William L. Snow (1817-1897): Bible Record, Notes & Observations

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Surname/tag: Snow

RE: William L. Snow (1817-1897), parents and immediate descendants

Profile: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Snow-1864

Subject: Bible Record Transcription

Purpose of this page: Evaluate Bible Record transcription posted online 2000 -2002.

Intended Use: Educational/research purposes only.

Source Title: William Lowery Snow's Bible pages

Location: Carroll - Family History & Genealogy Message Board. Web. Ancestry.com, 2000, 2002.

Contributor: pesnow1

Posted: 04 Jun 2000 6:00 AM

Classification: Bible

Edited: 29 Aug 2002 12:20 PM

Surnames: Snow

Source Class: Secondary Source (Transcription only, no authentication)

Source hotLink: Bible Rec. Transcr.:

Source Citation: "William Lowery Snow's Bible pages." Transcription. pesnow1, transcr., 04 Jun 2000. Carroll - Family History & Genealogy Message Board. Ancestry.com, 2000, 2002. ancestry.com/boards/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.carroll/312

Page Citation: "William L. Snow (1817-1897): Bible Record, Notes & Observations." Kc, contributor, Wiki Tree, 2022. transcr. qtd from "William Lowery Snow's Bible pages." pesnow1, transcr., 04 Jun 2000. Carroll - Family History & Genealogy Message Board. Ancestry.com, 2000, 2002. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:William_L._Snow_(1817-1897):_Bible_Transcription_Commentary

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Commentary:

Era: Bible Publisher, date of publication, and version are unidentified.

Images: None provided.

Note: Observations/comments are for transcription facsimile only and do not extend to original bible.

Other: Content contains certain entry inconsistencies, drawing questions as to the number of entry contributors, when said entries were compiled/recorded, and who informant(s) were.

Usefulness: Entry inconsistencies tend to cast uncertainty upon an entire "record", so careful comparisons to primary documents and other valid sources, when possible, are needed to corroborate each individual claim in this transcript.

Observations

• General Presentation: Punctuation and spacing exactly as given in original post. It is not known if Headings were on separate or shared pages. Comma adds and take-aways are noted when it may be relevant to entry groupings.
• Most entries include the acronym "AD" (Anno Domini, Latin for “in the year of the Lord”), a somewhat unusual writing affect not commonly seen in typical family bible entries.
• Two entries under Births headings do not include the acronym and may have been added at a later time.
• Additionally, the birth of (alleged) son William A Snow was omitted from the original list of offspring and appears to have been a later addition, inferring the list of children was not made by William or his spouse durng their lifetime (as it is unlikely they would omit their own child).
• Under Deaths heading, the presence of "Â" (a-circumflex) HTML coding error indicates an entry was copy-pasted from a digitized source such as a webpage. (Disclaimer: I am not a code expert/programmer, merely noting transcription presentation).
• At least two entries are dated after William's death. Other entries may also have been added after death. Without original document images, there is no avenue to compare writing styles or writing instrument choices.
• William's death entry states his middle name as 'Lowery' - there is no confirmation of this in any primary or other documents related to William (as of 2022) making this transcript a unique reference. Still, previous entries possibly made by William personally never employ the name, instead, entries show William L, Wm. L., and W. L. He never signed his middle name on documents. It is possible this entry is inauthentic to the time period.

Mother's Maiden Name: does not appear in this record.

• The transcription states her first name as Elizabeth. The transcription DOES NOT STATE William's mother's Last Name at Birth, i.e., maiden surname. There is NO genealogically sound evidence contained within this transcription to support the conjecture, now widespread, that her maiden surname was 'Lowery'. Based on a lack of supportive evidence, her maiden surname remains UNKNOWN (as of 2022).

Style Notes: Line deviations and variables are noted in braces placed after applicable entries in order to identify potential patterns. As an exercise, the braced notation may alert a researcher to take extra care when citing the transcript as a singular authority. Explanations for those notes that may not be self-explanatory:

• [*style, 1wmt1 (beg. 1857)] = In 1857, recording style changed to Xx 'was married to' Yy.
• [*style, 1&1] = earliest entries, recorded as Xx 'and' Yy was married...'
• [*deviation: lower case 'd'] refers to the word 'departed'

Bible Record as transcribed

{Heading1} Births

Wm. L Snow was

Born January 9th AD 1817

Margaret Jane Snow was born November 3 AD 1821

Thomas J. Snow was born November 11, AD 1838 [*deviation: comma add-continues in entries made to section end]

Sarah Jane Snow was born July 22, AD 1837

Nancy E. Snow was born October 31, AD 1841

Mary E. Snow was born May 9, AD 1844

John B. Snow was born April 6, 1847 [*deviation: missing 'AD']

Samuel A. Snow was born March 29, AD 1852

Margaret E. Snow was born March 14, AD 1855

James Franklin Snow was born March 17, AD 1858 [*deviation: full middle name]

Pleasant Henderson Snow was born September 8, AD 1861 [*deviation: full middle name]

Francis Calvin Snow was born May 15, AD 1865 [*deviation: full middle name]

William A. Snow was born December 3, 1849 [*deviation: missing 'AD'] [*add-on: out of birth order] [*odd placement, above 2nd Births heading]

{Heading2} Births

Wm. L. Snow and Margaret Jane Snow lived together as husband and wife 50 years two months and 14 days. We had a glorious union during that time. [*odd placement, under 2nd Births heading]

Margaret Adeline Miller was born July the first day 1873 [*deviation: full middle name; missing 'AD'; mm 'the' dd- spelled out)]

Margaret Adeline Miller was married to Henry Ambrais November 24, 1895 [*deviations: missing 'AD'; full middle names] [*entry mis-located under Births record heading] [*style, 1wmt1 (beg. 1857)]

F. C Snow was married to Fannie Henry Aug. 29, '97 [*deviations: missing 'AD'; mm/yy abbrev.] [*entry mis-located under Births] [*style, 1wmt1 (beg. 1857)] [*entry made after bible owner (Wm Snow) died]

{Heading3} Marriages

Wm. L Snow and Margaret Jane Rogers was married September 29th AD 1836 [*style, 1&1]

Thomas J. Snow was married to Mahaley Seals May the 4, AD 1857. [*deviation: date as mm 'the' dd] [*style change begins, 1wmt1]

Nancy Elizabeth Snow was married to W. R. Miller December the 23, AD 1860. [*deviation: full middle name; date as mm 'the' dd]

John B. Snow was married to Margaret Ann Poiner, March the 10 AD 1867. [*deviation: date as mm 'the' dd]

Mary E. Snow was married to Alexander B. Cathey February 27th AD 1868. [*deviation: day as dd'th']

Wm Andrew Snow was married to Sarah Jane Jones February 25th AD 1872. [*deviation: full middle name; date as dd'th']

Samuel A. Snow was married to Elizabeth Duncan May 10, 1874 [*deviation: missing 'AD']

Margaret Emily Snow was married to John Hill October 11 AD 1874 [*deviation: full middle name; no punctuation]

Mary Miller was married to Albert Felton December 24, 1882. [*deviation: missing 'AD']

Pleasant H. Snow was married to Julie Anderson December 22, AD 1885.

Wm. L Snow was married to Sarah Wisdom, August 13, AD 1887.

W. L. Snow was married to M. L. Russell March 18, AD 1889.

{Heading4} Deaths

Sarah Jane Snow

Departed this life November 7, AD 1837, aged 3 months & 17 days

Thomas J. Snow departed [*deviation: lower case 'd']

This life August 3rd AD 1858 [*deviation: no age countdown]

Nancy Elizabeth Miller, the daughter ofW. L. Snow & Margaret J. Snow departed [*deviation: full middle name; lower case 'd']

This life January 22nd AD 1874, aged 32 years, 2 months & 22 days.

My Dear Wife Margaret Jane Snow Departed this life December 13, 1886, aged 65 :yearsÂ…oneÂ…month and ten days [*modern copy/paste or code errors - ':yearsÂ…oneÂ…']

William Lowery Snow departed this life January 13, 1897 aged 80 years and 4 days old [*deviation: full middle name; lower case 'd'; missing 'AD']

My Wife's father

Andrew Rogers

Departed this life September 5, AD 1836 [*deviation: no age countdown]

John Snow, Sr. Departed this life February 2, AD, 1845 [*deviation: no age countdown]

Borther (sic) John Snow Jr. Departed this life Nov. 10, AD 1862 [*deviation: misspelled word; mm abbrev; no age coundownt]

My old Mother Elizabeth Snow Departed this life October 5th AD 1866, aged 76 years. [*deviation: day as dd'th; no age countdown]

![*deviation: these four entries out of sequencing with those under Deaths heading]

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See also: Another Snow list