Surname Saturday – Ancestor #29 – Nancy Caldwell

One of my goals for 2012 is to use the Surname Saturday blogging prompt as a way to assure that I spend some time researching each of my family lines and that I have appropriate source citations for the genealogical facts related to my ancestors. I’ve decided to use my ahnentafel report and work back through the generations starting with my grandparents, writing a summary of each ancestor. If you discovered this post through a search engine and find one of your ancestors listed here, please leave a comment to let me know.

My maternal 2^nd great-grandmother Nancy Caldwell was born 11 June 1814[1] probably in that area of Virginia that became West Virginia. Her parents are unknown.

About 1835, Nancy married David Snider. The couple had seven known children:

• Joseph Snider (1837[2]-bef 1910[3])
• William Snider (Abt 1840[4]-bef 1900[5])
• Delila J. Snider (1842-1917)[6]
• Ezekiel Snider (Abt 1846[7]-aft 1910[8])
• David A. Snider (1848-1929)[9] – my great grandfather
• Jasper Snider (Abt 1851[10]-aft 1897[11])
• Francis M. Snider (1855-1917)[12]

On the 1870 federal census, Nancy is recorded as “insane.” An 1877 obituary printed by  the Marysville Tribune is transcribed on her Find A Grave Memorial; it reports she had “been afflicted for several years.”[13] I wonder what her symptoms were; it is possible that she had what would now be diagnosed as Alzheimer’s disease or perhaps was depressed.

Nancy died on 5 February 1877 and is buried at Ford Cemetery in Taylor Township, Union County, Ohio.[14]

There are several opportunities for additional research:

1.      Research in Marshall County, West Virginia (previously Virginia) records to see if her parents’ identities can be determined;

2.      Research in Union County, Ohio, probate records to determine whether Nancy was ever committed to an asylum;

3.      Research in Union County death records for an official record of death; and

4.      Newspapers for other mentions.

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[1] Find A Grave, online database (www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 Sep 2012), Nancy Snider, Memorial #53025431, created by Robert72, 30 May 2010 (includes photograph of grave marker). Date of birth is calculated from information regarding Nancy’s age recorded on her grave marker.

[2] 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, District 33, Marshall County, Virginia, p. 263 (stamped), dwelling 319, family 321, David Snyder; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 Mar 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 959.

[3] 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Marysville, Union, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 165, p. 6B, dwelling 173, family 153, household of Malusa Snider; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 Feb 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 1238. Joseph’s wife, Melissa Snider, is recorded as being a widow on the 1910 census.

[4] 1850 U.S. census, pop. sch., District 33, Marshall County, Virginia, p. 263 (stamped), dwell. 319, fam. 321, David Snyder.

[5] 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, York, Van Wert, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 99, p. 10A, dwelling 181, family 183, household of Mary Snyder; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 Feb 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 1329. William’s wife, Mary, is enumerated as being a widow in the 1900 census.

[6] Ohio Department of Health, Ohio Deaths 1908-1953, 4021566 02872, Deliah Ford; digital image, Family Search Internet (www.familysearch.org: 1 Mar 2010).

[7] 1850 U.S. census, pop. sch., District 33, Marshall County, Virginia, p. 263 (stamped), dwell. 319, fam. 321, David Snyder.

[8] 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Taylor Township, Union County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 167, sheet 2B, dwelling 40, family 42, Ezekiel Snider; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 Sep 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 1238. Ezekiel has not been location on a census after 1910; no death certificate has been located.

[9] Neosho County, Kansas, death certificate no. 67 2969 (1929), David A. Snider; Office of Vital Statistics, Topeka.

[10] 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Taylor Township, Union County, Ohio, p. 127 (penned), dwelling 970, family 955, David Snider; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 Mar 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 1044.

[11] Union County, Ohio, Deed Books, 78: 151, David Snider to Joseph Snider, statement of Francis M. Snider, 12 Nov 1897; FHL microfilm 573,763. I have not located Jasper in any documents after this date.

[12] Ohio Department of Health, Ohio Deaths 1908-1953, Frances Marion Snider; digital image, Family Search Internet (www.familysearch.org: 28 Apr 2011).

[13] Find A Grave, Nancy Snider, Memorial #53025431, created by Robert72, 30 May 2010 (includes photograph of grave marker).

[14] P. Cranston, "Broadway," Richwood Gazette, 10 Feb 1887, p. 2, col. 2; digital images, NewspaperARCHIVE (http://access.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 17 May 2012).

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