On This Day: July 18

1848: David A. Snider, one of my maternal great-grandfathers, was born in that area of Virginia which is now West Virginia, the son of David Snider and Nancy Colwell (perhaps Caldwell). He died on 30 June 1929, in Saint Paul, Neosho County, Kansas, and is buried at Oakwood Cemetery, in Parsons, Labette County, Kansas. [Source: Neosho County, Kansas, death certificate no. 67 2969 (1929), David A. Snider; Office of Vital Statistics, Topeka.]

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On This Day: June 11

1624: Joanna Hoar, an 8th great-grandmother on my mother’s side, was born in Gloucestershire, England. Joanna was the daughter of Charles Hoar, Jr., and Johanna Henchman. She died 16 May 1680 in Braintree, Massachusetts, and is buried in Hancock Cemetery in Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. A photograph of her gravestone appears below. [Source: findagrave.com, digital images (www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 Jun 2011), Joanna Hoar Quincy, Memorial #21772650, created by Scrib and Barb Kelley, 26 Sep 2007.]

1814: Nancy Caldwell (or perhaps Colwell), one of my maternal 2nd great-grandmothers, was born in Virginia. Her parents have not been identified. She died on 5 February 1887 in Taylor Township, Union County, Ohio, and was buried in Ford Cemetery. [Source: Ford Cemetery Inscriptions, Taylor Township, Union Co., OH (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohunion/cem/tafo.html).]

© 2011 Denise Spurlock