Notes

[NI0001] Glenn Snider's Autobiography............... January 1998

Glenn Snider attended K-12 schools in California: Porterville (K-2) and Monterey public schools (3-12), Salinas Junior College CA, University of Texas (while in the Navy's V-12 program- 1942-1944), and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1947 with a BS in Civil Engineering. In 1945 he received a reserve commission as an Ensign in the Civil Engineer Corp.
Overseas this was call the "CB's" - for construction battalions. After commissioning at Camp Endicott, RI, he was sent to Tinan Island in the Marianas for duty with the 38th Construction Battalion. This battalion and regiment were constructing four large airfields for the B-29s that were then bombing Tokyo and other areas of Japan. It was from these airfields that the two B-29s flew from to drop the atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. This unit was also scheduled to be in the invasion of Japan and in fact was on the high seas when the bombs were dropped. After being transferred for two months to Guam, Glenn "volunteered" to go to the island of Manus to dismantle two large floating dry docks. These 900 foot long dry docks were the ADSD-2 & ABSD-4. By volunteering he was promised a earlier discharge now that the war was over. Manus is in the Admiralty Islands just NE of New Guinea. See the book: "Secret Blue Collar War - A history of the floating dry docks in WWII".
After being discharged from the Navy, Glenn went two and a half semesters to UC to satisfy residency and unit requirements in order to finally get a BS Degree in Civil Engineering.
After college he was employed by: a structural engineering firm in San Francisco, a general contractor & developer- Daly Bros. out of San Carlos, a builder/developer Kocher & Co. in San Jose and then by a general contractor Stolte Inc. with an office in Monterey.
In 1951, while with Stolte, he was offered a position with a defense engineering/contractor, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, whose main office was in NY. Their cost-plus contract was to design, engineer and construct five huge airfields in Morocco near Casablanca. These were to be used as bases for attacking Russia during the Cold War period. Only two were ever built as the plan became obsolete with the development of the inter-continental bomber, the B-52. These airfields were later given to the French. This was to be a cost-plus job with great pay, plus "per-diem" living in Casablanca With congressional investigations and subsequent cutbacks, the pay and benefits were scaled back and after four months Glenn opted to return to the States (by way of a three months tour of Europe). He returned to work again for Stolte Inc. in Monterey in their underground division (pipeline work).
In December 1952 his father asked him to come to Turlock and help him as his Service Manager in a new dealership, Snider Buick. Stuart Snider purchased this dealership from Oscar Knudsen in September 1952. For some unknown reason Glenn accepted his father's offer..........
In October 1955 Glenn married Sally Lindbeck, daughter of Einar and Grace (Winter) Lindbeck of Turlock. Three children were born: John 1957, Ann 1958 and Stuart 1965. Sally divorced Glenn in 1975 and she died of alcoholism in 1986. Glenn had the three children with him from 1976 on.
Glenn was able to finance and purchase the dealership in 1957-58. Snider Buick evolved into Snider Motors with the addition of Rambler (later American Motors), Opel (a GM import) and Jeep (then owned by Kaiser and later American Motors). This dealership never turned out to be a money maker and in December 1978 he terminated the four franchises and closed the new car part of Snider Motors. Note: The greatest factor for the lack of profitability was the lack of an acceptable commercial truck line, such as Ford, Dodge, GMC or Chevrolet. In the valley agricultural areas, over fifty percent of all the new vehicle sales are in commercial trucks and vans.
Having already purchased, in 1974, the corner property across from the leased "store" for use as a used car sales facility, he built, in 1978, a new shop and office there and became an independent used car dealer. In 1992 a majority of the "lot" was leased to Scott Davis, with an option to buy. In May 1994 Scott Davis purchased all the property with Glenn carrying the mortgage.
Full retirement came in 1996...............
Glenn Snider is or has been an active member of: Boy Scouts, Order of DeMolay, Turlock Masonic Lodge #385, Scottish Rite Bodies- San Jose, Aahmes Shrine- Oakland, New & Used Car Dealer Associations, Turlock City Planning Commission. Turlock Exchange Club.
Interests & Hobbies: Fishing, Skiing, Photography, Cooking, Computers & Snider Genealogy,

[NI0005] A biography of Stuart Snider by his son, Glenn Snider - January 1998..........
Stuart Snider, born in Palomas, Yuma Co., AZ, was raised in the Denair, CA area on a farm just north of the town. He did not finish high school as he had to work on the ranch. In his youth he had a great interest in motorcycles and subsequently owned several. In 1915 he got his first sales job with the Maxwell Motor Co., at 918 Ninth St. in Modesto, CA. The agency was owned by a R. J. Rasmussen. The Maxwells were a line of automobiles then. From 1916 to 1918, Stuart owned and operated the Denair Garage which sold Indian motorcycles and repaired automobiles. (See photograph in the book "Streams in a Thirsty Land", a history of the Turlock area)
In 1918 he joined the Army and went to France in the A.E. F. 4-62 Military Transportation Corps. They were known as "The Speed Kings". Ater he returned from France, he married, in 1921, Gladys Mullen of Denair, daughter of Franklin Mullen and Laura Strong Mullen Bledsoe. His uncle got him a job with Swift & Co., a meat packer in South San Francisco.
Displeased, he returned to Modesto and sold automobiles for Turner Motor Co. Later, about 1923, he became a salesman for Earl Bradley, the Chevrolet dealer in Turlock. About the time that Charlie Smith acquired the Turlock Chevrolet dealership, Stuart was offered the Chevrolet dealership in Porterville, CA. He had this dealership for about three years (1928-1930) and it was very profitable. Needing a vacation, he sold the dealership, but Chevrolet then talked him into taking the Chevrolet dealership in Monterey, CA. In Monterey he brought in his Porterville sales manager, Dutch Munger. The acquisition of this Monterey Chevrolet dealership occurred just about the time the effects of the Great Depression were felt in California. During these years he kept the agency "in the black", but the pressure caused him to suffer a "nervous breakdown" in about 1933. It was sever enough to hospitalize him. His manager, Dutch Munger ran the dealership until it was sold to a Mr. Roller.
In the mid 30's he and his wife Gladys had two horses at their Monterey home on Via Paraiso. They rode frequently over the hill into the 17 Mile Drive area. About the time Stuart was recovering, he was thrown from his horse while jumping hurdles in the Presidio in Monterey. The fall fractured a couple of vertebra in his back and he spent almost a year in bed with a full body cast. Stuart was also an avid golf player and owned a membership in the Monterey Peninsula Country Club (in the 17 Mile Drive). Hunting and fishing were also some of his passions.
Upon his full recovery he opened a finance and insurance office in Monterey. This would be similar to a "Household Finance" office of today and a general insurance agency combined. Plus, he also had a 15 used car sales lot at this location. The enactment by the government in 1940 to regulate finance rates and terms caused him to close the operation. He and his wife did a lot of traveling in Mexico and to his birthplace in Arizona. In the late 40's he and Gladys became estranged and he spent most of his time in Turlock, CA. In the mid 1950's they were divorced.
Right after the War he became involved with his nephew, Thornton Snider at Snider Lumber Products, brokering lumber. For reasons unknown, Stuart purchased the Turlock Buick agency in September 1952 from a Oscar Knudsen. This dealership was sold to his son, Glenn, in 1958. Glenn had joined his father in December 1952.
This marked his retirement and he travel extensively around the world, usually on cruise ships. In the 1960's in married a Louise Atkinson of Turlock. For almost fifteen years Stuart had arteriosclerosis and had a few mild hearts and slight strokes. He decided to have a multiple heart bypass operation at Stanford Medical Center in Palo Alto, CA. Because of a blood chemistry imbalance, he never survived the bypass operation and he died in September 1973.
Stuart Snider was an active member of: Monterey Lions Club, Turlock Masonic Lodge #395, Scottish Rite Bodies - San Jose, Aahmes Shrine- Oakland.

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NOTE: A birthdate of Dec. 27, 1896 is shown on a "Family Register & Marriage Certificate" that was prepared in Fresno, CA

[NI0010] John B. Hart was a merchant in various enterprises. He is buried with his wife in the cemetery at Sunny Bank .

[NI0011] Francis Hart was a farmer and merchant.

[NI0012] Wm. D. Hart married Elizabeth De Jarnette and had one daughter, Elizabeth.??.. Wm. D. was a magistrate, represented the county both in the House of Delegates and the State Senate and was a Director of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. He was Elder of the Cove Church.

[NI0014] Johnn Jacob Snider had his name changed from SCHNEIDER to "Snider" by the Pennsylvania Legislature. He was born as "Johann Jacob Schneider". He was a Ruling Elder in the German Reform Church. Jacob Peter Snider was the Sheriff of Franklin County, PA from October 1802 to October 1805. He lived to be 85+/- years old. It was mistakely mentioned in Dr. Thornton Snider's letter that J. J. Snider could be a second cousin of Penn. Governor Simon "Snyder" - See Dr. Thornton A. Snider's letter. See also DAR applications done in the early 1900's.
A Copy of his Will is on file.

[NI0015] Elizabeth Faber lived to be 78 years old. Her father was clergyman in the German Reform Church. The Faber's could be from the "Waldenseas" in Germany &/or Italy. Some information is included in a Bible in Mercersberg, PA.

[NI0016] A CHRONOLOGY OF THE MULLEN, STRONG & BLEDSOE FAMILIES

1831 James Madison Strong, Jr. born in Clarke Co. GA [Gladys Mullen's Grandfather]
1837 - 1860's Strong family in Carroll Co., MS, and Arkansas
1850 J. M. Strong, Jr. Arrives in San Francisco. Works in Healdsburg & Grass Valley
1855 J. M. Strong moves to Mariposa Co. and is Sheriff for a year+
1867 J. M. Strong goes to Holly Grove, Ark. To see and help brother, Jack on family plantation. Their Mother had just died. There is a letter from Strong, Jr. that indicates that some of Strong, Jr.'s, brothers and sister were already in California.
1868 J. M. Strong, Jr. starts a "plantation on Merced River near Snelling and Hopeton.
1891 James P. Mullen [Bro. To Frank Mullen & Uncle to Gladys Mullen] is born. He later marries "Della" Drew.
1871 J. M. Strong, Jr. starts the first cotton plantation in California near Hopeton, CA
1872 Laura Strong is born in Merced Co. [later marries J. Frank Mullen.
1874 John "Frank" Mullen is born in Oregon [Gladys' father]
1875 Walter Bledsoe is born in Modesto [later marries Laura Strong Mullen].
1878 J. M. Strong, Jr. dies in Sacramento while a delegate to Constitutional Convention.
1887-? J. Frank Mullen is working for the "West Oregonian" newspaper in Myrtle Point, OR.
1888 Frank Mullen leaves Oregon for San Francisco and/or Boulder Creek His Bro. James P. Mullen could already be in the Boulder Creek area.
1892 Frank Mullen graduates from Healds College, S.F. as a certified Stenographer.
1892+ A newspaper4 clipping has Frank in Boulder Creek and is now Assistant Bookkeeper at the California Furniture Co., S.F..
1895+/- Frank Muller achieves the position of Advertising Manager and Illustrator for the California Furniture Co., S.F..
1890-1900 +/- There is evidence that there was a store in Boulder Creek owned by a "Mullen" and that Laura Strong lived there for a period of time. How and why Laura Strong got to the Boulder Creek area is unknown.
1895 Dallas Mullen is born to James P. Mullen and Della Drew Mullen in Santa Cruz Co., CA
1896 Frank Mullen marries Laura Strong in San Francisco, CA. They made SF their residence.
1897 Gladys Mullen is born to Frank & Laura in San Francisco, CA.
1898+/- Frank Mullen contracts Tuberculosis.
1899 Daphne Mullen is born in Santa Cruz Co., CA to James P. & Della Mullen. This makes Dallas & Daphne Mullen - Gladys' 1st cousins.
1901-1902 Frank goes to Arizona for his "TB".
1902 Frank Mullen dies of "TB" in Arizona. He is buried in a cemetery in Colma near SF.
1902 Della Drew Mullen, mother of Dallas & Daphne, dies in Santa Cruz Co., CA
1903 Laura Strong Mullen marries Walter Bledsoe of Modesto and with Gladys they move to one of his father's [Willis Bledsoe] ranches near Montpellier.
1904 Dallas Mullen dies at 9 years in Santa Cruz Co., CA.
1907 John W. Mullen in Oregon gains guardianship of his granddaughter. Daphne and a bank account in her name in Santa Cruz, CA.
1912 James P. Mullen, father of Dallas (dec,) & Daphne, dies in San Francisco and is buried in Santa Cruz., CA.
1913+/- Walter Bledsoe and family, including Gladys Mullen [she was never formally adopted by
Walter Bledsoe] move into a house on Gratton Rd., Denair, CA. This was so Gladys could attend High School there.
1917 Gladys Mullen graduates from Denair Hogh School.
1918+ Gladys Mullen attends the "California Arts & Crafts College" in Oakland, CA.
1918 John W. Mullen dies in Oregon [Gladys' Grandfather]
1919 Gladys Mullen meets Stuart Snider of Denair.
1919 Polly Ann "Puss" Pool Strong, mother of Laura Strong, dies in Merced Co., CA
1921 Gladys Mullen marries Stuart Snider in Denair, CA.
1924 Glenn "Graydon" Snider was born in the Gratton Rd. house in Denair. Nadine Snider was born in Turlock, CA
1928 Willis Bledsoe, II, father of Walter Bledsoe, dies in Modesto, CA. He had created at least three ranches in the Montpelier area and these eventually were inherited by his three children.
1939 Laura Strong Mullen Bledsoe dies in Denair.

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[NI0019] Catherine B> Snider never married and was called Kate and Aunt Kittie.

[NI0020] Dr. George Snider received his education at William & Mary College. At the age of 22, he made a 1000 mile journey on horseback to Jacksonville, TN to practice medicine. He and Dr. James Young of Baltimore, MA opened their office in the "Totten Building", which stood on the southeast corner of Baltimore and Market Sts. They setup house together and furnished it completely and then both got married. Dr. Snider built his house and office at Baltimore & Shannon Sts. He was a trustee, along with Samuel Lancaster, of the then West Tennessee College and later known as Southwestern Baptist University. In 1854 he founded the First Baptist Church at Jackson, TN. He practiced his profession in Madison Co. for over 35 years. In 1860 he moved with his family to Magnolia, MS where he continued practicing. He also owned a large fruit ranch. During the Civil War he opened a hospital to care for wounded soldiers. At the end of the war he moved to Memphis with his son-in-law, J.R. Graves. When his wife died in 1870 he returned to Jackson, TN. In 1873, Dr. George Snider died and was buried on the J.R. Graves lot in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN

[NI0027] From Mary Snider Glide Goethe's application to the DAR: "Elias Fort Sr. served as Corporal in Capt. Howell Tatum's Company, First North Carolina Regiment, commanded by Col. Thomas Clark. On a roll of the company, dated Sept. 8, 17778, he is reported as having enlisted April 11, 1777 for three years."

Elias Fort Sr. was a leader in the Baptist Kehukee Association and brought the minute book of that association with him when he came to Tennessee. It is noted that at an association meeting held in November 1769 that Elias was one of the four delegates from the Tar River, Edgecombe County, NC.

In 1789, Elias Fort Sr. moved from the Tar River area in Edgecombe Co., NC to Tennessee County where he settled on an eminence overlooking the beautiful Sulfur Fork Creek. Sulfur Fork is a subsidiary of the Red River that flows into the the Cumberland River at Clarksville TN. This area was originally called Tennessee County which was then part of North Carolina. Later it became Robertson County, with Springfield as its County Seat. Tennessee became a state in 1796.

Elias Fort was considered the patriarch of the socially prominent and numerous Fort family. The Elias Fort plantation contained the Elias Fort Burial Ground and was located on a hill over looking Major James's grist/saw mill and farm on the Sulfur Fork and was adjacent to the plantation of Colonel "Eppa" Larson. Eppa Lawson's wife, Elizabeth, was the daughter of Elias Fort.

The Forts were closely closely associated with the Red River Baptist Church at Port Royal, KY. This church was one of the oldest Baptist churches to be formed (1791) west of the Cumberland Mountains. The first clerk of the church was Elias Fort.
See: "History of Port Royal" by Ralph Winter for a history of Elias Fort of Robertson County, TN.

[NI0039] Joseph H. Glide was born near Tauton, England, August 15, 1835. His father was named
John and his mother Mary. He was educated in private schools and in 1852, at the age of seventeen,
he came to Philadelphia. In two years, 1854, he headed west to California, landing in Grass Valley. He
found employment buying stock (cattle and sheep) for a John Davis. After a year he came to Solano
County, settling near Vacaville, and went into the sheep-raising business. He also handled cattle, and
brought from England some pure-bred shorthorn cattle, as well as importing French merino
sheep. Needing lots of grazing land he developed ranches in Sacramento, Solano, Yolo, Glenn, Tulare
and Kern Counties. He was a pioneer in the work of reclaiming land considered useless, and
constructed the first systems of big levees in the old Lisbon district of Yolo County. He controlled
12,000 acres of reclaimed land opposite the City of Sacramento, just across from Yolo County.
In 1906, at the age of 71, Joesph H. Glide passed away. His wife Lizzie was 17 years younger and out
lived her husband by about 30 years. Mrs. Lizzie Glide died in about 1936.
Lizzie Glide took over the responsibility of managing his large business. Lizzie's success in this
business world was aclaimed by bankers and captains of industry.
Many years after his death, oil was discovered on his large Kern County land holdings. It was Mrs.
Glide who sold the oil leases "to good advantage".

[NI0043] Mary Glide Goethe, granddaughter of Dr. Thornton A. Snider, is the applicant for the membership in the DAR (see copy in file).

[NI0051] John T. Snider------- John joined his brother. Elias "Fort" in a ranching operation (cattle) near Fallon, NV. Later they went to the Palomas area in the Territory of Arizona to develop a farm on the Gila River. (See details in Zua Snider Callahan's story- "The Arizona Children"). When the ranch failed in 1905 due to flooding and fire, he moved to property he had purchased on Sperry Rd. just north of Denair. CA. There he raised hogs and developed a walnut orchard. John later moved to a house on Zeering Rd. in Denair proper.
John T. and his wife, Ella Mae became very active in the "Denair Friends Church" on Zeering and Sperry Roads. They did missionary work and supported activities in retreats, besides teaching in Sunday schools for years. The "Friends Church" is orthodox and evangelical and is considered "Quaker". It was established in California in 1895, having come to the United States from England in the late 17th century and hence from Pennsylvania . The Quaker were known for their deep devotion to the "simplicity of life". Their five children were all raised under the churches strict doctrines. Only three of their eleven grandchildren carried forth the churches doctrines.

[NI0052] John T. and his wife, Ella Mae became very active in the then "Denair Missionary Church", located at Zeering and Sperry Rds. This church could have been affiliated with the "Christian & Missionary Alliance" [church] in Nyack, NY. They adhered to strict doctrines similar to those of "Quakers". This church was dissolved in the late 1980's. Their children, Earl, Zua and Cora, were active members. Ella Mae and a couple of her children did missionary work and supported activities in retreats, besides teaching in Sunday schools for years. Their five children were all raised under the churches strict doctrines. Only three of their eleven grandchildren carried forth their church's doctrines.
> When Zua married Loy Callahan, they joined the "Friends Church" at Gratton and Zerring Rds. Subsequentially, the Callahan daughters, Bertice, Leola and Idella remained with the "Friends Church".
The "Friends Church" is orthodox and evangelical and is considered "Quaker". It was established in California in 1895, having come to the United States from England in the late 17th century and hence from Pennsylvania . The Quaker were known for their deep devotion to the "simplicity of life".

[NI0053] Some 1900 Cenus Records of Palomas, AZ show a birth date of December 1890.

[NI0055] Myrtle M. Snider- Graduated from Univ. of California at Berkeley. Taught in a missionary school in India and later in the Denair High School. She became a dairy rancher in the Oakdale and Turlock areas (CA).
NOTE: Birthdate on a "Family Register &n Marriage Certificate" made in Fresno, CA shows Jan. 21, 1892.

[NI0057] Zua Snider- See partial autobiography " THE ARIZONA CHILDREN". Zua was known to be one of the first licensed woman embalmers in California. She went to school in Fresno, CA for this training.
Also, see the Note on Ella Mae Simmons Snider regarding church affiliations.

[NI0058] Willian Duncan Hart attended the old Cove Academy and the University of Virginia. At age 17, he was appointed by Thomas Jefferson to be one of Layfayette's escorts to Montecello on his return to the United States in 1824. In his late teens he was assuming much of the responsibility of running the large plantation as his father's health declined. William was an attorney and a minister.

[NI0061] Laura Strong Mullen Bledsoe is buried in the Masonic Cemetery, Modesto, CA beside her second husband, Walter Graydon Bledsoe. Also see Note on Polly Ann Pool, regarding burial.

[NI0062] James Madison Strong was called "Colonel". He was born Dec. 30, 1830 in Clarke County, Georgia and lived in Marshall County, Georgia and in 1837 Carroll County, Miss.. J.M. Strong sailed to around the Horn to California on the SS "John S. Colley", arriving in San Francisco on June 10, 1850. He was a teamster around Sacramento, Healdsberg and Grass Valley. Moving to Mariposa County in 1855 he became a Deputy Sheriff from 1856 to 1857. In 1871 he started one of the first cotton plantations in the Snelling area along the Merced River. He was a Democrat and a delegate to the California Constitutional Convention from Mariposa and Merced Counties. Strong died in Sacramento while a delegate in 1878. His body was sent to Merced for internment. There are no records as to where J. M. Strong is buried in Merced or Mariposa Co.s, It is possible that he is buried with his wife, Polly Ann, who died 41 years later. See NOTE on Polly Ann. J. M. Strong was a member of the Merced Lodge #76, F.&A.M. This Masonic Lodge was organized in Snelling, CA in August or October in 1865. At that time E. G. Rector was the Master and J. M. Strong was Senior Deacon. This Merced/Snelling Lodge was disbanded in October of 1879.
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NOTE: Two letters have been found in the Strong's memorabilia: One is from a brother, "Jack", [who is about 12 years younger], to J. M. from "Holly Grove Plantation", Arkansas, dated September 13, 1866. In it Jack writes about the ruin and devastation caused by the Civil War and the existing famine in the area. Also mentions that he, Jack, was a prisoner in New Orleans when his father died and was "here" when his Mother died and "unconscious of her illness".
The second is from J. M. to his wife in Merced County, CA and was written October 1869 from "Holly Grove Plantation" in Arkansas. J. M. writes of promising his wife, Polly Ann Pool, a house, "if not here, at least in California". The names of "Thompsons, William & George and Henry and Lucy" were mentioned as being in the area. Also "Jabes wife has a son" and "Sister Margie wants to meet you". There is also mention of a "my cousin, Sam "Mack" and "Jane" in California. There is no reference to why and how J. M. got to Holly Grove, Ark., unless it was to help out his brother on the Plantation and earn money so he can return to California and start his cotton plantation.

[NI0065] Charles Sumner Winston III first marriage was to Suzie Barker, June 4,
1977 in San Diego, CA. This ended in divorce in the mid 1980's.

[NI0066] Harry S. Strong was born in Merced Co. and died in May 1860. He never
married.

[NI0067] Cordella (Strong) Stockird seems to have purchased Lot 8 in the IOOF section of the Merced District Cemetery in 1903 for $30.00. In the record book there are notations of the possible burial of the ashes of her sister, Fannie, and her husband Bert Darr. There are no grave markers in the Lots 8 & 9, except one that reads "Robert M. Stockird - 1909 - 1970". Robert might be the son of Harry Stockird.

[NI0068] James G. Strong died in Jan. 1933.

[NI0069] RE: Fannie Strong Darr- See NOTE for Cordella Strong Stockird's burial in Merced, CA

[NI0071] Lucy W. Strong never married and died in July 1875.

[NI0072] J, T, Stockird purchased land (twnsp: 006S range: 0110E section: 31 & 32) in Merced Co., on May 1, 1868.

[NI0083] Colonel Eppa Lawson (1747-1814) held the rank of Colonel in the Revolutionary War.

[NI0085] Re: Keny Pool, son of Theopholus Pool, see newspaper clipping in file
about his life in California.

[NI0089] Dr. JACOB ADRIAN SNIDER: [from a letter by his son, Dr. T.N. Snider] "He (my father) was a student at Dickenson College, Carlisle, Pa. He pointed out to me the place in Philadelphia where he and other students camped during the war of 1812 when they volunteered to assist for a time in the defense of the city. He studied medicine under Dr. Culberson in Chambersburg, Pa. and then at a Medical school in Baltimore, Md. While at the latter place he was recommended as surgeon to parties fitting out a Privateer war ship for the Republic of Argentine, or Buenos Ayres, then in a war with Spain for independence. He was absent from the U.S. for about three years, and his ship had battles at sea with Spanish vessels.
When he returned to U.S. he went to Virginia and began the practice of his profession in that state. He met my mother, Celia Hart and they were married in 1822 at Sunny Bank, the Hart homestead, in Albermarle Co., Va.
He practiced medicine in Virginia until 1834, when he moved to Philadelphia and engaged in the wholesale drug business. The climate did not suit my mother's health and the family moved to Grenada, Miss. in 1837. My father practiced his profession at the last named place until his death, September 28th, 1887 (this year is wrong- actually 1851) and he is buried at that place."
The burials are recorded at the East Grenada Cemetery, also know as the Yellow Fever Cemetery in Grenada, Grenada Co., MS. Also buried there are his wife, Celia (Hart), Cordelia Lake, wife of J. A. Snider, and Ruhanna H. Snider

[NI0094] Clara Mullen Agee is buried in the Civil Bend Cemetery, Winston, OR, beside Norman Agee (1868-1934) and their son, Harley B. Agee (1892-1978).

[NI0095] Peter Bear: He was for a long time one of the County Justices. Peter Bear came in March 1839 to Daviess Co., MO from Muskingum River in Eastern Ohio. He staked out a home on Section 30 and farmed it. This was to be the future town of Lincoln, MO. He went to California in 1875 with his daughter Lydia.

[NI0097]
Clint and Sam Bear worked on a railroad out of Kansas City

[NI0099] Clint and Sam Bear worked on a railroad out of Kansas City

[NI0101] John Bear was born or lived in Cheyenne County, KA

[NI0102] Mart Bear was born or lived in Atchinson County, MO

[NI0108] Married Rev. Sissoon.

[NI0110] John S. Simmons was a graduate of Baker University and an attorney and,
Principal- Baldwin Schools, 1883-84
Lawyer, Colorado City, Texas, 1884-86
Lawyer, Dighton, KS, 1886-1906
County Attorney, Lane County, KS, 1890-94
President First National Bnk, Dighton, KS
Superintendnt State Reformatory, Hutchinson, KS, 1899-1903
Member of the State Legislature, 1905-07
Speaker of the House, 1907
Member of Managers of State Reformatory, Hutchinson, KS 1905-09
Lawyer, Hutchenson, KS, 1907-44
Trustee Baker University, Baldwin, KS, 1903-15

[NI0112] Was a Rancher in Kansas

[NI0115] Dr. Thornton A. Snider: First wife- Mary S. (no children). Dr. Snider graduated from Tulane Medical School and practiced medicine in Bossier Parish. Dr. Snider was brought up a Presbyterian and as there was no Presbyterian Church in Parish Co. he united with the Southerm Methodist Church. He came to Sacramento 1867 from Louisiana via the ship Isthmus around the Horn. The ship landed in San Diego on January 11, 1868. Two years later Dr. Snider was joined by his wife, Mary Jane, and children,, who arrived in Sacramento on the newly opened Union Pacific Western. (Transcontinental railroad).

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[NI0134] Elizabeth "Lizzie" Snider........ Lizzie was born on October 1, 1852, in Bossier Parish, LA, at Filmore. At age ten she entered a private school at Minden, LA. This was a Methodist Episcopal Church school about fourteen miles from her home is Filmore. She spent two years there during the Civil War. In 1866, she entered Greenwood Seminary at Lebanon, TN, where she remained for two years, graduating October 13th, 1868. It was in Louisiana that Lizzie became a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Her father, Dr. Thornton Snider had left for California the preceding year. In1869, her mother sold the home and prepared the family for the long trip west to join Dr. Snider in Sacramento, CA. In May they started for California by boat on the Red River to New Orleans, and from thence by boat to St. Louis, and again by boat to Omaha. They then proceeded by train to Sacramento, using the recently completed Union Pacific railroad. This was a trip of about one week.
After settling in Sacramento her family switched membership to the Southern Methodist Church. Lizzie taught a Sunday School class and at this church she met Joseph H. Glide. On December 7, 1871 she and Joseph were married.
Through the rest of her life, Lizzie was very active in the Methodist Church and was one of its largest contributors. She contributed to the establishment of many missions, locally and in foreign lands. It was said that she followed a Wesleyan doctrine of sanctification.
When her husband, Joseph died in 1906, Lizzie was 52 yeaqrs old. She then assumed the responsibilities of managing his vast business holdings. She was known as one of the best business minds in the State of California. Many years after the death of her husband, oil was discovered on the large Kern County land holdings. Lizzie sold and managed the oil leases on this property. It was because of the success of her management that made it possible for her to channel sizable sums of money toward her philanthropic projects.
Some of her projects were the erection of: the "Mary Elizabeth Inn" (1914) in San Francisco- a home for for working girls, the "Epworthj Hall" (1927) at the University of California, Berkeley- a dormitory for Christian girls, the "Glide Hall" on the Asbury College at Wilmore, Kentucky- a womens dormitory, the gift of a radio station to Dr. R. P. "Bob" Shuler- the religious station, KGEF, in 1929-31, and a new church, free of debt, at Taylor and Ellis in San Francisco- to be known as the Glide Memorial Methodist Church. This church was dedicated to her husband, Joseph H. Glide. In addition to these institutions she assisted financially in the erection of Wesley Church in San Francisco, Epworth University Church in Berkeley and Central Church in Sacramento.
The Glide Foundation, a nonprofit corporation, was established by Mrs. Glide in about 1930, under the direction of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The immediate and specific purpose then was for the erection and promotion of the work of Glide Memorial Church. There was a year-round Evangelistic program maintained at the Glide Church.
In 1935, the Glide Foundation purchased the "California Hotel" at Taylor and O'Farrell in San Francisco. This 17 story, 300 room hotel was just one block from the Glide Memorial Church and was operated as a "temperance" hotel. Also the Glide Foundation operated the "Glide Apartment Hotel" which was connected to the Church. It was a six story building with 68 apartments and with a banquet hall and a kitchen.
Mrs. Lizzie H. Glide was in attendance at the fifth anniversary of the dedication of the Glide Memorial Methodist Church held there on January 12, 1936. In attendance were the Governor Frank F. Merriam and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, William H. Waste. The Pastor was Rev. Julian C. McPheeters.
In 1936, Lizzie was almost 84 years old. Her exact date of date of death has not been established.

See below the transformation of the Glide Memorial Church in 1960's, as the Foundation and the Church liberalized their policies and engaged a black Pastor, Rev. Cecil Williams. One must remember that Lizzie's home environment in her early childhood was one of plantation life with negro slaves.

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Notes by Glenn G. Snider: The majority of the above biography of Elizabeth "Lizzie" Helen Snider Glide came from a small book- "The Life Story of Lizzie H. Glide" written and published by Rev. Julian C. McPheeters, D.D. in 1936. The book takes a very religious approach to her life and has a "sermon-like" tone running through it. The writer, Rev. McPheeters, undoubtedly was close to Lizzie in a religious way and was one of her many beneficiaries. There is a very glaring error in this biography and that is the spelling of Lizzie's maiden name. He has referred to it and that of her ancestors as "Snyder". In all of the genealogy that has ever been researched, the name has always been "Snider". Even her father, Dr. Thornton Andrew Snider, by his own writings has spelled it "Snider". One wonders just how close Rev. McPheeters really was to Lizzie's parentage.
In the 1960's the Glide Foundation radically changed course by engaging a black pastor for the Glide Memorial Church, a Rev. Cecil Williams. He and his policies have held rein over the Church for over 30 years. The following is from the Church's web site; /www.glide.org/ .

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THE GLIDE FOUNDATION
The Glide Foundation, one of the City's largest and most comprehensive nonprofit human service providers, offers innovative and nontraditional programs that address gender and culturally sensitive needs to a diverse population. Glide serves over one million free meals a year and provides programs that test people for AIDS, offers health care, women's programs, crisis intervention, basic services, literacy and computer training, jobs training and placement, and children, youth, and family educational programs. Chemical addiction recovery programs and health services are offered in partnership with the Haight Ashbury Free Clinic. The Glide Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation operating under the auspices of Glide Memorial United Methodist Church. OVERVIEW: Glide Memorial Church - 1998

GLIDE MEMORIAL CHJURCH
Glide Church rises on a corner of Ellis and Taylor streets in the Tenderloin--in the midst of one of San Francisco's harshest urban environments--teeming with violence, homelessness, prostitution, crime, mental illness, hunger, alcoholics, addicts and drug pushers. Glide is an oasis where children grow and even thrive, families reunify, addicts struggle to recover, women break the cycle of powerlessness and gain their self esteem, and men reach out to embrace, rather than to brutalize.

For over 30 years, Glide has served the poor and disenfranchised of the entire San Francisco Bay Area. Under the leadership and guidance of the Reverend Cecil Williams and Janice Mirikitani, president of the Glide Foundation, Glide has grown to be one of the City's largest and most comprehensive nonprofit human service providers, offering innovative and nontraditional programs that address gender and culturally sensitive needs to a diverse population.

[NI0135] Mary Snider------------- In later life they lived on Nob Hill, cross from the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. Stuart & Gladys Snider, as friends, made trips to SF to see them.

[NI0138] Jacob A. Snider moved his family in 1837 to Grenada, MS. Then to Bellevue, Bossier Parish, LA. He became an Attorney and lived at "The Wilds" on 55 acres. He was married twice, first to Cornelia Lake and last to Mary Elmira Ross, by which had 8 children. He visted and stayed many times ar Sunnybank, VA.

[NI0140] Andrew Hart was a son of a Scottish clergyman in Linlthgow, Scotland. Hart came to Virginia soon after the Revolution. He established himself as a merchant in the southern part of Albermarle county as early as 1786. His store was on Jumping Hill, at the south end of Gay's Mountain. At the time the road from Staunton to Scott's Landing passed immediately in its front, so that it was a point of public concourse. In 1797 he bought 700 acres of the James P. Cocke estate. The home "Sunny Bank" was built about this time. He later purchase more land, bringing the total to about 1,800 acres. Mr. Hart was eminently successful in his business operations, and attained a high reputation for integrity and worth. Besides the management of his private interests, he was frequently engaged in public affairs, devoting much time to the execution of trusts devolved upon him by the County Court. He was for many years a ruling elder in the Cove Church (still standing in Covesville 1993). As of 1993, six generations of "Hart"s have lived in the Sunny Bank Farm dwelling. I, Glenn Snider, visited Sunny Bank in October 1994...

[NI0148] Mrs. Louise (Snider) lives in Oklahoma and used to visit Earl Snider's wife Mary (Turlock) in the 1970's. She has traced some of the Elias Fort Snider relatives back to Louisiana (Dr. Thornton Snider).

[NI0166] Ines Lindbeck, 2nd wife of Einar Lindbeck, was the wife of Einar's cousin Peter Lindbeck.

[NI0167] Anton Lindbeck came to Oakland CA from Denmark as a single person.
He was a street car conductor in Oakland. In 1911 Anton moved to Turlock,
CA, where he had a farm in Hilmar CA.

[NI0168] Bertha W. Funk was first married to Lewis Davis and had one child, Rudolph.

[NI0183] Peter Lindbeck 1st marriage was to Nicoline Krragelund and his 2nd was to Anna Sorenson. Peter Lindbeck was a schoolmaster in Denmark and came to the USA in 1890 (Oakland, CA).

[NI0201] Theopholus Pool business in Ohio was to raft hoop-poles and punpkins, plus the logs of which the rafts were made of, down the river and return by steamer. In 1843 the family came from St. Louis to the then foreign territory of California. They traveled in two heavy wagons drawn by teams. Approching Calfornia by the Southern Route which passed through what was later Salt Lake City, they followed what was later became the Old Morman Trail. They entered California in what is now San Bernadino County. Traveling through such places now known as Pasadena, Los Angles, Glendale, Antelope Valley, Elizabeth Lake, Fairmont Needles, Mojove and Techachapi. Except for oxcarts, no wheeled vehicles had ever passed this way before 1844. The route followed by the Pools later became the Hamilton-Green stage route or sometimes call the Willow Springs route. It passed over the ridge now known as White Wolf grade. The family proceeded to the Kern River, Coyote Springs, Fountain Springs, accross the Tule River to the Merced River. It was here that Keny Pool (Jr) was born in a covered lynch-pin wagon. The family then proceeded to Sonoma County.
== from a 1935 newspaper article, Pioneers of the San Joaquin" by F.F. Latta ==

[NI0206] David Winter, farmer, residing four and three-quarter miles south of Jacksonville, Ill. ranked as one of the most successful and highly respected farmers of Morgan county and represents the best type of the self-made American citizen of foreign birth. He was born in Yorkshire, England, May 13, 1826, the son of William and Mary (Morrell) Winter. His father was a brick and tile maker, a trade which the son learned in his youth, in addition to being trained to agricultural pursuits. On September 10, 1858, having determined to seek his fortunes in the New World, he sailed from Liverpool on the ship "Liverpool," a converted man-of war, bound for America. Arriving in New York City, he first went to Jefferson
County, N.Y., where for nine months he was employed on various dairy jobs at $9 per month. Going thence to Pennsylvania, he worked in that State though the harvest season of 1850. Late in the fall of that year he started for Illinois, and near Franklin, Morgan County he worked on a farm for about nine months, at monthly wage of $13.00 From that time until 1855 he was employed by the farmers of Morgan County.. In 1854, in partnership with his brother William, who, in 1851, had emigrated from England, he rented a farm and raised a crop.
Convinced that good fortune was to follow as the result of his labors in the West, on November 6, 1858, Mr. Winter wedded Nancy Redding, a native of Morgan County, and continued to rent and prosecute farming on land south-east of Jacksonville until 1866, when he purchased a portion of the farm on which he is now located and where he since resided. In that year he erected their first home, and unpretentious structure, which in 1894, gave to the present beautiful residence. Success has attended the labors of Mr. Winter from the beginning, as a result of the care and attention bestowed upon his property and the earnest cooperation of his devoted wife, who has shared with him the arduous duties necessary to success in agricultural life. As the result of the united efforts al' this worthy couple, they are now in a position where they may enjoy the balance of balance of their lives in quiet and comfort. Mr. Winter now has 432 acres of land in Morgan County and arid 240 acres in Nebraska. He still devotes his time to the cultivation of his home property, with the constant assistance of his wife, who is possessed of rare executive ability and carefully manages the 0financial affairs of the household.
Mrs. Winter was born on her father's farm east of' Jacksonville, November 1, 1842 and is the daughter of Jacob and Artemesia (Wade) Redding. Her father, was of German descent, died when Mrs. Winter but three years of age, and was one of the earliest settlers of Morgan county being, one of the men who laid out the city of Jacksonville. Jacob Redding's wife was a native of Tenn. Their eldest son, John Redding, the first white child born in Morgan county, died at the Soldiers home, at Leavenworth, Kansas, in August 1902, at the age of about seventy-eight years.
Mr. and Mrs. Winter have been the parents of fifteen children.
The career of Mr. Winter may well be taken as an illustration for the present generation of the ossibilities of accomplishment by a man who commences life with no other foundation than good health, industry and a determination to succeed. The fortune which has amassed has come to him and his wife as a direct result of their hard work and mutual assistance; and Mr. Winter very generously gives his helpmate the credit for the greater share of ingenuity in caring for his means after they had been accumulated. (Author is unknown)

[NI0228] John Redding was a Civil War veteran.

[NI0248] Carol Snider married Ed Blumenstein

[NI0249] Delinda was institutionalized a short time after birth.

[NI0252] Craig Snider died in 1986 of Hotchkins disease

[NI0265] Husband: Richard Lee Clark
Born June 6, 1929 Whitman (Grant County) Nebraska
Married April 16, 1955 Denair (Stanislaus County) California, Denair Friends Church
Military Service Locations: Lackland AFB Texas; F E Warren AFB, Wyoming;
Mildenhall AFB, England; Castle AFB California; Korean War, K55; Stead AFB,
Nevada, McClellan AFB, California, Eglin AFB, Florida (Hurlburt Field); Lowry AFB,
Colorado; Grand Forks AM, North Dakota retired Senior Master Sergeant
Moved to Denair, CA 1969 to present
Occupations: Heavy Construction Worker, Industrial Electrician, Missle Engine
Mechanic, Missile Maintenance Superintendent, USAF 1947 1969, Equipment
Technician California State University, Stanislaus (Turlock CA), refired 1989
Volunteer Construction Superintendent, Wycliffe Associates* with assignments to
Australia, Spain, England, Brazil and Papua New Guinea.
Other volunteer construction assignments to Guatemala and Honduras for the Friends
Church, and Manila, Philippines for Far East Broadcasting Co.

Father: David John Clark Mother: Nellie Eva Wallace Clark
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Wife: Leola Loy Callahan
Born April 25, 1934 Denair, California (Stanislaus County)
Residences: Denair, CA, McClellan AFB, California; Eglin AFB, Florida (Hurlburt Field); Lowry
AFB, Colorado; Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota
Occupations:, Purchasing Agent, Castle AFB, CA, Homemaker and volunteer work,
Public Information Writer, Modesto Junior College (1970-1991)
Volunteer Construction Teams: Wycliffe Associates* with assignments to
Australia, Spain, England, Biazil and Papua New Guinea
Other volunteer construction assignments to Guatemala and Honduras for the Friends
Church, and Manila, Philippines for Far East Broadcasting Co.

Father: Loy Ervin Callahan Mother: Zua Adda Snider

* = Wycliffe Bible Translators [Int'l]

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Children:
Son. Mark David Clark, Born June 13, 1956, Mather AFB, Sacramento, CA
Married to Judith Carol Port, November 4, 1978, Santa Rosa, CA
Children Renne Eva Clark, Dcember 24, 1979,
Amy Lynne Clark, September 14, 1982,
Rebecca Lee Clark, October 22 1988

Daughter Lynne Eva Clark, Born May 9. 1960, Eglin AFB, Florida
Married to Daniel James Wiegamdt, June 18, 1989, Denair, CA

[NI0268] March 2001 - Harlaine Brown Roome has had Multiple Scierosis for several years and at this date does still travel in their motorhome

[NI0277] Husband: Richard Lee Clark
Born June 6, 1929 Whitman (Grant County) Nebraska
Married April 16, 1955 Denair (Stanislaus County) California, Denair Friends Church
Military Service Locations: Lackland AFB Texas; F E Warren AFB, Wyoming;
Mildenhall AFB, England; Castle AFB California; Korean War, K55; Stead AFB,
Nevada, McClellan AFB, California, Eglin AFB, Florida (Hurlburt Field); Lowry AFB,
Colorado; Grand Forks AM, North Dakota retired Senior Master Sergeant
Moved to Denair, CA 1969 to present
Occupations: Heavy Construction Worker, Industrial Electrician, Missle Engine
Mechanic, Missile Maintenance Superintendent, USAF 1947 1969, Equipment
Technician California State University, Stanislaus (Turlock CA), refired 1989
Volunteer Construction Superintendent, Wycliffe Associates with assignments to
Australia, Spain, England, Brazil and Papua New Guinea.
Other volunteer construction assignments to Guatemala and Honduras for the Friends
Church, and Manila, Philippines for Far East Broadcasting Co.

Father: David John Clark Mother: Nellie Eva Wallace Clark
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Wife: Leola Loy Callahan
Born April 25, 1934 Denair, California (Stanislaus County)
Residences: Denair, CA, McClellan AFB, California; Eglin AFB, Florida (Hurlburt Field); Lowry
AFB, Colorado; Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota
Occupations:, Purchasing Agent, Castle AFB, CA, Homemaker and volunteer work,
Public Information Writer, Modesto Junior College (1970-1991)
Volunteer Construction Teams: Wycliffe Associates with assignments to
Australia, Spain, England, Biazil and Papua New Guinea
Other volunteer construction assignments to Guatemala and Honduras for the Friends
Church, and Manila, Philippines for Far East Broadcasting Co.

Father: Loy Ervin Callahan Mother: Zua Adda Snider

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Children:
Son. Mark David Clark, Born June 13, 1956, Mather AFB, Sacramento, CA
Married to Judith Carol Port, November 4, 1978, Santa Rosa, CA
Children Renne Eva Clark, Dcember 24, 1979,
Amy Lynne Clark, September 14, 1982,
Rebecca Lee Clark, October 22 1988

Daughter Lynne Eva Clark, Born May 9. 1960, Eglin AFB, Florida
Married to Daniel James Wiegamdt, June 18, 1989, Denair, CA

[NI0301] Polly Ann Pool, wife of James Madison Strong, seems to be buried in the Merced District Cemetery, IOOF section, Lot 9 under the name of "Ann" Strong. There is a possibility that James Madison Strong could be buried in this Lot 9, as he died in 1878 in Sacramento, CA 41 years earlier. To date, 1998, no record of J.M. Strong's burial place has been found. In the record book there is a notation for or of a "Mrs. W. G. Bledsoe". This would be Laura Strong, a daughter, but Laura Strong is buried in the Masonic Cemetery in Modesto, CA

[NI0302] REF: Newspaper article on Pioneers of the San Joaquin (1935) about Keny Pool "Jr.". Keny Pool's daughters- Polly Ann Puss married a "Mathew" Strong, which has to be "James Madison" Strong, the other two, Sarah and Jane married a Mc Cann of Healdsberg and the other married a R. F. Johnson from Upper Lake in Lake Co.

[NI0335] Nicholas C. Snider was a banker and an attorney. He attended William & Mary College and received a law degree from Washington & Lee.

[NI0340] Jeremiah Snider was a Deacon in 1811, then Elder in the Church. He was a member of the Chambersburg Town Council in 1809, a banker and was Sheriff of the County from 1817 to 1826. He was a Col. of the 73rd Reg. Pa Militia previous to the passage of the Militia Act of 1807. He enlisted a company in Chambersburg, Sept. 5, 1812 for the second war with Great Britain and was appointed a Colonel of the 1st Regiment of PA Vols. in the War of 1812. Serving on the Niagra Frontier. For many years he kept the hotel now Montgomery House.

[NI0345] From "History of Stanislaus County" by George H. Tinkham [1921] ---

WILLIS BLEDSOE - Through a close identification with the San Joaquin Valley from the early days of 1862, the name of Willis Bledsoe is prominently enrolled among those pioneers who foresaw and steadfastly worked to attain the present prosperity of Stanislaus County, and whose personality and worth while endeavor have been impressed upon its development. Coming from a family whose lineage goes back to France, Willis Bledsoe was born in Gallatin County, Ky. on March 22 1841. His father, who born the same name, was born in Virginia2 and after residing for same years in Gallatin County Ky, moved to Missouri in 1846, and settled near Paris in Monroe County, where he made his home until his death in 1888. The mother, before marriage Jane Donnely, was born in Kentucky, and passed away in Missouri in 1870.
Of the five children of these worthy parents only two are new living and Willis Bledsoe, the third eldest, is the only one in California. Going to Missouri with his parents when he was five years old, his boyhood days were spent on the farm there, while the schools of the neighborhood furnished his educational opportunities. In 1862 he joined what was known as Dr. Glenn's train of ox teams and wagons, and they also brought 146 head of mules with them. They left Missouri an April 1 1862, a party of forty-six men, all well I armed, and they made the journey in the record time of sixty-one days from Omaha. The way across the plains was comparatively without the harrowing experiences of so many parties, as the Indians happened to be in a quiet frame of mind, and were neither hunting for scalps nor cattle. A month after his arrival Mr. Bledsoe went to the mines at Shaw's Flat in Tuolumne County, but as the life of a miner did not appeal to him he remained there only three days and then started to walk back in the direction of Stockton. Stopping at the John W. Jones place about twenty miles out of Stockton in San Joaquin County, Mr. Bledsoe secured employment there, continuing there for the next several years. Investing his savings in sheep in partnership with Mr Jones. He engaged in sheep raising, ranging his flocks in Stanislaus and Merced Counties, and making his headquarters on a ranch he had purchased at Montpellier.
In 1871 Mr Jones and Mr. Bledsoe dissolved partnership and the latter continued farming and stock raising. He had purchased 4,480 acres of land lying on the county line of Stanislaus County, thus he was the owner of seven sections of land. He carried on his ranching operations on a large scale, running six big teams and a combined harvester. In raising grain he began with winter plowing and sowing, but five years later he began to summer fallow and found such an increase in the yield, that he continued to use that method. Although he has had some hard years and low prices, as in 1893, for instance, when wheat sold for seventy-five cents a cental and barley for only fifty cents, but in the long run he has meet with exceptional success. In 1895, Mr Bledsoe built his large residence on J Street, Modesto, but while he made it his home, he continued actively in the operation of his large ranch interests until seven years ago, since which time he has rented his land.
In 1870, Mr. Bledsoe was married to Miss Edna M Jones, the daughter of his former partner, John W Jones. Mr. Jones was born in North Carolina and later settled in Missouri, where Mrs Bledsoe was born. In 1852 Mr. Jones started with his family across the plains to California, but the trip was saddened by the death of the wife and mother while on the journey. Edna M. was a baby in arms. Bringing his children on to California, Mr. Jones engaged in farming in San Joaquin County, and also the owner of a large tract of land on the Tuolumne River in Stanislaus County. Three children were born to Mr. And Mrs. Bledsoe: Effie was educated at Mills College and at the University of California and is now Mrs. Leek of Modesto: Walter, Denair, a graduate of the University of California, is a rancher in Stanislaus County; Alfred is also a graduate of the University of California and is engaged in ranching in Merced County, but makes his home at Modesto. Mr Bledsoe was bereaved of his faithful wife and helpmate, June, 1921, a truly wonderful pioneer woman, mourned by her family and all who knew her.
Mr and Mrs Bledsoe were among Stanislaus County's earliest setters and they occupied a distinctive place in the life of the community for their sterling traits of character and exemplary lives that will ever bear fruit in their examples They were both for many years active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Modesto in the work of which they were warmly interested. as well as being generous contributors to its maintenance. Mr. Bledsoe was made a Mason in Stanislaus Lodge No, 206 F. & A M , at Modesto and is a member of Modesto Chapter No 49, Royal Arch Masons. Interested in all that made for the county's welfare, he served as a director of the Modesto Irrigation District for one term and was a member of the board at the time of the building of the original Modesto-Turlock Irrigation District dam The wonderful results of this great work can better be estimated in comparing the amount of taxable property then and now showing what the impounding of water has meant for this county.
It is a far cry back to the days when the Knights Ferry bridge was built in 1862 but Mr. Bledsoe can Well remember this event. At that time there was not a house in Stanislaus County except on the Stanislaus River, and at the mines. It was not until the following year, 1863, that people began locating and building on the Plains on land preempted from the Government land that has since been at times one vast grain field and yielding untold wealth to those farsighted enough to discern its possibilities. Even as late as 1865 cattle ranged on the present site of Modesto, and he has camped here with others while rounding up cattle, a fact difficult to believe for those who now reside in this attractive city and enjoy its many comforts and conveniences, and made possible by the labor and indomitable energy of those early pioneers.

[NI0347] Nicholas Snider was born just after the death of his father,

[NI0348] Rev. John Christopfer Faber resided at Pipe Creek & Taneytown, Frederick Co., MD where he served as Minister of the First Reformed Church- 1768-1785.

[NI0359] Stefano Foresti obtained a Doctorate Degree at age 24 in Italy

[NI0374] James C. Snider was a member of Hender's Scouts in the Civil War.

[NI0375] John F. Snider was also a member of the Hender's Scouts along with his brother James C. Snider

[NI0401] J.L. Lancaster was a Clerk in VA in 1850.

[NI0404] James R. Graves was married twice and they were sisters. 1st marriage = Louisa Jane Snider, 2nd wife was Georgiana Snider.

[NI0413] Cornelia Lake was from Lakesville, MD and was the first wife of Jacob A. Snider. She died when she was 28 years old.

[NI0419] Norman Agee was buried in Civil Bend Cemetery, Winston, Douglas Co., OR
Mar. '97 Submitter for Agee Family: Leola B. Agee, 2611 San Souci, Roseburg, OR PH: 503-672-4009

[NI0432] Wm. H. Anderson and his wife Lydia Mullen Anderson took care of Franklin Mullen and Clara Mullen, the youngest children of John W. Mullen, after their mother, Mary C., died in 1879. He is listed in census as a stock hand.

[NI0445] Harley Agee was buried in Civil Bend Cem., Winston, Douglas Co., OR

[NI0454] See "History of Daviess County, Missouri" , published in 1882[SNIDER-1-NEW.FTW]

See "History of Daviess County, Missouri" , published in 1882[Wyatt-2-Eveleigh-10Gen.ftw]

See "History of Daviess County, Missouri" , published in 1882

[NI0459] George Bear was a farmer.

[NI0472] Myrtle Minnie Mullen Button left James Button when they were living in Brandon and moved to Myrtle Point, OR. She took all the living children with her. Myrtle & James were never divorced, even though she lived with Charles Wagner for many years. Grampa Charlie was the only Grandpa that Myrtle Maxine knew. Only saw Grandfather James a couple of times. [from Myrtle Maxine "Sug" Wilson, Aug. 2000].

[NI0476] Bessie Mullen died of Influenza (in the epidemic of 1918) at the age of 17 yrs.

[NI0478] Chester L. Mullen served in the SeaBees [Navy Construction Battalion] in WWII.

[NI0495] George Fort may have been the "George Fort, age 27", listed in the passenger list embarking England for Virginia in August 1635 on the ship "Globe of England". He could have been one of those who came to Jamestown to help reestablish the colony after the massacre by the Indians in 1622.

[NI0535] Samuel H. Eveleigh was supposed to have been disowned by his family because he was sympathetic to the American cause during the Revolutionary War. He changed his name several times so he would not be identified with his father and brother, who were Royalists. Samuel H. Eveleigh is buried in the Union Cemetery, Bellefonte, Center, PA. The name on the stone is "Heverly". His son, Joseph, who came to Davisess County, MO used the name, Everly. The above was contributed, Jan. '98, by Mrs. Mary Bentley of Kansas City, MO.

[NI0549] Additional information (dates) on the Wyatts was acquired from Jacob L.(Le) Bateman III, (b: Oct. 1952) in August 1999. Addresses: 3870 Strathmore Dr., Montgomery, AL, 36116-4614 - Ph:288-2580
E-mail: LeBateman@NetZero.Net
Ann Cocke, wife of Rev. Haute Wyatt, was Bateman's 10th Great-Aunt..

[NI0591] Clara was pretty, smart, and about five feet tall. She was called "Little Aunty". She and her husband lived in Shreveport, LA.

[NI0593] A Charlotte Knox is buried in the Yellow Fever Cemetery, Grenada, Yalobusha Co., now Grenada Co., MS, just a few spaces away from Dr. Jacob A. Snider and his family. This Charlotte, according to the tombstone, was born De. 31, 1792 and died July 20, 1857. This could very well be his sister Charlotte Snider Knox. This info. provided by Ellnora Lancaster Rose Young, OR, 1997.

[NI0594] James Knox, husband of Charlotte Snider, was excluded from (Johnn) Jacob's will. He served as a Pvt. under Capt. Walter McKinnie, 1778-81-82. In 1769, he and his wife were living in Dist. 7 of the Preby. Church of Mercersburg, PA. His family in 1769 consisted of Charles Neely and his wife, Lettice: also Lettice McClelland. In his will he requested that he be buried beside his wife; eldest daughter Lettice, son Thomas Land,; Dau. Elizabeth, Dau. Jean, brother Thomas and his son James. Elizabeth Knox died Nov. 13, 1789: John Criswell married Lettice Knox, March 3, 1789.

[NI0597] Sarah A. Slacum was a niece of Col. Mathew K. Mister of Grenada, MS.

[NI0603] James Gilchrist served in the Revolutionary War. He was in Fraanklin Co. and then in Westmoreland Co. building the new road/turnpike going through this area. It was thought that he was killed on the job by a horse pulling heavy equipment over his head in about 1810. 20 years later a man in Indiana confessed killing him by bashing him over the head.

[NI0620] Captain in German Regiment in Revolutionary War

[NI0622] Col. Paul Bentalou: In Rev. War he was a 2nd Lt.., German Regiment, Sep. 25, 1776. 1st Lt. German Reg., Jun. 21, 1777. Resigned De. 10, 1777. Member of Baltimore Mechanical Co. Captain in Pulaskis Legion, Apr. 12, 1778. Wounded at Savannah Oct. 9, 1779. Retired Jun.1, 1781.
------- From Snider Genealogy commissioned by Samuel C. Lancaster--- ...I have lost site of them all. When in Baltimore years ago I came across an old directory, in it the Keeports were mentioned.
Col. Bentalou was married to a sister of Grandma Faber. He had a vault in one of the old cemeteries. Grandpa Snider had no office that I know of except Sheriff, his younger brother, Nicolas Snider was twice mayor of Baltimore.
Our Great Grandfather Faber was from Germany. Unless you can find the old Bible with its brass plates on the corners, there is nothing we can know. It is a great immense book, came from Germany and has a great deal of German writing in it. I regret the loss of it.
signed- Cousin Kate, Hagerstown, Aug. 27, 1896
Col. Paul Bentalou married Grandmother Buehler's mother's sister: her name was Catherine Faber, Aunt Kittie was named after this Aunt.
NOTE: (from Ellnora Young, 1997) This is not correct at all- Col. Bentalou married Buehler's GRANDMOTHER'S sister, Catherine Keeports.
Col. Bentalou and his wife lived six months in Paris, France, and six months in Baltimore. He was an intimate and personal friend of Lafayette, and he and his wife were on the reception committee to Lafayette when he arrived in Baltimore in 1824. He (Col.) was U.S. Marshall at the time of his death, Sept. 26, 1826 - 91 years old. He died from a fall in a warehouse. (see Maryland Historical Soc. magazine: Notes from the letter of Miss Eloise Buehler.)
There is a street named - "Bentalou Street" in Baltimore.

[NI0638] Ellnora (Snider) Lancaster Rose Young lives at: 315 W. Riverside Dr., Roseburg, OR Phone: (541) 672-2936
In 1996 & 1997 I, Glenn Snider, made contact with Ellnora Young through the Internet as a source of "Snider" genealogy. She has over 12,000 names in her genealogy database, all related to her and going back to the Schneiders, etc. in Germany. She has done [corrected & added] to my database from Dr. Thornton A. Snider back. See her letters to me, her family groups sheets, cemetery maps & records, clippings, news articles, legal documents, etc.. Mrs. Young spent over two weeks in Salt Lake City at the LDS History Center in her quest for information on past Snider relatives. Ellnora has been a genealogy "lifesaver". She even took on researching my grandfather Mullen's ancestors, starting in Roseburg, OR. I had nothing earlier on him before Ellnora.

[NI0640] Jacob B. Snider was a newspaper editor and owner. He purchased The Senatobia Democrat in June of 1909. The Senatobia was orginally the Tate County Democrat or Record. On January 15, 1914, J. B. Snider, Jr. leased the paper from his father.

[NI0648] Peter Eyster or "Oyster" was a victim of the cholera epidemic of 1832. He always spelled his name "Oyster", and some of his children and a few of his grandchildren continued the spelling down to a very recent time. He followed his occupatio as a saddler. His saddlery, in 1814 was "opposite Colonel Snider's Inn, now Montgomery House. Later he carried on his business farther north on the west side of Main Street.

[NI0669] David Young went into partnership with his brother-in-law, Samuel Leake Hart and ran a store at Jumping Hill.

[NI0685] Rev. John Ross, married at Sunny Bank, moved to Savanah, GA. When his wife died he moved back to Sunny Bank and married Mary Benton McDowell, daughter of Govenor James McDowell. This made Mary the stepmother of Mary Elmira Ross.

[NI0689] Rev. Samuel Leake settled in Albemarle Co. where he was a minister of the Cove Presbyterian Church Meeting House. He was a graduate of Princeton

[NI0703] Richard Leake was in the British Navy.

[NI0755] William Fort was elected to a convention from the county of Edgecombe, N.C. to consider a plan for federal government. he was elected from Tennessee County to a Constitutional Convention in Knoxville (TN) on Jan. 11, 1796. Tennessee Co. was split into two counties- Montgomery and Robertson and the name, Tennessee was given to the State. William Fort was the Chairman of the first court of Robertson Co. and representative to the first legislature of the new state. One of the executorsnamed in his will was "My friend Andrew Jackson". William is buried in his family cemetery on the farm which he had settled.
See "Historical Sketches of Adams & Port Royal" by Ralph L. Winters.

[NI0758] See "Historical Sketches of Adams & Port Royal" by Ralph L. Winters.

[NI0774] Dr. John Ross Snider went to medical school in Tenn. and was "heavy on the bottle". He lived in the old home place, The Wilds, Bossier Parish, LA. When the place burnt down in 1922 he moved to Benton, LA where he died unmarried.

[NI0775] Thornton Hart Snider was an attorney in New Orleans. He left a large estate with a great deal of furniture, silver and diamond rings. He and Josephine had no children.

[NI0787] Clarence Pope was an Episcopal minister and lived in Baton Rouge, LA

[NI0916] Rufus E. Fort II has been prominently identified with the National Life & Accident Insurance Co. for many years. See "Historical Sketches of Adams & Port Royal" by Ralph L. Winters.

[NI0917] Worked in many many years in various capacities for National Life & Accident Ins. Co. He was an avid fox hunter and hunted in many foriegn countries.

[NI0918] Prominently identified with the National Life & Accident Co. of Nashville, TN.

[NI0919] Cornelia Fort was a member of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron. She was killed in a crash over Merkel, Texas, March 21, 1943.

[NI0932] Julius and Susie Mullen left Indiana in 1909 and settled in Langdon, Alberta, Canada.

[NI0965] Dr. Rufus E. Fort, a surgeon of Nashville, who has gained distinction by
reason of his eminent ability in the profession, was born in Robertson county,
Tennessee, on the 19th of March, 1872, and is a son of Colonel Edwin A. and Julia (Garth)
Fort, who were natives of Robertson county, Tennessee, and of Todd county, Kentucky,
respectively. The father was a large planter and slave owner in his native county,
devoting his entire life to the management and development of his landed interests.
He owned five large plantations but conditions brought about by the Civil war caused
him to suffer heavy financial loss. He was the first president and the receiver for
the Hendersonville Railroad and figured prominently in connection with public affairs
as well as with business interests, representing his county in the state legislature and
giving earnest support to all those measures which he deemed of vital worth to the
commonwealth. He passed away in June, 1887, at the age of sixty-seven years and
was survived by his wife until 1904.
Dr. Fort pursued his early education in the district schools of his native county
and afterward prepared for college at Montgomery Bell Academy. He next entered
the University of the South at Sewanee, where he pursued an academic course and
later became a student in the medical department of Vanderbilt University, from which
he was graduated with the class of 1895. He next did post-graduate work and hospital
work in New York, thus greatly adding to his knowledge and promoting his efficiency.
He then entered upon the active practice of medicine in Nashville, where he has since
remained, and for six years he was superintendent and surgeon of the Nashville City
Hospital, being appointed to that position at the comparatively early age of twenty-five
years. Later he conducted a private surgical hospital, called the Fort Hospital,
for a period of fourteen years or until 1920, since which time he has been visiting
surgeon to the Protestant Hospital, of which he was one of the organizers. He has also
been visiting surgeon to the City Hospital for a period of ten years and is now chairman
of the board of hospital commissioners. For the past twenty years he has been
a stockholder and director and also medical director of the National Life & Accident
Insurance Company, of which he was one of the organizers. He was a member and
president of the state board of health for eight years and has been untiring in his
efforts to promote the standards of the profession and render the service of physicians
and surgeons of the greatest possible benefit to mankind. At all times he has kept
abreast with the trend of professional thought and progress through his membership
in various medical organizations as well as by wide reading and study. He is now a
member of the American Medical Association, the Southern Surgical and Gynecological
Association, of which he was formerly vice president, the Tennessee State and Davidson
Dr. Fort was united in marriage to Miss Louise Clark of Boston, Massachusetts,
on the 6th of October, 1909. She is a daughter of Benjamin and Lula (Hensly) Clark.
Her father, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, died about 1892. Her mother afterward
became the wife of Dr. George J. Englemann of Boston, where they still reside. Dr.
and Mrs. Fort have become the parents of four children: Rufus E., born August 29,
1910; Dudley Clark, born December 5, 1911; Garth Edmund, born February 14, 1914;
and Cornelia Clark, February 5, 1919.
Dr. Fort is a member of the Hermitage Club, of which he has served as president,
and he also belongs to the Nashville Golf and Country Club. Politically he is a
democrat, and his religious faith is that of the Christian church, of which he is a
loyal adherent. He acted as chairman of the local examining board during the World
war, and the supreme regret of his entire life was that he was unable to actively serve
his country during that war on account of an attack of the flu at that time.
Dr. Fort makes his home on Riverside boulevard in Nashville and in addition to
his property there he owns and operates a large farm noted for its fine herd of Jersey
cattle. In fact this is the most famous herd in the south and one of the most noted
in the United States, having taken probably more blue ribbons than any other herd
in the south. His place is known as Fort Land and is a most beautiful southern home
on Riverside boulevard. He is giving considerable attention also to the cultivation of
four hundred acres of rich river bottom land equipped with every convenience of the
model farm of the twentieth century. In his agricultural and stock raising interests
he finds rest and recreation from arduous cares of the profession, which however
claim the major part of his time and attention and in connection with which he has
won distinguished honors and prestige.
In his profession, Dr. Fort ranks with the greatest surgeons of the nation. One
of his brilliant operations, never before performed and now part of the history of
surgery in the United States, was the complete excision of the clavicle and complete
excision of the first rib and removal of part of the sternum. Big in mind, body and
heart, Rufus E. Fort is a typical southern gentleman of the old school, with all the
ambition for service and progress that his scientific knowledge and energy, enthusiasm,
abilities and patriotism can bring to the full development of the newer south, of which
he is one of the greatest and most outstanding examples.
The above sketch is from "Tennessee- The Volunteer State, Vol. 2"
Also see "Historical Sketches of Adams & Port Royal" by Ralph L. Winters.

[NI1008] Capt. Conrad Snider was in the Revolutionary War and was commissioned Sept. 7, 1776 in Flying Camp, Colonel Watts Regiment. He was taken prisoner at Fort Washington, Long Island, NY on Nov. 16, 1776. Parolled from confinment August 15, 1778.

[NI1049] "Sally" and Wiley Fort moved to Hooks, Bowie Co., TX after their marriage.

[NI1060] Josiah W. Fort was a farmer and Baptist Preacher, serving Red River Baptist Church in Adams in 1879. He was the fourth generation of Forts in this church. Served as Judge of Robertson County- 1879-1887.

[NI1079] Capt. David Smith and Obedience (Fort) settled on the Elk River Creek in KY just above the TN line. He had built a mill there and was sucessful in getting Christian County to build a road from Hopkinsville to his mill. They were active in the Red River Baptist Church. They moved to Miss. in the early 1800's and their family life was very promnient. Their record is spendidly given in "Life and Times of David Smith." See also "Historical Sketches of Adams & Port Royal" by Ralph L. Winters.

[NI1201] Thomas Doxon Connell was born in Robertson Co. and he and his wife. Dollie Fort moved to Miss. and Louisana. This is where their daughter Mary Jane met up with Thornton Andrew Snider.

[NI1339] JOEL BATTLE FORT: For the past three or four years Joel B. Fort has been county judge of
Robertson county and he is one of the distinctively prominent and brilliant lawyers of the state of
Tennessee. Joel B. Fort was born in this county, on the 5th of August, 1854, a son of Josiah W. and
Eliza P. (Dancy) Fort, both of whom are deceased. Joel B. Fort is the fourth generation of the family
in Tennessee, where his great-Great Grandfather, Elias Fort, established his residence in 1787. This
sterling pioneer secured a large tract of government land in Robertson county and resided there until
his death. He brought the land to a high state of cultivation and was one of the most successful
planters of his day. Some of this land is still in the possession of his descendants and is one of the fine
estates of that section of Tennessee, with whose civic and industrial development and progress the
family name has been closely concerned. Elias Fort migrated to Robertson county, with his four
married sons and their families, and all settled in the section near Port Royal. William Fort, the eldest,
was a member of the First Constitutional convention of Tennessee, and voted for Andrew Jackson for
presiding officer of that convention, and so fond was he of General Jackson that he appointed him the
executor of his will, which is the first will recorded in Robertson county. Afterward William Fort was
the first chairman of the county court of that county. Josiah was the second son, and he was the first
trustee or treasurer of Robertson county. He was the Great Grandfather of Joel B. Fort, the subject of
this sketch, the youngest son being Elias Fort, Jr., whose relatives are scattered over West Tennessee
and the southern states. Josiah Fort was the father of Joel B. Fort, Sr., who was the father of Josiah
Fort, who married Eliza P. (Dancy) Fort, and they were the father and mother of the subject of this
sketch.
Joel B. Fort was reared to manhood on the old homestead and acquired his early education in
the neighboring district schools. Subsequently he matriculated as a student in Cumberland University,
in the literary department of the institution, and was graduated in June, 1874. He then returned to his
life as a farmer but his ambition was to become a lawyer. Therefore he spent his spare time in the
study of law and after two years, in 1886, was admitted to the Tennessee bar. He immediately located
in Springfield for the active practice of his chosen profession and rapidly gained prestige as one of the
most skilled attorneys in the state. He has enjoyed an extensive and lucrative clientage and has figured
in numerous litigations of importance in the state and federal courts. For the past three or four years
he has held the office of county judge of Robertson county, discharging the many duties devolving
upon him with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of his constituency. Shortly after the
gubernatorial election he was tendered by Governor Peay, the position of state purchasing agent,
unsolicited. He resigned the position of county judge of Robertson county and moved to Nashville,
purchasing a home. All of his children are residents of this city. By reason of his unimpeachable
conduct and close observance of the unwritten code of professional ethics he has gained the
admiration and respect of his professional brethren and is held in high esteem. Although Mr. Fort
maintained his business headquarters in Springfield, he lived on his fine rural estate of two hundred
acres in this county, about four miles from Adams. He devotes a great deal of his time to the
cultivation of this beautiful land and is greatly interested in tobacco culture, in that connection being
with the people as opposed to the trust.
On the 5th of April, 1877, occurred the marriage of Mr. Fort to Miss Sallie D. McKay, a daughter
of Felix (;. McKay, a prominent farmer and merchant, with residence in Nashville. Mr. and Mrs. Fort
have eight children: Janie, Susie, Della, Ida G., Joel B., Jr., Duncan M., Charles H., and Walter A.
Since attaining his majority Mr. Fort has given his political allegiance to the democratic party and
the principles for which it stands. In 1887 he was elected to the state legislature and he served as a
member of the assembly for two terms. Fraternally he is an exemplary member of the Masonic craft
and is likewise affiliated with the Knights of Pythias. The religious faith of the family is that of the
Baptist church, to the support of which they are generous contributors.
The above sketch is from the book "Tennessee - The Volunteer State, Vol. 3".
See also the book- "History of Port Royal" by Ralph Winters.

[NI1354] DANCY FORT- One of the most prominent attorneys in Tennessee is Dancy Fort, a representative citizen of Clarksville. He is a native of this state, his birth having occurred at Adams on the 11th of October, 1870, and he is a son of Josiah W. and Eliza Penelope (Dancey) Fort. On the paternal side he is of French Huguenot ancestry. William Fort, a brother of his Great Grandfather and a resident of Robertson county, Tennessee, was a member of the Constitutional convention of 1796 and was one of the influential men of his day. Another ancestor, Tomlinson Fort, Sr., won fame for his high intellectual attainments in those early days. The paternal grandparents, Joel B. and Nancy (Metcalf) Fort, were instrumental in the organization of the Baptist church at Adams, Robertson county, the oldest church in that section of the state. Josiah W. Fort, the father of our subject, was for many years a minister in the Baptist church and was one of the most highly respected citizens of Robertson county. In 1853 he was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Penelope Dancey, a daughter of William Exum and Nancy Hodges (Deggs) Dancey, and to their union six children were born: Joel B. is a prominent attorney and Judge of Robertson county. William, who was for many years engaged in farming died while in the United States service in 1896. Charles H. is engaged in farming. Sterling, president of the Northern Bank of Tennessee and of the Kiwanis Club at Clarksville, married Sally Jones of Knoxville, Tennessee, by whom he had two children, George, president of the Security Trust Company; and Sally, the wife of Mark Anthony of Adams, Tennessee. For his second wife Sterling Fort married Miss Margaret Fleming of Maury county, this state, and they have two children: Margaret Dancey and William K., both attending school. Dancey, whose name initiates this review, is the next of the family. Charlotte married F. M. Baker. Charles H. is residing on the farm where his Great Grandfather settled in 1787.
In the acquirement of his education Dancey Fort attended the public schools of Tennessee and later enrolled in the University of Tennessee and Cumberland University, graduating from the latter institution on the 20th of June, 1891, with the LL. B. degree. In his youth he was an ardent fox hunter and participated in many thrilling fox hunts. He also enjoyed playing pranks on the negroes who were decidedly superstitious regarding a supposed witch. In 1700 some people by the name of Bell settled in the neighborhood of Mr. Fort's home, coming to this state from North Carolina, where they were said to have been greatly disturbed by a witch. It was told that the witch followed them to their new home and there was so much talk concrning the witch that Andrew Jackson went to the Bell home to investigate. When he was taking his leave, the story goes, the witch caused the wheels of his carriage to become immovable for a few minutes, after which they began to revolve, the witch presumably having given consent to Mr. Jackson's departure. It is also said that Mr. Fort's Great Granduncle shook hands with this supposed witch through a partially closed door, the witch extracting from him the promise that he would not attempt to force open the door. No one ever saw the face of the witch, which curious being has been the inspiration for many stories that have been compiled in book form.
Upon the completion of his education and admittance to the bar Mr. Fort began practice in Clarksville, where he has since resided, and has built up an extensive and lucrative clientage, handling much important litigation before the courts. In addition to his private practice he is attorney for the Christian-Todd Telephone Company, the Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company and several local corporations. He has likewise been city attorney of Clarksville since 1901 and has well appointed offices in the Northern Bank building. He is a director in the Northern Bank of Tennessee and is interested in the Northern Bank Trust Company and the Security Trust Company. The Northern Bank of Tennessee is one of the oldest banks in this state and one of the very few that withstood the ravages of the Civil war. It was established in 1854.
On the 11th of November, 1896, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Fort and Miss Benjamin Gill, a daughter of Benjamin F. and Mary (Yancey) Gill, old residents of Clarksville. To their union two children have been born: Josiah Gill, who is twenty-one years of age and is a graduate of Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey; and Mary Yancey, who is a student at the university in Clarksville.
Since attaining his majority Mr. Fort has been active in politics, giving his endorsement to the democratic party. From 1906 to 1910 he was a member of the State senate and for eight years was chairman of the democratic executive committee in Montgomery county. He has been a member of the democratic state central committee since 1918. Fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and was for twenty years a member of the board of the Odd Fellows Home in Tennessee and treasurer of that organization. His religious faith is that of the Baptist church, and he has always been a generous contributor to its support. During the thirty-one years of his residence in Clarksville, Mr. Fort has contributed to a great degree in the upbuilding of the town, county and state, ever wielding a great influence for good. He has long been regarded as a leading member of the legal profession in the state and is a man universally liked and admired for his splendid business acumen. Although the demands made on his time are many he always manages to devote part of his attention to his friends, and his friends are legion.
The above sketch is from "Tennessee- The Volunteer State, Vol.2"

[NI1637] H. Fort Flowers has generously shared his material success. In recent years the Joint University Libraries of Vanderbilt U. and Scarritt and Peabody Colleges have been fittingly named for "H. Fort Flowers". See "Historical Sketches of Adams & Port Royal" by Ralph L. Winters.

[NI1739] John Rosson, Sr. - He served in the War of 1812,with his brother, Joseph and with his brother-in-law, John Connell and Nancy Connell Rosson's nephew- Enoch Prince Connell. They moved to the Port Royal area in TN in the spring of 1807 from South Carolina. John had a bounty for his service in 1812 and Nancy applied for a pension in April 1855. He is shown as a Private under Capt. Elliot in Cheatham's Reg. from May 13th to May 28th in 1812 [Indian Wars]

[NI1748] Zelicka Connell, wife of Oliver Connell was his first cousin.

[NI1763] Sampson Connell may have moved top Texas quite early?

[NI1764] John Connell served in the War of 1812 from Roberston Co., TN. Was a resident of Montgomery Co., TN in 1850. See "Historical Sketches of Adams & Port Royal" by Ralph L. Winters.

[NI1765] See "Historical Sketches of Adams & Port Royal" by Ralph L. Winters.

[NI1802] William Prince was among the very first settlers who came to Port Royal. He settled within a 1/4 mile of the mouth of Sulphur Fork Creek (at Red River). There is a large spring there, still called Prices Spring. When his first wife died, he returned to SC and led a new group to the Port Royal area. A good part of the earliest settlers came from the Spartenburg area of S.C. From 1789 until 1797 Prince owned a farm on the Sulphur Creek. In 1791 he and his wife, Elizabeth, became Charter Members of Red River Baptist Church. He and his family moved in 1997 to the area of Princeton, KY. The town was named for him. There he was active in the formation of Eddy Grove Baptist Church in 1799. See "Historical Sketches of Adams & Port Royal" by Ralph L. Winters.

[NI1860] Thomas Mullen assisted in establishing American Independence while acting in the capacity of Captain, New Kent Co., VA Militia, 1779. (Reg. at DAR)

[NI1871] Capt. Richard Owings is the 7th Great Grandfather of Max Edward McKee who lives in West Jordan, UT. Max McKee is the provider of the Owings family genealogy earlier than my Eleanor Magruder Owings, wife of Dr. George Snider. Owings information was received from Max McKee in June 1998.

[NI1947] John W. Mullen came to Oregon in about April or May 1871 and was a house carpenter in Camas Valley, OR. and a farmer. He died in the influenza epidemic of 1918 on his 82nd birthday. Death Certificate lists cause of death as "La Grippe" , now called influenza.

[NI1948] Mary Clara Bear Mullen is buried in Row 11-7, Martindale Cemetery,Camas Valley, Douglas County, Oregon. Her tombstone reads: "No pain, no grief, no anxious fear can reach the peaceful sleepers here".

[NI1954] John Franklin Mullen was known as "Frank". At age 10-14 he was in Roseburg OR. Later at age 17 years (1891) he resided in Myrtle Point, OR and was the foreman on the "West Oregonian" newspaper. There is reference to being in Bolder Creek, CA. He graduated from Healds College in 1892. In 1895 Frank became the Merchandiser & Illustrator for the California Furniture Co. in San Francisco. He traveled to Arizona in 1902 for treatment of tuberculosis and subsequently died of this disease.

[NI2063] From Encyclopedia: JOHN ENDECOTT, 1588-1665, colonial govenor of Massachusetts, was born in Dorchester, England, and landed as manager of the plantation of Naumkeag (Salem) in 1628. After the issue of the Massachusetts Bay charter, he gave way (1630), as executive head of the colony, to John Winthrop. He commanded an expedition to Block Island against the Pequots (1636), was deputy governor of the colony (1641-43, 1650, and 1654), and govenor (1644, 1649, 1651, and 1655-65); and in 1658 was president of the United Colonies of New England. Though he was in many respects an efficient administrator, and did much for the good of the colony, he acted harshly toward the Merry Mount settlement, and led the opposition to the Quakers.

[NI2085] Norman Vickers made an inquiry by way of the Internet regarding his wife's great-great grandfather, Wiley Fort. (born abt 1807).

[NI2196] All GARDNER's descendant data came from Paul B. Phelps, 2212 Martha's Road, Alexandria, VA 22307. (703) 765-0605. Email- pbphelps@cpcug.org

[NI2539] Laura Griffin Brewer became a Genealogical contact in Jan. 1999. Lives in Green Ciove Springs, FL.

[NI2578] The following is an excerpt from the notes taken by Ellnora Young

JEREMIUS SCHNEIDER first appears in records of Heddesheim, Rheinland, Germany when on the 7th of May he married Anna Elizabeth Schanckweiller. Jacob Schneider of Diebach is mentioned who was possibly his father. (new to get more words translated. c.y.) This is found on page 149 of the marriage records of the Evangelisch-Lutheran Church of Heddesheim , Rheinland, Germany in the (parish) of Krueznach.

Then on page 87 of the baptismal records is a lengthly account of the circumstances of the birth of his wife Anna Elizabeth's child Johann Velten Schneider four months after their marriage. The record says an illegitiment child was born to Anna Maria Schneider. eldest daughter of Valentine Schanckweiller who served as the Godparent at the baptism when he was referred to as oldfather (grandfather) Valentine Schanckweiller. His wife was Anna Elizabetha.

The name of the father of the child Johann Velten was Johannes Dhein son of Hans Stophel Dhein of Stromburg a nearby town. Anna Elizabetha was working as a maid in Kreuznach for Mr. Hartenberger where Johnannes Dhein also worked as a hired man.

According to Jeremius the mother was pregnant before she married him but he didn't know it and the child came at four months (after their marriage) He was in Diebach when she became pregnant. He left her for several days and after the child was baptized on Sep I I th 1715 he returned and went to the pastor. He agreed to let the child have his Schneider name. He did all of this to save his marriage. The pastor then wrote this in his records of Johann Velten's baptism. Jeremius was listed as a smith von (from) Diebach.

A daughter Catharina Elizabetha was born to Jeremius and Anna Elizabeth Schneider and was baptized the )th of September 1717 with Johann Jacob Schneider and wife Anna Catharina as witnesses. It appears to read that Johann Jacob Schneider was a burgermeister and smith from ober (above, over) Dicbach.

On the 12th of January 1720 son Bernhard Heinrich Schneider was bapflsed with Bernhard Henrich and wife Anna Catharina as witnesses.

No records of other children for Anna Maria were found in Hcddesheiim and her death was recorded as 12 April 1724. Jerermus wasted no time in remarrying. On 6 July 1724 he married Petronella Pfeddersheim thought to be the daughter of Heinrich Pfeddersheimer and Ape; Ptenicher or Heddesheim.

The first child born to Petronella was named Anthonius possibly named for Anton Pfeddersheimer of Heddesheim who I suspect was a brother of Petronella. He was baptised 15 April 1725. He was followed by Nicolaus baptised 24 Jan 1727 who died in 1728 with Nicolaus Erick and wife Sophia signing.

Next came Johann Peter baptised 13 Feb 1729 with Johnn Peter Erick and wife Helena Catharina as witnesses. He was followed by a daughter Anna Margaretha baptised 9 Jan 1731 witnessed by Johann Velten Hermanns and wife Susanna. Then came Anna Catherine baptised 28 Nov 1733 and Sara Schneider baptised 26 Nov 1735.

Next was Nicholas, the first Nicholas having died young, baptised 14 Jan 1738 witnessed by Nicolas Schmid and wife Anna Elizabeth.. The last record for a child was Maria Sophia baptised 30 March 1740 with Peter Encken as one witness, the other being hard to make out.

On page 218 of the death records was found: 5 Aug 1748 Jerermius Schneider who was a smith was buried Friday.

No death or remarriage were found for Petronella although they may be in the records.

There arc several towns named Diebach in Germany. In looking for Jeremius Schneider's parentage the records of the nearest town of Diebach were searched without success. On LDS Film 0 1201842 are found the records in Hesse Nassau for the town of Bundingen which includes records of Dicbach. In Item 3, Familienglieder Register, on #200, found a marriage for Johann Schneider to Margaretha Elenore Lehn in 1790.

There were other Schneider families listed but most were late 1700's or later. In Itcm 5 page 54 a baptism of Jenniah (Snider?) 30 July 1792 was noted but very hard to make out and even be sure if it was Snider and besides that is not the usual German spelling.

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The original notes by Ellnora Young were more extensive and her data came from a research trip she made to the L.D.S. Family History Center in Salt Lake City in 1998.

[NI2580] Anthony Schneider/Snider served in the Revolutionary War in the Lancaster Co., PA Militia as a Private.
In 1758 Anthony was in northern Bucks Co., PA. Between 17558 and 1774 many of the German immigrants received grants further west. Anthony received a grant in Cumberland Co. in 1762. In 1772 a warrant in north Cumberland Co. PA and a little later he purchased a tract in what was later Franklin Co. There he lived and died. He was living in Guilford TWP., Cumberland Co., PA

[NI2581] Johann Peter Schneider of Franklin Co., PA was said to have bought a Bible from his Cousin Peter Enck in 1750 in a little town near Stromerg, Rheinland, Germany. It was this clue that led to the finding of the Schneider family records in the Evangelical Luthern Church in Heddesheim, Germany. (A note by Ellnora Young, Jan. 1999)
> From a manuscript compiled by James Houpt, 5959 Penrose Crt., Port Orange, FL where he quotes from a "History of John Peter Snyder" by Anna Barbara (Snyder) Grove of Marion, Franklin Co., PA 1892 which states-- John Peter Snyder left his home near Stromberg, near Bingen on the Rhine, and Hunsrck (sic) Mountains when a mere lad and sailed on the ship "Samuel", William Chilton, Commander, sometime between 1745 and 1750, the voyage taking nine months. When landed he was a serf and had to serve seven years to pay for his passage. He fell under the tutorship of a gun and locksmith in Linen Town, Northampton Co., PA where he learn his trade.
> A German Bible, still in the possession of Mrs Susan Snyder of Marion, PA widow of Jacob Snyder of the third generation bears record of John Peter Snyder's marriage to Mary Catherine Elizabeth Stentz on April 15, 1759, the daughter of Henry Stantz, a native of Switzerland. This Bible also states that Peter Snyder bought this Bible on May 20, 1750 for six Gulden, from his Cousin, Peter Enck, in a small village near Stromberg.
(There are some time discrepences in this story)

[NI2589] Nicholas Schneider was born in Heidesheim on the Rhine River in Germany. In 1755? he came to America- first to Philadelphia, PA in january 19, 1765. He served in the Revolutionary War as a Private 1st Class in Capt. James Young's Co., 1st Battalion, 8th Co., Cumberland Co. Militia 1779-1782. He was a Ruling Elder in the German Reform Church.
Nicholas became an innkeeper in Chambersburg, PA and the present Zion Reform Church was organized at his house in 1778-79.

[NI2698] In 1947 Minnie May Snider Gamble wrote a letter to the Historic Society in Chamberburg, PA suggesting a memorisal be made honoring Nicholas Snider's contribution to the Zion Reform Church. Nicholas C. Snider was her Grandfather. A copy of this nine page letter is in file.

[NI2701] Robert Gamble was a life insurance agent for the John Hancock Co., Memphis, TN

[NI3184] Johann Peter Schneider of Franlin Co., PA was said to have bought a Bible from his Cousin Peter Enck in 1750 in a little town near Stromerg, Rheinland, Germany. It was this clue that led to the finding of the Schneider family records in the Evangelical Luthern Church in Heddesheim, Germany. (An note by Ellnora Young, Jan. 1999)

[NI3201] Henry Snider wa a Sargent under Capt. James Young in the Revolutionary War, 1779-1781.

[NI3262] At some time Jacob B. Snider, Jr. was Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi

[NI3330] Johannes Dhein was the father of a illegitimate son (Johannes Velton Schneider) born to Anna Elizabeth Shanckweiler who had married Jeremius Schneider on May 7, 1715. Jeremius did not know at the time she was expecting a child. She, Anna Elizabeth Shanckweiler, was a maid for Mr. Hartenberger in nearby Kreuznach and Johannes also worked for him as a hired hand. Jeremius Schneider let the child have the Schneider name. At his christening his maternal grandfather Valentine Shanckweiler was the Godparent and Elizabeth was listed as his oldest daughter.

[NI3396] From: "History of Stanislaus County" by George H. Tinkerham Published in 1921

WILLIAM L. LEEK - Prominent among the intrepid pioneers in California whom a grateful posterity will always be delighted to honor William L. Leek the retired rancher living northwest of Hughson, who was born in Wheeler, Va , on January 28, 1835, the son or John and Caroline Leek His father was a tailor by trade and when our subject was a mere lad, the family removed to Louisville, Ky where Mr Leek opened a shop. He remained them only a couple of years however and then he went to St Louis where he established himself on a better foundation William attended the excellent St. Louis schools and spent his earlier days in that bustling city Then he started cut to make his own way by working on farms in Warren County In 1859 during the first excitement about gold in Colorado, he joined a train of gold seekers and on his wagon was painted 'Pike's Peak, or Bust' They reached Colorado all right but when he returned to Missouri the sign on the wagon read "Busted". In 1864 he started West again, this time with an emigrant train for California there were seven wagons, and they traveled by the Sall Lake route Each night the emigrants would form a coral out of seven wagons, placing there stock in the center and their horses would be tied to the wagons. One night, as they were traveling along the River Platte, the hostile Indians bore down upon the train, creating a commotion and scaring away the stock but after hard work the brave pioneers succeeded in finding and recovering the stampeded animals, after which they resumed. After six months of hard travel, they disbanded at Salt Lake

Mr. Leek spent three years in Utah, and in 1867 he came on to California setting in Calavaras County at the Quail Hill mine There lie stayed for a year and a half and then, after working at odd jobs he went on to Antioch and settled at Marsh Landing. He took up market gardening and disposed of his produce at Antioch and at the coal mines nearby, In 1870 Mr Leek came into Stanislaus County, and settled in the Cottonwoods district, twelve miles South of Newman, where rented from 160 to 500 acres and farmed the land to barley. For thirty years he remained there and during that time he purchased a ranch of 200 acres near the Canal school and he help build the schoolhouse in the Cottonwood district.

At Warrenton Mo in August 1861, Mr Leek was married to Miss Sarah Rountree, a native of Warren County, and she came to California with her husband and died about 1890. Then in the Cottonwood district in Merced County, on St Valentines Day 1913, Mr Leek was married to Miss Emma Brennan. He has, as a result of these two marriages, raised a family Of four children and two are now living. Francis is now Mrs Bradley of Fresno. Melvina died in 1900. Newton E is a court reporter in Judge Fulkerth's and Judge Rice's court at Modesto. And Jasper is deceased. Newman E was born in Telegraph City in Calaveras County and he married Miss Effie Bledsoe, a native daughter, and for thirty years he has been a resident of Modesto, active in his profession. The Bledsoes are also early California pioneers. In 1905, Newton E. purchased a ranch of 200 acres two miles northwest of Hughson, which he developed so that forty acres are in peaches and grapes and the balance of the 200 acres are in alfalfa and grain. Newton E Leek's son, Elbert E., is today interested in this tract of 200 acres and acts as foreman He was born in Berkeley on Jury 25 1898. At Modesto, on May 1 1919 he married Miss Gladys Maritzen a native of San Francisco and the daughter of Henry and Dolly Marintern. When Gladys was four years old her father moved to Modesto, and so it happened she attended the grammar and high schools there They had a child, Patricia Ann.

[NI3438] James Brown served in the Revolutionary War for three years, starting from July 1, 1777... being of large stature he was accepted in the servicea 11 years old. He served under Capt. Robert Fenner in the 2nd North Carolina Battalion, commanded by Col John Patton.
Information on James A. Brown & Family came from a Patricia Brown Merrill, Georgia

[NI3485] Hugh Simmons, at 18, married his cousin: Hannah Cathcart Simmons. His mother didn't like the girl, so they moved to Burlington, Iowa and finally to Salinas, KS. He did trucking for the Union Army.

[NI3634] Nellie Barnett was the sister of Governor Ross Barnett

[NI3744] [Strongs b-1660 138 Indv -Olsen.FTW]

After Obadiah & Elizabeth Dismukes married they moved to Carroll County, MS

[NI3745] [Strongs b-1660 138 Indv -Olsen.FTW]

DEATH: Elizabeth Strong died in child birth

[NI3851] BIRTH: G. Wyatt Strong was born enroute to Republic of Texas

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