The Snow Family - Thomas Jefferson Snow

Thomas Jefferson Snow was born in 1833 in Gwinnett County, Georgia. He married Mary Jane Durrett, a daughter of James Francis Durrett and Martha A. Ross. Thomas and Mary became the parents of eight children: Edna Pearl, Martha Rachel, Thomas J., Benjamin Franklin, Sarah W., Lovie D., Reuben Walter and Mary Jane.

Edna Pearl Snow was born on May 26, 1860 in Alabama. She married Lorenzo Dow Walker on December 13, 1883 in Carroll County, Georgia. Edna and Lorenzo had the following children: Minnie Lee, Mary Jane, Lena Victoria, Eula Bell and William McKinley. Edna died on December 10, 1948.

Martha Pearl Snow was born in 1861 in Alabama. She married Thomas T. Collier on January 12, 1882 in Cleburne County, Alabama. They had the following children: Davie, Jesse Versie, Walter F., Lettie G., Bertha, Dewey A. and Wiley Ocus. Martha died on March 15, 1914 in Boaz, Marshall, Alabama.

Thomas J. Snow was born in 1862 in Alabama. I do not know anything further on Thomas.

Benjamin Franklin Snow (pictured left) was born on June 10, 1865 in Cleburne County, Alabama. He married Louli Juline Overton, a daughter of William Mosby Overton and Nancy Ann Boyd. Benjamin and Lou had the following children: Delbert, Earl Clifton, Lemma, Lilly, Beulah, Jewel, William Bryan, Faye, Myrl, Loyce and Berta Lou. Benjamin died on February 4, 1935 in Tifton, Tift, Georgia. Benjamin apparently dropped dead suddenly had his home after chopping wood. His obituary describes him as "an honorable and upright man [and] a good citizen." He was buried in Ty Ty Cemetery in Ty Ty, Tift, Georgia.

Sarah W. Snow was born in 1869 in Alabama. I do not know anything further on Sarah.

Lovie D. Snow was born on June 16, 1871 in Alabama. She married Charles George Farmer on December 31, 1886 in Cleburne County, Alabama. The became the parents of the following children: Lena E., Thomas William, Berma, John Clifton, Charles Clayton, Berta and Lindsey J. Lovie died on March 4, 1947 in Ranburne, Cleburne, Alabama. She and her husband are buried in the First Baptist Church Cemetery in Ranburne, Cleburne, Alabama. Lovie and Charles are my gg-grandparents and their son, Charles Clayton, is my g-grandfather.

Reuben Walter Snow was born on April 20, 1873 in Alabama. He married Elizabeth R. I do not know Elizabeth's maiden name. Reuben and Elizabeth had a large family. Their children include Verna, Sep, Ulyssus S., Walter Hershal, William Ralph, Elmore, Virgie Lee, Rayford, Clemon, Neroumay, Dana Sue, Marshall Foch and Jerry. I do not know when Reuben passed away. There is a grave marker erected in Ranburne, Cleburne, Alabama in the First Baptist Church Cemetery, but no death date is recorded.

Mary Jane Snow is the youngest child of Thomas Jefferson and Mary Jane Snow. She was born in 1875 in Alabama. She married William Albert Abercrombie in 1891. They had the following children: Bertha L. Russell H., Theresa M. J., Nora and Albert. William and Mary also lost 3 infants before 1900. I do not know their names or when they were born and when they died. Mary died in 1960 in Cleburne County, Alabama.

Sources:
Census Records: 1870-1930 Cleburne County, Alabama
Census Records: 1900-1910 Marshall County, Alabama
Census Records: 1920 - Carroll County, Georgia
Census Records: 1920-1930 Tift County, Georgia
Death Records: Martha Pearl Snow Collier, Lovie D. Snow Farmer
Grave Stone Photo - Charles Clayton and Lovie D. Snow Farmer; Reuben Walter Snow and Elizabeth R. - Photos taken by Jennifer Farmer Connett in 2009.
Marriage Records: Edna Pearl Snow and Lorenzo Dow Walker, Martha Pearl Snow and Thomas T. Collier, Charles Clayton Farmer and Lovie D. Snow
Obituary - The Cleburne News - Benjamin Franklin Snow

William Farmer and Family

So it has been more than a month since my last post. I have been feeling pretty good lately, just haven't felt like sitting still and typing... :)

William Farmer was born on June 22, 1801 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. I do not know anything about William's early life. I know he was 38 when he married his first wife, Frances St. John on November 7, 1839 in Newton County, Georgia. I have assumed that Frances was his first wife since I can find no evidence of a previous wife. I have been unsuccessful in locating William in 1850 or prior census records. Was he still in the Oglethorpe/Newton county areas or did he leave and come back? I really do not know. His wife Frances was born in 1820 in South Carolina. Together, they had 8 known children: John C., Samantha Anne Elizabeth, Sarah Emily, Salina Frances, William Thomas, Robert Hardin, Newton Andrew and Martha Eunice. Frances died on May 26, 1858 in Rockdale County, Georgia, when Martha was just 5 months old.
Shortly after the death of his wife, William remarried to a widow, Sarah Ann Boyd, whose maiden name was Goddard. Together, they had 2 children: Charles George and Virginia. A third child is sometimes attributed to them, John. I feel that John was a Boyd and not a Farmer and thus the child of Sarah's first husband. John would have been born in 1859, just shortly before she married William. In the Family Bible my dad has, it states that Charles's siblings were Jennie and John. If John was William's son, then based on the April 1, 1860 marriage date for William and Sarah, then John was conceived out of wedlock. In 1880, John is listed as a Farmer, but in 1900 he is listed as a Boyd with a birth recorded as happening in November of 1859, which was 5 months before the marriage of William and Sarah. Another mistake some researchers have made regarding the children of William and Sarah is assuming that Virginia had died young. Virginia was 16 years old in 1880 and living with her half-sister, Nancy Boyd (who married William Overton) and her family. Since no one could find her after 1880, the researchers assumed she had died. It wasn't until I began researching my Durrett family that I found out what happened to Virginia after 1880. Virginia had married in October of 1882 to Joseph Columbus Durrett, who was an uncle to her brother's (Charles) wife. The couple then moved with their 4 children to Texas and later to Florida, where Virginia died.
Sarah was first married to Robert J. Boyd. I know nothing about him but his name. I have been unsuccessful in finding him on any census records. He married Sarah on October 3, 1844 in DeKalb County, Georgia. They had 4 children: Nancy Ann, Sarah Ann, Ephriam, and the disputed John. Nothing is known about Ephriam. He appears on one census record then disappears. It is not known when Robert died or where he was during all the censuses. In 1850, Sarah is living with who we assume is Robert's brother or some other relative of his with her two daughters. Robert is no where to be found. Robert is presumed dead by 1860 since Sarah remarried.
William died on August 5, 1872 in Rockdale County, Georgia. After William's death, Sarah moved to Cleburne County, Alabama with her daughter, Nancy and her family. Sarah died on September 1, 1891. She is buried at Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery in Carroll County, Georgia in an unmarked grave. I visited the church cemetery about 5 years ago and could not locate her grave. There was a large field, but there were only 5 or six marked graves.

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Sources:
Census Records: 1850 - Newton County, Georgia
Census Records: 1860 - Rockdale County, Georgia
Census Records: 1870 - DeKalb County, Georgia
Census Records: 1880, 1900 - Cleburne County, Alabama
Census Records: 1910 - Tarrant County, Texas
Census Records: 1920 - McLennan County, Texas
Census Reocrds: 1930 - Dade County, Florida
Death Records: Florida - Virginia L. Durretti
Farmer Family Bible
Marriage Records: Robert Boyd and Sarah Goddard