madness on RootsWeb: William R. "Willie" Snow.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #99088808 retrieved 4 Sep 2018 - Eunice "Shorty" Snow.
3. ↑ Kinfolks on RootsWeb: William Washington Snow
4. ↑ Southern Roots on RootsWeb: William Riley Snow
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWVP-32M : accessed 4 September 2018), Eunice Snow in household of John W Thomas, North 5th Ward, Sherman, Justice Precinct 1, Grayson, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 91-9, sheet 15A, line 34, family 392, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4043.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #99088808 retrieved 4 Sep 2018 - Eunice "Shorty" Snow.
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #50944589 retrieved 3 Sep 2018 - Gladys Thomas Snow

• Find A Grave: Memorial #99088808 retrieved 4 Sep 2018 - Eunice "Shorty" Snow.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M35C-CQ2 : accessed 4 September 2018), William Snow, Justice Precinct 3 (voting precinct 6), Smith, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103, sheet 15A, family 258, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,670.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M35Z-QQ4 : accessed 4 September 2018), William Snow, Justice Precinct 3 (voting precinct 6), Smith, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103, sheet 12B, family 206, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,670.