Marcus Leonard Snow (1840 - 1921)

Born 15 Dec 1840 in Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Alma (Bennett) Snow — married 26 Sep 1866 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Died 17 May 1921 at age 80 in South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Marcus Leonard Snow was born on December 15, 1840, in Dublin, New Hampshire. He was the son of Charles Snow and Mary Webster Wight.^[1][2]

Marcus' father died when he was seven years old. He lived on the farm until he was 16 years of age. His mother remarried, and he worked in a store in Lowell, Massachusetts, with his step-father, Benjamin Parker. for about two years.

He then went to Sterling, Massachusetts, where he worked in pottery with his uncle, Abner Wight, for one year. He bought out the business in 1865, by then having learned the potter's trade. This business he later sold out to a stock company.^[2]

Marcus was married to Alma Bennett on September 26, 1866, in Lancaster, Massachusetts.^[3] They had one child:^[2]

• Marcus Clarence, born December 19, 1869, in Sterling, Mass.; married Emma Eugenia Smith in California

In December of 1887, Marcus came to California. He grew oranges and lemons for 15 years in Highland, California.^[2]

Marcus died on May 17, 1921, in South Pasadena, California, aged 80 years.^[4][2] He is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.^[5]

His obituary was published in the San Bernardino Sun on May 20, 1921:

Marcus L. Snow passed away at his home in South Pasadena on Tuesday morning, after an illness dating from the first of the year. He was 81 years of age and a native of Maine, and had been a resident of San Bernardino and Highland for many years, leaving 14 years ago for South Pasadena where he had resided since. Beside the widow, he leaves one son, M. C. Snow of the Morris & Snow Seed Company of Los Angeles, and a grandson, Arthur Snow of South Pasadena.

Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the chapel of Turner, Stevens and Berry, 1417 Mission Street, South Pasadena, and interment will be in that city.

Sources

1. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLP8-3W5 : 23 February 2021), Marcus L Snow, 15 Dec 1840; citing Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,044.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Snow, George Burwell. The Richard Snow family. California : Mrs. George B. Snow, 1923. p. 393
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCZ-M87Y : 19 April 2021), Marcus L Snow and Alma Bennitt, 26 Sep 1866; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011279.
4. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CSWD-GM6Z : 1 March 2021), Marcus S Snow, 1921.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64795360/marcus-l-snow : accessed 14 September 2021), memorial page for Marcus L Snow (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 64795360, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA ; Maintained by Carol (contributor 47067994) .

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWZ6-Q2F : 22 December 2020), Marcus Snow in household of John Brooks, Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZCX-LR7 : 18 February 2021), M Snowe in entry for A S Wight, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQX-HBW : 29 May 2021), Marcus L Snow, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHFS-42R : 19 February 2021), Marcus L Snow, Sterling, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 829, sheet 564C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,563.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M959-ZR6 : accessed 14 September 2021), Marcus L Snow, San Bernardino Township, San Bernardino, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 234, sheet 15B, family 378, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,097.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVL8-LRH : accessed 14 September 2021), Marcus L Snow, South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 347, sheet 19B, family 610, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 87; FHL microfilm 1,374,100.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH7N-HKV : 31 January 2021), Marcus L Snow, 1920.