..head01cKANSAS SOURCE BOOK -- SNODGRASS FAMILY ..head02cRILEY COUNTY -- ## ..foot73ccopyright Charlou Dolan charlou@compuserve.com ..pgno1 [Revision: 12 Aug 2000] RILEY COUNTY (formed 1855 from unorganized territory & Wabaunsee County) CENSUS RECORDS 1870 census - yes 1875 state census transcription - NS 1895 state census transcription - yes 1900 census - yes 1910 miracode - yes VITAL RECORDS Early Marriages, Riley Co., KS, 1855-1886 (Darby & Albrecht) NS ****************************************************************************** RECORDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1870 Census Manhattan City, page 532, #97/109: George Wisner 36-M-NY grocer, $6000/1300 Huldah Wisner 34-F-NY Albert Wisner 13-M-IL Andrew Snodgrass 37-M-VA day laborer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1895 Census #17M1: Mrs. S. E. Snodgrass 43-F-IN to KS from NE M. D. Snodgrass 19-M-IN to KS from NE  H. L. Snodgrass 17-M-IN to KS from NE  B. F. Snodgrass 15-M-IN to KS from NE   <1880 Sarpy Co., NE; 1900 Riley Co., KS>  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1900 Census Manhattan, 45-107-12-38: Sarah C. Snodgrass 48-F-IN/OH/KY Feb 1852, wid., 6 ch, 4 liv, r.h.  Milton D. Snodgrass 24-M-IN/IN/IN Mar 1876 son, clerk, post office Birchard F. Snodgrass 20-M-IN/IN/IN Oct 1879 son, clerk, dry goods + 4 boarders <1895 Riley Co., KS; 1910 Miracopa Co., AZ>  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1910 Miracode 64-165-111: William Lind *** Robert Snotgrass 61-M-KY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ============================================================================== Personal Memories of Milton David Snodgrass April 1, 1962 To My Dear Young People, Your dad has a queer theory that a kid is apt to have a rough road to attain success in life today, amid the mad rush and fast pace set in our daily lives. If our goal is money--get money, and in the getting we are apt to find that money becomes cheap, unsatable and unreliable. It cannot insure ones happiness. The easier it comes the more damage it may do to the recipient. If money is wisely spent it will serve as an aid to real success. It will aid a kid to get an education, by earning it himself or herself. By earning money and wisely investing it, the child grows in capacity to earn more, to use it wisely, and to realize that money is not only for spending, but for use in attaining an end or reaching a goal in life. The use of money wisely brings confidence, as it brings ability to accomplish things and brings out the latent trait we inherit from our forebearers. To earn money is a good training and to make money work for its owner is a skill which grows in each individual as we grow to manhood and womanhood. To me life has been a wonderful experience and as I look back over my past experiences I am thankful for my portion. Poverty has always attended me. it made me bustle to meet the requirements; first to help mother and my two brothers, two and four years younger than I. My only sister, two years older than I, was my leader in those early years. She was endowed with a courage rarely seen in one so young. We started to school at 8 and 6 years respectively, walking three miles to school in the prairie country of central Kansas. We lived in a sod house, one room about 20 x 40 feet, partitioned by muslin curtains, and ceiling, one door in the south end and two sashed windows on the east and west sides, ocovered by a sod roof laid over poles and covered with buffalo grass and pepper grass. Corn stalks and cow chips were the fuel. Saturdays and Sundays our job was to gather the corn stalk from the field or pasture. Nearby we gathered and piled the cow chips. Father would haul the fuel, stack the cow chips at the back of the house and the corn stalk on the side like a huge hay stack. This would last us through the summer until another crop of corn was husked in the fall and winter. How father and mother fed this family I hardly recall, except the fact that we kids often shelled corn from ear by hand between supper and bed time, until there were several sacks full, ready to go to the mill. The corn cobs were for fuel for baking corn bread or biscuits on Sundays, or when company came occasionally during the week time, because it meant we were to have biscuits and sandhill meal mush and milk, dried corn and homemade hominy. Soon after my sixth birthday I became a livestock farmer. A bachelor uncle, Sam Lamson, gave me a silver dollar at Christmas. I saved it until May 1st and Uncle Sam sold me a pig and got the dollar back. He sold father four pigs. Father agreed with me to furnish corn for my pig if I would pull weeds for his four piggs and mine during the summer. Lambsquarter and parsley were troublesome weeds in the garden and potato patch. Somebody furnished me with a little homemade wagon. I pulled weeds all summer, watered and slopped those pigs and finished them off with all the corn they would eat at night. At 8 months my pig dressed at 263 pounds and brought 13.05. That was my first Pig Club work. My cousin, Arthur V. Snodgrass, then 8 years old, had the same set-up as I and his pig weighed slightly more than mine. He remained in the hog business and branched out into cattle raising until at 18 years of age he owned 15 head of cattle and a couple of brood sows. His father had a homestead, we lived on a rented farm. I changed to cattle, one yearling bull purchased for $13.00. The 5 cents I spent foolishly for candy. The bull calf died at castration time. Received 45 cents for the hide which I spent for my first suspenders as I had graduated into long pants, and our family had a small treat of some kind. Living on a rented farm was bad business even in those days. My father's four years illness before he passed away made it necessary for the family to move into town when I was 8 years old, and my farming talent was diverted to five town lots planted to vegetable and small fruit, carrying water 250 feet for a small hand laundry that mother established, collecting and delivering laundry, and going fishing a few hours daily in the spring and summer months, and janitor work at the school house during fall and winter months, until June after I was eleven years old. In mid July I definitely moved from town to the country, among strangers ten miles away from home, to work in broom corn harvest and haymaking at 50 cents per day and found <= room & board>.  Few farmers grow broom corn now, or realize the discomfort of the labor involved in the process removing the seed from the brush or heads producing the straws. There were two types of varieties grown. The dwarf, growing about three feet high, and the stand varieties growing seven or eight feet tall. The dwarf corn head is removed by grasping the sheath or booth with one hand, and a quick downward movement jerking the head out of the sheath, and several heads betrween the rows of stalks. Standard varieties require a strong man to break or table two rows behind the breakers full length of the field. The tables are about 2 1/2 feet high, and the head stem is cut through all but the boot and slipped from it and piled on the stock tables where it cures or dried for scraping and seed, then spread on slat frames under open sheds. In the hand work of scraping and spreading a fuzzy hairlike growth fills the air, adheres to the hands, faces, and sweaty skin of the neck and sets one wild with itch. Few field or shed workers seek the broom corn harvest after one seasons work. Top wages were $1.00 per day, kids wages 50 cents.  Haying in the prairie bluestem grass of Kansas was always enjoyed and pleasant work to me. By the time I was 15 years old I drew $1.00 per day, the farm hand wages in harvest, to $l20 per month as general farm hand, stacking hay or grain cut by the header, or bundle, was my specialty and enabled me to earn extra wages in harvest. By working among the better class of farmers during those years, I was fortunate and learned good farm practices. At 17 and 18 I was in charge of Central Poland China Herd of swine and very successful, and enjoyed the work. I first learned of the Kansas Agricultural College then. Two distantly related cousins had graduated there. My two brothers, younger than I, had graduated from high school at Little River, Kansas. My sister had taught school since she was 16 years and I was the Black Sheep. Twice during that time I had planned to enter school; when 15 and 17 years old. Sickness in the family prevented my entering school but at last my chance came. It took me two minutes to decide. Mother and my sister drove nine miles out into the country where I was working at my cousin's farm and awakened me at 9 p.m. to put the question "Would you like to go to Manhattan, Kansas, to K.S.A.C.?" I answered "Yes" and within ten days we were on our way. We three boys were working for three farmer cousins. All had answered the same question "Yes". We had come to Rice County, Kansas, in 1881 in a covered wagon. We moved our earthly belongings in two covered wagons in September 1894 from Little River to Manhattan, Kansas, there to start a quest for a College education. Mother followed by train a few days later. We rented a large ten room edifice built of white limestone some fifty years before our arrival. It was about two miles from College Hill, on Second Street, close in the business part of town and a long time vacant. Housecleaning fell to us boys. Dusty and cobwebbed windows, walls and ceilings, dirt to shovel off the floors. We had the lower floor cleaned and window curtains up by the time of mother's arrival. We had one roomer, a boy from our home town. Brother's Harley and Birchard, both graduates of Little River High School, entered college the third day after our arrival. I continued to clean the upper rooms of the old mansion and mother hung the curtains and dolled up the rooms with purchased second hand furniture. We purchased "Rooms to Rent" signs and posted them on the windows and yard fence gate posts. Being two weeks late after the college fall opening, and the two miles distant, our efforts to make a rooming and boarding house to help pay our way through college failed. It was a flop. On that Monday morning, three weeks after the beginning of the fall term, I appeared for examination for entrance to the Prep Course at K. S. A. C., at the tender age of 18 years and 6 months. "Farm Hand", Central Kansas. Last school attendance at age 11 years and 2 months; height 6 ft., weight 176 lbs. Remarks: Raw, healthy farm recruit. On his way up. Tuesday morning after chapel I received my examination report: passed reading, writing, and geography. Failures: spelling, grammar and arithmetic. Assignment made me late to my first class. My heart nearly failed me as I approached my class room door. I came near turning back. After three attempts to turn the latch the door opened and the room with 44 desks seemed packed full of grown-ups. A hand raised on the back row of seats and motioned me to come. The room was now full. About me were people of my age and many much older. To my right was a bright eyed, round face, German boy of 19 years. Men and women ranging from 18 to 45 years old, common farm folks who had been denied the priviledge of schooling. They were a serious bunch and I will never forget them. Old maids and bachelors were well represented. The average was perhaps 24 years old, and practically all were from the country or very small towns. Acquaintances were quickly made. Most of these were housed in private homes and eating in small boarding clubs. Within a weeks time I was gathering up laundry from among the students and was in the laundry business. I was doing the gathering, washing and distributing. Mother was doing the ironing, at which she was an expert, even with "white shirts". The fall term passed very quickly and now Capacity for study was great, but my long absence from school, long full days at farm work was a handicap which I could not overcome quickly. During the holidays we moved to a new location much nearer the campus and opened a boarding club with a dozen or more boarders and mother and I continued the hand laundry. Brothers aided in waiting tables and washing the dishes. At the end of the winter term I was called back to my cousin's farm to take full charge, his wife having died and his own health fully broken. I could not refuse and very reluctantly dropped out of school and took over the 320 acre farm for six months, boarding at a farm one-half mile away. Very hard work was my portion again. I worked from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. at farm work but got a few hours study every evening that six months. $20 per month was the farm wages, with no time off. Returning to college the fall of 1896 I entered the freshman year and worked at janitor work at college. 10 hours on holidays and 4 hours on college days. An early riser when on the farm I was up about 4 a.m. for study hours. These were wonderful days; entirely different from life on the farm. Time really flew. Summer vacations were spent in harvest and threshing in Rice County. During the fall term in 1897 an opportunity came on December 10th for employment in the Manhattan Post Office as Mailing Clerk at $40 per month. It seemed a miracle for a farmer boy to attain such salary. A $20 a month farm hand was on his way up the ladder of success. My work began at 4 a.m. handling incoming mail from Rock Island and Union Santa Fe Branch line, the U. P. Lincoln Manhattan Midday Trains. Working hours 4 a.m. to 7 a.m. receiving and distributing city and college mail. Off times from 7 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for college classes. Two or three subjects, then Post Office time from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., or until outgoing mail was ready for the night trains. It was very simple. I would work a couple of years, save my earnings, then finish my college education without having to work part time. In my Freshman year, about May basket time, very fortunately for me, I met a very attractive dark eyed young school marm, fresh from country teaching and in college spring term refresher course, who happened to be chaperoning her younger sister and girl friend out hanging May baskets for the young swains attending college, an old custom in those days. A fairly good runner, I caught the basket hangers, and met their chaperone. A fatal blow for me. My work in the Post Office proved to be a real job for me. Weight 186 lbs. Full of ambition, I found that a mail dispatcher had to know the shortest time that letters could reach any and every Post Office within the state. He had to postmark the date and hour of dispatch, and there was a system of check by all railway mail clerks. I had to learn the location of 2,000 mail boxes in the Post Office, city and rural mail routes in Manhattan, General Delivery, and college student mail. Class work in college during the forenoon was impossible by Christmas time. I gave up college work to become a mail clerk. That line of work was becoming attractive and pay ranged from $38.00 to $40.00 monthly salary. By May 22, 1898 I weighed 156 lbs. still of sound body, but overworked. Spanish-American war was calling for volunteers for duration. I volunteered May 22 in Company M. 22nd Kansas Volunteers. Was mustered in on June 5th and was out of the service November 3, weighing 186 lbs. Fed up on army rations and ready to take over my mailing clerk's Post Office job. It looked like peace was coming. $13.05 per month army job was behind me and life was still before me. As our Company M. 22nd Volunteers neared home we were surprised at the quietness that had settled over our countryside, and especially our home town. Before going home I dropped into the Post Office. The two clerks that had taken over my old job were there. I learned that my former boss, Postmaster J. H. Winne, had broken in health soon after I left and was in Kansas State Mental Institution. Our Acting Postmaster was head of the force. My job was out of the window. Mother and younger brother were at home to greet us. My sweetheart had remained true and was student assistant librarian at the college and working her way through college. The war was over. Corn husking time was on. My return to the farm put strange ideas in my head. Maybe I belonged on the farm--cattle, hogs, wheat, corn, those were the cash crops. Not much, but dependable. My horse and buggy was the one recreation I enjoyed. Six days thou shalt labor and do all thy work, except farm chores on Sundays, and country Church and Sunday School, young peoples meeting of the Epworth League, and occasionally a party. Lemonade, ice cream and cake socials, oyster suppers usually after a holiday choose-up team for game hunt. Prairie chicken, quail, rabbit, and occasionally coyote. Every sort of game counted points. The losers paid costs, and we went wild by dancing a few squares and enjoyed life as healthy busy young people do. I was in charge of a 320 acre farm again. At Christmas time I went home for a few days visit. I felt I was wasting valuable time again. Scraping and saving nearly every dollar I earned, and paid in monthly payments in Manhattan Home Loan Association to build our first home. A contract was let for an 8 room modern home at 907 Leavenworth Street, two blocks east of the City Park. Back to the farm and hard work January 1st, 1899. The usual spring work filled my time fully until harvest by mid June. Three weeks harvesting and threshing began on July 4th. After 44 days threshing in bundle grain, during which time I purchased a team of horses and rented 80 acres of wheat land, I decided I would become a wheat farmer and attend college 9 months a year with 3 months farming. A gentleman farmer, if you please! Some of my college clasemates were doing just that. Pitching shocked grain on a thresher crew at $1.50 per day of ten hours gave me some time to think out and plan my future course. Then came a break. I was promoted to straw boss at $2.00 per day if I could handle the straw for two settings daily. Four pitchers of bundle grain sent lots of straw through that steam thresher. My first half day straw stacking resulted in a big round 28 ft. stack of straw without stop of the machine, and when I came down the straw carrier the old farmer handed me 50 cents extra for stacking straw, and a promise to continue that for each stack finished off like it. This really went to my head. I began to wish there were more shocks of grain to thresh. We were nearly through the bound grain and soon to enter the headed wheat threshing. At 4 p.m. the following afternoon a telegram came for me from Postmaster J. H. Werne at Manhattan calling me back to my job in the Post Office. The Postmaster was back on the job and in charge. Back in the employ of Uncle Sam on September 1, 1899, with $500 per year salary. Time 4 a.m. to 7 a.m., noon to 8 p.m. daily grind, attending college classes, three class hours in the morning. Bicycle transportation. Postal Clerk. Special studies in General Science preparation for study of Medicine. October 10, 1902 I was appointed Secretary of Civil Service Board. A long drag, my only diversion Captain in the U.S. National Guard, weekly rifle range and annual encampment. September, 1905, entered college in Agriculture with my major Animal Husbandry. Student Assistant of Crop Production in charge of Kansas Experiment Station field test of plots, Secretary of Kansas Corn Breeder's Association. Graduated with a B. S. in Animal Husbandry and was employed in charge of crop production with a salary of $88. Was in charge of all experimental crops at Kansas State Experiment Station, a valuable experience to a green Kansas Farm hand of 1894 who had knocked at the door of opportunity. Every day was a wonderful day. General Science subjects were of greatest interest to me at that period of my life. My early intentions and inclinations were to study medicine and I had taken special studies in that line while working as Postal Clerk from 1899 to 1905. During this period I spent nine months as night attendant in the office of Doctor Ross, a specialist in eyes, nose and throat, where I learned something of a Doctor's life and practice and the demands of the public. I decided that such a life was not for me. As the opening days of college approached I grew restless. In 1905 several new faculty and assistant members were added to the Agriculture Department: Prof. R. J. Kinzer, A.H.; Prof. Oscar Erf, Dairy; L. E. Call, Agronomy; Verne E. Shossmith, Farm Crops; Curtis F. Kylo, Soils; Prof. A. M. Teneyck remained Head of Agronomy. As I met these new men I realized that Agriculture was on the threshold of a scientific awakening. I resigned as Postal Clerk but continued my service in the 2nd Kansas Regiment of the National Guard as a Captain in I Company, 2nd Regiment. My senior year was devoted to Agricultural subjects. I made the best of every opportunity. Stock judging, denied me in Science studies, was my favorite. Studies in breeds of all kinds of livestock was very interesting. I made first place in Horse and Swine Judging Teams, a $25.00 gold medal horse head and a pure bred Chesterwhite Gilt was my prize in swine judging. At the first public sale of Aberdeen-Angus cattle at K.S.A.C. I bid in a yearling heifer that appealed to me. After the sale a farmer offered me a substantial sum for my bargain. We compromised by his offering to care for the heifer for one-half the increase in calves, and a return of the cow when I was in a position to take over. Youngoahl and Sons, Aberdeen-Angus prize winning herd was best in Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska in 1930 when I met them in Manhattan at a banquet during Farmer's Week 1930, when you kids and mother were there at Manhattan for college. When we started for Alaska in 1907 that heifer was the grandmother of his entire herd so he informed me at that banquet. It was the first time I had seen him since selling him my prize heifer. My Chesterwhite gilt and a purebred boar were placed with a farmer friend and Spanish-American war buddy, Chan Kent of Ogden, Kansas, near Funston's for Fort Riley, and now of Nickerson, Kansas. This was a deal on the share basis. He purchased my share soon after we came to Kodiak. My gold medal horse head was stolen from my baggage in a stock car while I was picking up milking Shorthorn herd for the Matanuska Experiment Station in 1919. All my winnings in Stock Judging were thusly disposed of, at a small cash profit. 1905-06 back to college and senior year, was the happiest and busiest year of my life. Senior Ag boys organized and published "Kansas Agriculturist" in addition to a very heavy course of study. I held some position, Associate Editor, I think. That gave me some insight into the news paper business, also a chance to write for publication. Two years after coming to Kodiak I received word that the Agriculturist was sold and combined with "Kansas Farmer" one of Capper's publications, and received a check for $50 for my $10 share of stock in the "Agriculturist" Company. Spring term of my senior year I worked as assistant in Crop Production. Had charge of field work in experimental field plats. This work was most valuable to me. It was very strenuous work. Professor Shoosmith resigned June 30 and I was in charge of Crop Production Field Work until June 6, 1907, resigning to accept appointment to Department of Agriculture, assignment at Kodiak, Alaska, in livestock investigations. The work in corn breeding was in its formative stages. Ear row tests and cross breeding varieties we began at Kansas Station. Also, varieties tests of corn Kaffirs, Sorgums, grains, for the several regional tests in Kansas to determine best crops for all Kansas farmers, who, by the way, were growing 44 varieties of corn. These varieties were grown in 1/10 acre plats, and ranged in yields of 16 bushels to 104 bushel per acre, resulting in the discarding of 37 varieties. The Kansas Corn Breeders Association corn show of 1906 was carried over the Rock Island and Union Pacific Railroads for ten days and was shown in all the larger towns of the corn belt. The field charts showing the yields of the varieties grown in these tests, and exhibits of the prize winners of the 1906 corn show created a great interest among the farmers--with the final results of eliminating all low yielding varieties of corn grown in the state. It was the beginning of the cross-breeding and hybrid work with corn and other grain crops, especially Kaffir and Sorghums, so common in the middle west farm area. This was the period of the great awakening of farm people to the new methods of the scientific agriculture. The old custom farmer institutes held throughout the counties of the state for "Farm Week" at the Kansas State College during Christmas, New Years holidays. The beginning of 4-H Club work for boys and girls and the county agent movement throughout the states. The youngsters were coming up with their prize winning exhibits at the county and state fairs. Farm life was beginning to take on a "New Look". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lineage of Milton David Snodgrass: 1. Joseph Snodgrass & Hannah Vernon of Tinker's Creek, Botetourt Co., VA. 2. Joseph Snodgrass Jr. & wife Mary Walker. 3. Joseph Snodgrass III & wife Catherine Gish. 4. George William Snodgrass & wife Mary Zimmerman. 5. William Henry Harrison Snodgrass & wife Sarah Ella Lamson. 6. Milton David Snodgrass ============================================================================== ############################################################################## ..head02cROOKS COUNTY ROOKS COUNTY (formed 1867 from Kirwin Land District) ############################################################################## ..head02cRUSH COUNTY RUSH COUNTY (formed 1867 from unorganized territory) CENSUS RECORDS 1900 census - yes 1910 miracode - yes 1920 census - yes PERIODICALS The Treesearcher, vol. 18, 20, 23 - yes ****************************************************************************** RECORDS 18 Jan 1891 -- Emma Snodgrass, 25, married J. W. Coughenous, 37, both of McCracken, by Rev. J. M. Poulton, at McCracken.  23 Feb 1893 -- F. L. Snodgrass, 32, of McCracken, married Imogene Mortimer, 26, of Waring, by A. N. See, M.G., at Salina.  5 Jun 1898 -- Bertie B. Snodgrass, 19, Nekoma, married Frank Hart, 29, Rush Center, by Minister Alexander Walker, J.P., at residence of A. M. Snodgrass (Book C, page 149) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1900 Census McCracken, Oak Ave, 45-245-1-48: Frank L. Snodgrass 39-M-OH/OH/OH Dec 1860 m.7y, editor, o.f.h. Imogene Snodgrass 33-F-MD/MD/MD Oct 1866 wife, 3 ch, 3 liv   Inez Snodgrass 6-F-KS/OH/MD Feb 1894 dau. Eleanor Snodgrass 4-F-KS/OH/MD Aug 1895 dau. Marjorie Snodgrass 1-F-KS/OH/MD Oct 1898 dau.  McCracken Twp., 45-245-1-67: Delmore Snodgrass 28-M-MO/OH/OH Jun 1871 m.1y, printer, o.f.h. Elsina Snodgrass 23-F-IA/IA/IA Feb 1877 wife, 0 ch <1910 Barton Co., KS>  McCracken Twp., 45-245-2-2: Albert Snodgrass 63-M-OH/OH/OH Apr 1837 m.40y, carpenter, o.f.h.  Clarinda C. Snodgrass 59-F-OH/OH/OH Nov 1840 wife, 8 ch, 8 liv Mary E. Snodgrass 31-F-OH/OH/OH Aug 1868 dau., teacher Eva I. Snodgrass 21-F-IA/IA/IA Jun 1878 dau. Albert C. Snodgrass 18-M-IA/IA/IA Nov 1881 son   Union Twp., 45-240-5-6: Alpheus Snodgrass 41-M-WV/WV/WV Oct 1858 m.20y, farmer, o.m.f. Ann M. Snodgrass 37-F-WV/WV/WV Oct 1862 wife, 4 ch, 4 liv Cora E. Snodgrass 18-F-WV/WV/WV Nov 1881 dau. Grover E. Snodgrass 15-M-WV/WV/WV Jun 1884 son Harry O. Snodgrass 12-M-KS/WV/WV May 1888 son  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 24 Mar 1903 -- Imogene Snodgrass, wife of Frank L., d. 24 Mar 1903, aged 36y 5m., buried McCracken Cemetery.  1904 -- Albert C. Snodgrass, b. 1881, d. 1904, buried McCracken Cemetery.  1908 -- Albert Snodgrass, b. 1837, d. 1908, Co. K, 136 Ohio Vol. Inf., buried McCracken Cemetery.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1910 Miracode McCracken, 58-182-36: Clarinda Snodgrass 69-F-OH Ora? Snodgrass 29-F-IA dau. Emiline Donohoe 76-F-OH sister-in-law  McCracken, 58-187-37: Frank Snodgrass 49-M-OH Inez Snodgrass 16-F-KS dau. Eleanor Snodgrass 14-F-KS dau. Marjorie Snodgrass 11-F-KS dau.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1920 Census McAoiten Twp., 547/51-210-3-90: Clarinda Snodgrass 79-F-OH/OH/OH wid., no occ. Mollie Snodgrass 48-F-OH/OH/OH dau. Eva Snodgrass 41-F-IA/OH/OH dau., teacher  LaCrosse Twp., 547/51-217-8-5: Brady G. Snodgrass 30-M-KS/IRE/OH sales real estate Juanita V. Snodgrass 24-F-KS/ENG/KS wife Jack B. Snodgrass 3-M-KS/KS/KS son <1910 Jackson Co., KS> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1921 -- Clarinda C. Snodgrass, b. 1840, d. 1921, buried McCracken Cemetery.  1932 -- Mary E. Snodgrass, b. 1868, d. 1932, buried McCracken Cemetery.  1947 -- Frank L. Snodgrass, b. 1860, d. 1947, buried McCracken Cemetery.  28 Feb 1980 -- Eleanor Snodgrass, b. 11 Aug 1895, d. 28 Feb 1980, buried McCracken Cemetery.  ############################################################################## ..head02cRUSSELL COUNTY RUSSELL COUNTY (formed 1867 from Ellsworth County) CENSUS RECORDS 1870 census index - NS 1880 soundex - yes 1910 miracode - yes ****************************************************************************** RECORDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1880 Soundex Big Creek Twp., 18-287-26-1: John C. Snodgrass 40-M-OH/PA/PA Savilla Snodgrass 39-F-OH/PA/PA wife   Francis S. Snodgrass 14-F-OH/OH/OH dau. Charles M. Snodgrass 12-M-OH/OH/OH son <1900 Shawnee Co., KS> Claudie B. Snodgrass 6-F-MO/OH/OH dau. <1900 Los Angeles Co., CA>  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1910 Miracode 65-180-19: Thomas C. Snodgrass 46-M-OH Virgina C. Snodgrass 39-F-KY wife Contrell W. Snodgrass 15-M-KS son Loyal B. Snodgrass 13-M-KS son Vernon J. Snodgrass 7-M-KS son A. Greta Snodgrass 5-F-KS dau. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ############################################################################## ST. JOHN COUNTY (name changed to Logan County) ############################################################################## ..head02cSALINE COUNTY SALINE COUNTY (formed 1860 as original county) CENSUS RECORDS 1870 census index - NS 1880 soundex - yes 1900 census - yes 1910 miracode - yes 1920 census - yes VITAL RECORDS Marriage Records of Saline Co., KS, 1860-1875 (Scott & Mayden) NS ****************************************************************************** RECORDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1880 Soundex Cambria Twp., 18-292-2-44: John I. Norton  *** Flora Snodgrass 18-F-IL/NY/NY  George Snodgrass 1-M-KS/VA/IL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1900 Census Salina, So. Santa Fe Ave., 46-122-3-35: Anna B. Journey (runs boarding house) (8 boarders) Walter A. Snodgrass 28-M-KS/IN/IN Apr 1872 boarder, teacher ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1910 Miracode Saline, 66-132-82: Willard Snodgrass 43-M-OH Ruth Snodgrass 31-F-KS wife John Snodgrass 11-M-KS son  Saline, 66-136-57: James A. Duncan *** Jackson A. Snodgrass 73-M-OH father-in-law Mary I. Snodgrass 48-F-OH sister-in-law ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1920 Census Salina Twp., 548/53-146-16-6: Alonzo F. Snodgrass 39-M-KS/OH/IN R.R. inspector Dolly M. Snodgrass 43-F-MO/OH/IL wife Wayne K. Snodgrass 12-M-KS/KS/MO son <1910 Morris Co., KS> Salina Twp., 548/53-146-18-35: *** Lyle B. Snodgrass 5-M-KS/KS/MO son Salina Twp., 548/53-146-19-18: Leota Belle Snodgrass 28-F-KS/OH/MO stenographer Salina Twp., 548/53-147-1-10: Thomas C. Snodgrass 57-M-OH/OH/OH farm labor inspector Virginia C. Snodgrass 48-F-KY/KY/KY wife Cantrill W. Snodgrass 25-M-KS/OH/OH son Vernon J. Snograss 17-M-KS/OH/OH son Alice G. Snodgrass 15-F-KS/OH/KY dau. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ############################################################################## ..head02cSCOTT COUNTY SCOTT COUNTY (formed 1873 from Finney County) ############################################################################## ..head02cSEDGWICK COUNTY SEDGWICK COUNTY (formed 1867 from Butler County) CENSUS RECORDS 1880 soundex - yes 1900 census - yes 1910 miracode - yes 1920 census - yes VITAL RECORDS Marriages, dates? (Midwest Gen. Reg., vol. 8) yes ****************************************************************************** RECORDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1880 Soundex Wichita, E. Mosley Ave., 18-214-15-12: Jane Snodgrass 42-F-IN Lottie Snodgrass 19-F-IA dau. Elizabeth Snodgrass 17-F-IA dau. Lucretia Snodgrass 14-F-IA dau. Ira Snodgrass 11-M-IA son Mable Bliss 7-F-KS boarder ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 20 Dec 1884 -- Lucretia Snodgrass, 19, Garden Plain, KS, married Roscoe J. Morgan, 23, Murdock, KS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1900 Census Wichita, 311 Riverview Ave., 48-279-10-27: James B. Snodgrass 45-M-IN/IN/IN Jan 1855, m.7y, traveling salesman, r.h. Anna Snodgrass 24-F-PA/PA/PA Nov 1875 wife, 0 ch ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1910 Miracode Wichita, 68-101-46: Clarence Datmunde *** Charles Snodgrass 40-M-IA Wichita, 68-113-293: Leland Scrogin *** Ed L. Snodgrass 65-M-VA Theodric Snodgrass 40-M-IN  Wichita, 69-119-92: Alice Younkin *** Clyde Snodgrass 21-M-KS <1920 Butler Co., KS> Wichita, 70-131-308: Harley L. Snodgrass 32-M-IN Phyliss C. Snodgrass 30-F-IL wife R. G. Snodgrass 8-M-KS son Kenneth Snodgrass 5-M-KS son ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1920 Census Wichita, 549/55-123-5-22: W. B. Snodgrass 42-M-TN/TN/TN driver Laura B. Snodgrass 37-F-OK/OK/OK wife Opal Snodgrass 18-F-OK/TN/OK dau. Wichita, 549/55-124-3-90: Ray C. Snodgrass 28-M-IA/USA/USA mechanic Adah Snodgrass 25-F-KS/SWE/SWE wife Milburn Snodgrass 6-M-KS/IA/KS son Marjorie Snodgrass 3-F-KS/IA/KS dau. Wichita, 549/55-134-14-27: Ernest E. Snodgrass 48-M-KS/OH/OH laborer Wichita, 549/56-129-4-73: W. J. Snodgrass 84-M-KY/VA/VA Sarah H. Snodgrass 80-F-KY/KY/KY wife William C. Snodgrass 61-M-KY/KY/KY son, farmer Cora S. Thompson 47-F-KY/KY/KY dau. Booth Thompson 50-M-KY/KY/KY son-in-law Dorsett Thompson 13-M-KY/KY/KY grandson Wichita, 549/56-131-9-25: E. L. Snodgrass 74-F-VA/VA/VA wid., farmer  T. Snodgrass 50-M-IN/VA/IN son, laborer   Wichita, 549/56-157-9-43: Samuel A. Lefors 62-M-AR/USA/USA tamster Millie Lefors 54-F-IN/OH/IN *** Helen Snodgrass 3-F-USA/USA/USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ============================================================================== COLE COLLECTION - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [page 39] 24 Jul 1954 Virgil B. Cole, Carre Gulf Oil Corporation, Union N. Bank Bldg., Wichita, KS Dear Virgil, I need some help. Please take your current Telephone directory and copy down for me the names shown therein named Snodgrass. I merely want the subscribers and the addresses shown in the Directory, I do NOT want the telephone number.  Yours, Redmond S. Cole - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  [page 40] Mrs. Betty E. Snodgrass 1421 University Snodgrass & Byrd Funeral Home, Inc. 633 N. Broadway C. A. Snodgrass 858 S. Estelle Emerson J. Snodgrass 245-1/2 N. Main Erlin E. Snodgrass 1964 Stafford F. M. Snodgrass (Francis M.) 333 N. Holyoke Frank E. Snodgrass 546 N. Grove Fred E. Snodgrass 713 S. Dodge Gerald Snodgrass 1722 N. Chautauqua Glen W. Snodgrass Derby Hershel E. Snodgrass 3330 University James L. Snodgrass 622 Beverly John J. Snodgrass Furley K. B. Snodgrass (Kenneth B.) 2454 Woodland L. L. Snodgrass (Leonard L.) 1420 Woodland M. W. Snodgrass (Myrl? W.) 3556 S. St. Francis Mary E. Snodgrass 3047 Park Place Max W. Snodgrass 4111 W. 16th Richard B. Snodgrass 6603 Marjorie Ln. Richard L. Snodgrass 510 Oakwood Robert H. Snodgrass 6022 E. Zimmerly Rodney Snodgrass 425 N. Topeka Snodgrass & Son Const. Co. Beacon Building Mrs. Sylvia Snodgrass 1830 S. Topeka These are from City Directory and not in phone book:  _____ Snodgrass 1626 N. Market Daisy Snodgrass (widow William) 119 E. 3rd, Apt. 1 Ernest L. Snodgrass 1302 So. ___age Frank Snodgrass (student) 5000 E. Central, Apt. 1 Mildred A. Snodgrass 1325 No. Market N. G. Snodgrass 1450 Bluffview Ola M. Snodgrass (widow John C.) 2303 Washington Place Ray E. Snodgrass 401 S. Seneca Roy E. Snodgrass 4320 Boston Drive - over -   Mr. Percival: This list of current addresses of members of the Snodgrass Clan now living in Wichita, KS, is loaned you for no particular reason than to see how prolific the Clan is. I have visited with some of these, and feel that none of them are of the Washington, VA, Clan. Read and return to Redmond S. Cole. 7 Oct 1956. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  [pages 498-499] Snodgrass Family of Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, and Kansas. On 20 Feb 1934, I interviewed at El Dorado, KS, an elderly gentleman named William Cornell Snodgrass, of 1257 Fairview, Wichita, KS, who was at the moment visiting with his brother, Sheriff Andrew Larkin Snodgrass of El Dorado, Butler Co., KS. He told me that he was of the Botetourt Co., VA, Snodgrass family, that cousins of his living, so he said, at Plattsburg, named Word, had a family history of his branch of the family. That a man named Scott, living near Council Grove, KS, was somehow related to the Snodgrass family and had prepared an extensive sketch of same. His ancestor, so he told me, was Isaac Snodgrass, who came out of Botetourt Co., VA, settled in and died in died in Rockcastle Co., KY. His wife was Jane or Jennie Larkin, and he had 17 children. Mr. Snodgrass listed eleven of them for me as follows. i. Isaac, came to Missouri. ii. John, came to Missouri iii. William Jasper, went to Kansas. iv. Walker, who left home as a boy and was never again heard of. v. James, who died young in Kentucky. vi. Larkin, who died in California. vii. Robert, who died at the old home in Rockcastle Co., KY. viii. George, who died in CA, leaving a daughter. ix. Elizabeth, who m. James Delany in Kentucky. x. Sallie, who m. ___ Brooks in KY. xi. Caroline, who m. ___ Lasswell in KY. He further told me that his father, Wm. Jasper Snodgrass, came to Kansas in 1870. He said he had 12 children, the first six of whom were born in Marion Co., KY, remainder in Butler Co., KS. These children of W. J. Snodgrass were: i. William Cornell, whose home was then 1237 Fairview (formerly Wichita St.), Wichita, KS. ii. James, who died in infancy. iii. Florence Yowell (a son) who lived and died near Chanute, KS, and left a family. iv. Robert Lee, of Augusta, KS, who has a family. v. Emma, m. J. W. Haskell, and lived in Caddo Co., OK. ============================================================================== ############################################################################## ..head02cSEQUOYAH COUNTY SEQUOYAH COUNTY (name changed to Finney County) ############################################################################## ..head02cSEWARD COUNTY SEWARD COUNTY (formed 1855 from Indian Lands) ############################################################################## ..head02cSHAWNEE COUNTY SHAWNEE COUNTY (formed 1855 as original county) CENSUS RECORDS 1870 census - yes 1880 census - yes 1880 mortality schedule - yes 1900 census - yes 1910 miracode - yes 1920 census - yes MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Topeka Gen. Soc. Quarterly, vol. 10 - yes NEWSPAPER RECORDS The Shawnee Chief Article about Reunion of 1885 & 1886 Classes of  Indian Creek and Rochester Schools (Topeka Gen. Soc. Quarterly, vol. 9) yes VITAL RECORDS Marriage Records, Shawnee Co., KS, vols. 1-3, Feb 1856 thru ?? (Topeka Gen. Soc.) yes  Marriages, dates? (Topeka Gen. Soc. Quarterly, vol. 5) yes ****************************************************************************** RECORDS 14 Oct 1890 -- C. M. Snodgrass married Mary Watson. 3 Sep 1884 -- Robert Snodgrass married Mary Johnson. 8 Feb 1888 -- Rufus Snodgrass married Katie Myers. 24 Dec 1889 -- Anna Snodgrass married Charles E. Cox. 3 Jul 1890 -- Frances Snodgrass married Benj. F. Hard. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Oct 1869 -- Annie J. Snodgrass born. Ref.: 1890 marriage record, Wetzel Co., WV; 1870 census below.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1870 Census Tecumseh Twp., page 146, #88/90 (enumerated 17 Jun): John Snodgrass 48-M-VA farmer, 0/$600 Anna Snodgrass 52-F-VA George Snodgrass 23-M-VA farmer, 0/$200 Margaret Snodgrass 24-F-VA Anna Snodgrass 7m-F-KS b. Oct John Snodgrass 9-M-VA  Topeka, 3rd Ward, page 215, #95/98 (enumerated 8 Jun): Coldier Snodgrass 21-M-VA farmer  Elizabeth Snodgrass 20-F-VA    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jun 1879 -- Mortality Schedule: Sarah E. Snodgrass, age 21, b. IL, d. of sore throat.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1880 Census Soldier Twp., 23-8-28: John N. Snodgrass 52-M-IN/KY/KY Ann J. Snodgrass 50-F-NY/NY/NY wife Robert Snodgrass 23-M-IN/IN/NY son Rufus Snodgrass 20-M-IN/IN/NY son Effie Snodgrass 14-F-IN/IN/NY dau. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16 Mar 1895 -- Sidney F. Snodgrass, 32, married Martha M. Byford, 21. <1900 Jackson Co., MO>  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1900 Census Soldier Twp., 49-137-8-34: Rufus Snodgrass 40-M-IN/NY/PA Jul 1859 m.12y, farmer, o.f.f. Katie Snodgrass 35-F-MO/MI/GER Jul 1864 wife, 0 ch <1910 Shawnee Co., KS> Topeka, 4th Prec., 49-149-1-48: Charles E. Cox 41-M-OH/ENG/ENG Jun 1858 m.1py, carpenter, r.h. Anna A. Cox 31-F-IL/IL/IL Nov 1869 wife, 2 ch, 2 liv Edna S. Cox 9-F-KS/OH/IL May 1891 dau. Harry E. Cox 7-M-KS/OH/IL Apr 1893 son George C. Snodgrass 26-M-KS/IL/IL Mar 1874 brother-in-law, farm laborer Topeka, 49-175?-6-42: Charles M. Snodgrass 33-M-OH/OH/PA Oct 1866 m.10y Allice C. Snodgrass 32-F-IL/IN/OH Jul 1867 wife, 3 ch, 2 liv William Snodgrass 8-M-KS/OH/IL Oct 1891 son Grace Snodgrass 5m-F-KS/OH/IL Dec 1899 dau. <1910 Shawnee Co., KS>  Topeka, 716 Tyler, 50-158-9-68: Charles E. Hubbard 45-M-MA/MA/MA Aug 1854 m.15y Effie Hubbard 34-F-IN/??/NY Mar 1866 wife *** Janette A. Snodgrass 68-F-NY/NY/NY Mar 1832 mother-in-law, 1? ch, 1? liv Topeka, 2046 Filmore St., 50-169-8-93 : Daniel Robinson 63-M-VA/VA/VA Aug 1836 m.41y Julia T. Robinson 60-F-VA/VA/VA Aug 1839  *** William Snodgrass 6-M-KS/OH/VA Oct 1893 grandson <1910 Shawnee Co., KS> Topeka Twp., 50-170-5-77: (Kansas State Insane Asylum) *** Wm. Snodgrass 57-M-IA/KY/IL Oct 1842, wid  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1910 Miracode 71-140-190: Rufus Snodgrass 40-M-IN Kate Snodgrass 45-F-MO wife Janetta A. Snodgrass 78-F-NY mother <1900, 1920 Shawnee Co., KS> Topeka, 72-148-74: Chas. M. Snodgrass 41-M-OH Alice Snodgrass 40-F-IL wife  William Snodgrass 18-M-KS son <1910 Shawnee Co., KS> Grace Snodgrass 10-F-KS dau. Robert Snodgrass 6-M-KS son <1900, 1920 Shawnee Co., KS>  Topeka, 72-159-27: Harlon Kline *** Myrtle E. Snodgrass 22-F-KS Topeka, 73-179-122: John P. Robinson *** W. E. Snodgrass 17-M-KS nephew  <1900 Shawnee Co., KS> Topeka, 72-188-83: Charles S. Snodgrass 44-M-IN Edna Snodgrass 29-F-KS wife Sisie E. Snodgrass 19-F-KS dau. Ansel N. Snodgrass 8-M-KS son Eva E. Snodgrass 6-F-KS dau. Coral S. Snodgrass 4-F-KS dau. Howard B. Snodgrass 2-M-KS son ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16 Oct 1914 -- The Shawnee Chief: List of former Indian Creek students includes Mrs. Katie (Myers) Snodgrass. Neighbors & children present include Ann Snodgrass. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1920 Census Soldier Twp., 550/58-150-3-27: Jeannette Snodgrass 88-F-NY/NY/NY wid. Rufus Snodgrass 60-M-IN/IN/NY son Katy Snodgrass 55-F-MO/GER/GER dau.-in-law <1910 Shawnee Co., KS> Topeka Twp., 550/58-188-4-5: Topeka State Hospital *** W. Snodgrass 64-M-IA/USA/USA patient  Topeka, 551/59-158-6-43: Clemenin P. Snodgrass 59-M-OH/OH/OH R.R. carpenter Mary A. Snodgrass 52-F-KY/KY/KY wife Willard P. Snodgrass 14-M-KS/OH/KY son Francis A. Snodgrass 11-F-KS/OH/KY dau. Topeka, 551/59-166-3-30: C. William Snodgrass 28-M-KS/OH/IL manager (weather Strip) Annie L. Snodgrass 30-F-IL/OH/OH wife Shirly L. Snodgrass 5-F-KS/KS/IL dau. Clayton W. Snodgrass 4-M-KS/KS/IL son  Topeka, 551/59-170-1-48: C. M. Snodgrass 51-M-OH/OH/OH laborer  Alice Snodgrass 50-F-IL/OH/OH wife  Grace Snodgrass 20-F-KS/OH/IL dau. Robert Snodgrass 16-M-KS/OH/IL son <1910 Shawnee Co., KS>  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1979 -- Acquisitions for 1979 in the Topeka Genealogical Society include: Scott, S. C. -- Lemuel Snodgrass Family Records. 1928. (donated by LaNora Nyquist) ############################################################################## ..head02cSHERIDAN COUNTY SHERIDAN COUNTY (formed 1873 from unorganized territory) CENSUS RECORDS 1885 census - yes ****************************************************************************** RECORDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1885 Census Thomas Twp., P.O. Otterbourne, page ?: Thos. Snodgrass 30-M-OH farmer Jane Snodgrass 25-F-IL Roy Snodgrass 3-M-WI Ona Snodgrass 1-F-IL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ############################################################################## ..head02cSHERMAN COUNTY SHERMAN COUNTY (formed 1873 from Kirwin Land District) ############################################################################## SHIRLEY COUNTY (name changed to Cloud County) ############################################################################## ..head02cSMITH COUNTY SMITH COUNTY (formed 1867 from unorganized territory) CENSUS RECORDS 1880 soundex - yes ****************************************************************************** RECORDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1880 Soundex Harvey Twp., 19-306-5-31: Edsil Snodgrass 31-M-OH  Laura Snodgrass 31-F-MD wife Frank Snodgrass 5-M-KS son Anna Snodgrass 3-F-KS dau. Lee Snodgrass 2m-M-KS son Lincoln Twp., 19-308-14-3: John M. Snodgrass 39-M-IN Lydia Snodgrass 34-F-OH wife Jane K. Snodgrass 12-F-IN dau.  Lucy E. Snodgrass 6-F-IN dau.  James A. Snodgrass 6m-M-KS son   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ############################################################################## ..head02cSTAFFORD COUNTY STAFFORD COUNTY (formed 1867 from unorganized territory) ############################################################################## ..head02cSTANTON COUNTY STANTON COUNTY (formed 1873; reorganized) ############################################################################## ..head02cSTEVENS COUNTY STEVENS COUNTY (formed 1873 from Indian Lands) CENSUS RECORDS 1920 census - yes ****************************************************************************** RECORDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1920 Census Harmony Twp., 552/61-242-1-57: Joel L. Snodgrass 70-M-PA/PA/PA wid., Post Office Charle C. Stull 53-M-IL/PA/IL brother-in-law Jennie Stull 54-F-PA/PA/IL sister ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ############################################################################## ..head02cSUMNER COUNTY SUMNER COUNTY (formed 1867 from Cowley County) CENSUS RECORDS 1920 census - yes ****************************************************************************** RECORDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1920 Census Morris Twp., 553/63-168-2-16: John Snodgrass 24-M-OK/KS/KS  Venetta Snodgrass 24-F-OK/KS/KS wife ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ############################################################################## ..head02cTHOMAS COUNTY THOMAS COUNTY (formed 1873 from Kirwin Land District) ############################################################################## ..head02cTREGO COUNTY TREGO COUNTY (formed 1867 from Ellis County) ############################################################################## ..head02cWABAUNSEE COUNTY WABAUNSEE COUNTY (formed 1855 from Riley & Morris Counties) CENSUS RECORDS 1880 soundex - yes 1900 census - yes 1910 miracode - yes 1920 census - yes ****************************************************************************** RECORDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1880 Soundex Washington Twp., 20-126-1-4: Geo. Snodgrass 37-M-WV/WV/WV farmer Sarah C. Snodgrass 34-F-NY/PA/NY wife Joseph L. S. Snodgrass 5-M-KS/WV/NY son Martha E. R. Snodgrass 1-F-KS/WV/NY dau. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1900 Census Garfield Twp., 53-174-1-75: George W. Snodgrass 57-M-WV/WV/PA Feb 1843 wid., landlord, o.h.f. Lemuel S. Snodgrass 25-M-KS/WV/NY Jun 1874 son, creamery manager ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1910 Miracode Alta Vista, 77-134-4: Lemuel Snodgrass 35-M-KS  Lorah Snodgrass 37-F-IL wife Wilred Snodgrass 5-M-KS son Helen Snodgrass 2-F-KS dau. Harold Snodgrass 1-M-KS son John D. Colman 33-M-IL brother-in-law <1920 Waubaunsee Co., KS, as Joseph L.> Alta Vista, 77-134-9: George W. Snodgrass 67-M-WV ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1920 Census Garfield Twp., 553/64-143-1-100: Joseph L. Snodgrass 45-M-KS/WV/NY farmer Laura M. Snodgrass 46-F-IL/IL/IL wife Eterle W. Snodgrass 15-M-KS/KS/IL son Helen E. Snodgrass 12-F-KS/KS/IL dau. Harold B. Snodgrass 11-M-KS/KS/IL son Lester M. Snodgrass 9-M-KS/KS/IL son George W. Snodgrass 5-M-KS/KS/IL son <1910 Waubaunsee co., KS> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ############################################################################## ..head02cWALLACE COUNTY WALLACE COUNTY (formed 1867 from Indian Lands) ############################################################################## ..head02cWASHINGTON COUNTY WASHINGTON COUNTY (formed 1855 as original county) CENSUS RECORDS 1870 census - yes ****************************************************************************** RECORDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1870 Census Clifton Twp., page 313, #124/124 (enumerated 14 Jul): Huldah J. Snodgrass 24-F-OH farmer (living alone) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ############################################################################## ..head02cWELLER COUNTY WELLER COUNTY (name changed to Osage County) ############################################################################## ..head02cWICHITA COUNTY WICHITA COUNTY (formed 1873 from Indian Lands) CENSUS RECORDS 1880 census - yes 1900 census - yes ****************************************************************************** RECORDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1880 Soundex East Mosley, 214-15-12: Jane Snodgrass 42-F-IN Lottie Snodgrass 19-F-IA dau. Elizabeth Snodgrass 17-F-IA dau. Lucretia Snodgrass 14-F-IA dau. Ira Snodgrass 11-M-IA son Mabie Bliss 7-F-KS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1900 Census Edward Twp., 54-347-3-19: Jane H. Riley *** Pearl W. Snodgrass 22-F-KS/IN/IN Sep 1877 boarder Edward Twp., 54-347-3-90: William Snodgrass 59-M-IN/KKY/PA Sep 1840 m.22y, farmer, o.f.f. Sarah A. Snodgrass 44-F-IN/IN/OH May 1856 wife, 8 ch, 8 liv James C. Snodgrass 19-M-KS/IN/IN Dec 1880 son, farm laborer Nellie A. Snodgrass 16-F-KS/IN/IN Jun 1883 dau. Flora L. Snodgrass 14-F-KS/IN/IN Aug 1885 dau. Charley S. Snodgrass 12-M-KS/IN/IN Oct 1887 son Henry C. Snodgrass 10-M-KS/IN/IN Feb 1889 son Bertha M. Snodgrass 5-F-KS/IN/IN Nov 1894 dau. Ida E. Snodgrass 3-F-KS/IN/IN Feb 1897 dau. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ============================================================================== CIVIL WAR PENSION APPLICATION William H. Snodgrass: application #289,863; certificate #243,485 Declaration for Original Invalid Pension Wichita Co., KS On this 15 Apr 1891, personally appeared...William H. Snodgrass, aged 52 years...that his personal description is as follows: age, 52 years; height, 5 feet 9 inches; complexion dark; hair gray; eyes hazle. That he is now suffering from wound of left hand, right arm near elbow, left leg above knee, heart trouble or disease, also varicose veins of right leg & fistula. - - - - - - - - - - Original Invalid Pension ...alleges in declaration filed 4 Jun 1879 gunshot wound of left thigh and right arm at battle of Harrisville, VA, 28 Aug 1862. ball entered right arm half way from wrist to elbow on inside. Also 29 Apr 1863 near Fredericksburg, Va. by minnie ball in left hand shattering little finger and thumb finger off at 2d joint and portion of thumb. - - - - - - - - - - Declaration for Pension Wichita Co., KS On this 25 Feb 1907 personally appeared...William H. Snodgrass a resident of the City of Leoti, Wichita Co., KS...was enrolled on 22 Apr 1861 in Co. C, 2nd Regt. of Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry...and was honorably discharged at Madison, WI, on 28 Jun 1864...that he is 67 years of age, having been born 6 Sep 1840... ============================================================================== ############################################################################## ..head02cWILSON COUNTY WILSON COUNTY (formed 1855 as original county) CENSUS RECORDS 1900 census - yes HISTORY & GENEALOGY Wilson Co., KS: People of the South Wind (Tindle--1988) yes ****************************************************************************** RECORDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1900 Census Prairie Twp., 55-174-3-81: Wm. A. Sheets 65-M-IN/VA/VA May 1835 farmer, o.f.f. Nancy E. Sheets 70-F-IN/TN/KY Sep 1829 wife Nettie Snodgrass 19-F-IN/KY/IA May 1881 granddau. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1988 -- People of the South Wind, page 176: Benjamin W. Ladd, Republican Sheriff, was born in Highland Co., OH, 3 May 1841. He served with Co. A, 48th Ohio Infantry, rising quickly to the rank of Captain, was wounded at Shiloh, captured and finally exchanged 23 Oct 1864. He came to Wilson Co. in Mar 1867, settling in Chetopa Twp. He was elected sheriff in Nov 1869 and re-elected, holding two terms. Over in Guilford Twp., Oct 1872, a man by the name of Snodgrass was reported to have beaten his wife most cruelly. He was coarse, surly and brutal and was a drunkard. He was described in the Jail Calendar, Sheriff's Office Book as being 5'8", fair with black hair and blue eyes. Snodgrass was arrested by A. G. Lowman, the township constable. A. Gilmore Lowman, who had settled at Guilford in 1869, was a bachelor. He ran a hack from Humboldt to Fredonia in 1870 and in 1870-71 drove a hack from Guilford to Neodesha. Lowman was well-liked by most everyone. Lowman took Snodgrass to Altoona and there the constable placed Snodgrass in an unoccupied store building. Snodgrass's hands were tied for some time, and Lowman, a kind, generous man, untied the lawbreaker's hands. In the room were the weights of a pair of grocer's scales, which Snodgrass got in his possession. He hurled the heaviest one at Lowman with such force that the Constable, being struck on the head, was knocked senseless. Snodgrass escaped to Neodesha, where he stayed a day and a night, intoxicated, and slept in Phillips and Klinger's livery stable. Doctors Craig of Guilford and Willits of Fredonia were called to Altoona to attend Lowman's injuries. The young constable's skull had been shattered, and the doctors performed the operation called trephining. A trephine was a type of small crown saw used in surgery to remove circular discs of bones from the skull. Craig and Willits removed about 1-1/2" square of bone from Lowman's skull. Snodgrass was arrested on suspicion in Independence by the Montgomery County Sheriff, and Captain B. W. Ladd, Wilson County Sheriff, brought him to Fredonia to the county jail. Marshal A. Gilmore Lowman died 29 Oct 1872. Snodgrass was bound over to the next term of District Court at a preliminary trial held 17 Nov 1872 before Squire W. A. Peffer. His bond was set at $5,000. Chase and Sweney were the prosecuting attorneys, and Miller and Russell were for the defense. Although jail breaks were common in those days, the one which Snodgrass successfully performed surely was an unusual one. The county jail at that time was divided by means of iron bars placed six inches apart in two compartments. The space back of the grating were the cells, and the other part of the jail was used for other purposes and contained a stove. Snodgrass on Sunday night, Nov 18, or Monday morning, Nov 19 (the exact time is uncertain), picked the lock of the partition door, and thus being able to get to the stove, took fire therefrom and burned a hole in the roof, the aperture large enough for him to escape. Monday night, Sheriff B. W. Ladd and deputy H. C. Barrett, accompanied by R. T. Taylor, Altoona, widened their search and arrived in Neodesha in hot haste after Snodgrass. They stayed only long enough to eat and feed their horses, then rode on south toward Independence. Apparently Snodgrass made good his escape, for following accounts do not record his capture. The authorities thought at the time he would head south to Indian Territory and on to Texas. Captain Benjamin W. Ladd's history appears in the 1902 Wilson Co. history. (written by Lela J. McBride Brockway Tindle) ############################################################################## ..head02cWISE COUNTY WISE COUNTY (name changed to Morris County) ############################################################################## ..head02cWOODSON COUNTY WOODSON COUNTY (formed 1855 as original county) ############################################################################## ..head02cWYANDOTTE COUNTY WYANDOTTE COUNTY (formed 1859 as original county) CENSUS RECORDS 1900 census - yes 1910 miracode - yes 1920 census - yes ****************************************************************************** RECORDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1900 Census Kansas City, 145-9-97: *** Wilber Snodgrass 24-M-IA/MO/MO May 1876 laborer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1910 Miracode Rosedale, 80-199-545: Joseph Sullivan *** Eugene A. Snodgrass 9-M-KS step-son 80-202-466: Robert C. Fredrick *** Jackson Snodgrass 70-M-OH father-in-law Kansas City, 82-205-434: Clayton Snodgrass 49-M-IA Daisy Snodgrass 38-F-IL wife Rubin Snodgrass 17-M-IL son Luther Snodgrass 14-M-IA son Emma Snodgrass 8-F-IA dau. Philmore Snodgrass 4-M-IL son   Kansas City, 83-17-141: Ernest D. Snodgrass 34-M-KS Cora E. Snodgrass 35-F-MO wife Treva L. Snodgrass 14-F-MO dau. Lilburn E. Snodgrass 13-M-MO son Jessie L. Snodgrass 9-F-MO dau. <1920 Wyandotte Co., KS> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1920 Census Kansas City, 555/67-173-3-82: Luther Snodgrass 24-M-IA/IA/IL book keeper, bank Alice Snodgrass 24-F-MO/MO/MO wife Kansas City, 555/67-176-7-57: Ernest D. Snodgrass 45-M-KS/KY/KY R.R. carpenter Cora Emma Snodgrass 44-F-MO/MO/MO wife Lilburn E. Snodgrass 22-M-MO/KS/MO son Jessie Lee Snodgrass 19-F-MO/KS/MO dau. Queen Guthie 39-F-KS/IN/IN wid., renter Nelson Guthie 16-M-MO/IL/KS renter <1910 Wyandotte Co., KS> Kansas City, 555/68-163-29-97: Clayton Snodgrass 57-M-IA/OH/OH oiler water works Dasy Snodgrass 46-F-IL/NY/IL wife Clayton F. Snodgrass 14-M-IL/IA/IL son  Margaret D. Snodgrass 8-F-KS/IA/IL dau.  Kansas City, 556/70-190/23-27: William Snodgrass 25-M-KS/IN/VA R.R. switchman Bertha Snodgrass 27-F-KS/PA/KS wife Margaret Snodgrass 7-F-KS/KS/KS dau. Raymond Snodgrass 6-M-KS/KS/KS son ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ############################################################################## ##############################################################################