Snodgrass Family History Book
The Snodgrass Family History Book - Luginbuel Funeral Home
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<strong>Snodgrass</strong> <strong>Family</strong> Photographs<br />
Figure 10.2. The William James <strong>Snodgrass</strong>, Sr. and Winifred (Winnie) Norton (Bradley) <strong>Snodgrass</strong> <strong>Family</strong>. This photograph<br />
was made in near the John Summer's store in Summers, Washington Count:y, Arkansas in about 1876.<br />
William James <strong>Snodgrass</strong>, Sr. and Winifred (Winnie) Norton (Bradley) <strong>Snodgrass</strong> arc show in the photo with their 9 children in the wagon.<br />
Mother <strong>Snodgrass</strong>, \Vinifred (\Vinnie) Norton (Bradley), is holding baby Elnora (Note) <strong>Snodgrass</strong> (Haws) in her lap. \\iinifred (\Vinnie) Lou<br />
<strong>Snodgrass</strong> (Rauch) is seated in her father's lap. Thomas Laf3)'ette (Fate) <strong>Snodgrass</strong> is standing behind his mother. John Phillip <strong>Snodgrass</strong> is<br />
standing behind his father and mother. William James (Bill) <strong>Snodgrass</strong>, Jr. is the boy in white with a black hat. George Washington <strong>Snodgrass</strong><br />
is the bo~' seated. Margaret Jane <strong>Snodgrass</strong> (Rich) is the girl with a hat standing behind Bill, Jr. Mary Francis <strong>Snodgrass</strong> (King) is the girl with<br />
a hat seated. Florence Amanda <strong>Snodgrass</strong> (Hargrove) is the girl in the back of the wagon, Martha Alice <strong>Snodgrass</strong> is not show in the photo as<br />
she died of Malaria in Cabin Creek, Johnson Count)", Arkansas in 1873.<br />
Traveling the Hard Way<br />
Since Williatn Ja1nes <strong>Snodgrass</strong>, Sr. was in poor health, he and his wife Winifred "\Vinnie" Norton Bradley decided to 1nove west after<br />
the Civil War in about 1870 to see if his health would i1nprovc. Winnie had several cousins that lived at Cabin Creek, Johnson County,<br />
Arkansas. They decided to go to Cabin Creek. They sold 1nost of their household furnishings and loaded what was left of their<br />
processions in two wagons with two gocx::I tea1ns of horses and their children.<br />
Willimn and Winnie <strong>Snodgrass</strong> and their children traveled overland to Chattanooga, Tennessee. Fro1n Chattanooga they loaded their<br />
tea1ns of horses, wagons and possessions on a flatboat and floated do\.\-'n the Tennessee River to the Ohio River and to Paducah,<br />
Kentucky. They then floated down to the Mississippi River and later changed to the Arkansas River. They then traveled by stemnboat<br />
up the Arkansas River to Big Piney River, near Clarksville, Johnson County. Arkansas.<br />
Winnie had several cousins living in Cabin Creek, Arkansas. Williain and Winnie farmed and lived near Clarksville at Cabin Creek,<br />
Johnson County, Arkansas for about two or three years. Their daughter Martha Alice <strong>Snodgrass</strong> died of 1nalaria in 1873 at Cabin<br />
Creek. After Martha Alice died Williatn and Winnie decided to 1nove again.<br />
Winnie had two cousins. Becky and Mint Ehns living in Su1n1ners, Washington County, Arkansas. After a visit to the Elins, in about<br />
1872, they decided to 1nove near Lincoln, Washington County, Arkansas. While there, Winnie and Willimn traded one ¥/agon and tea1n<br />
of horses for a four roo1n log house, sealed inside \Vi th \\leather board and outside with siding. The fann had about one hundred acres of<br />
good fannl and.<br />
According to the old Rauch Fmnily Bible, Winifred "Winnie" Lou <strong>Snodgrass</strong> \.\ 1 as born in Cabin Creek, Arkansas. It is not sure where<br />
the next child Elnora (Note) <strong>Snodgrass</strong> was born. However the two children born after Elnora were born in Washington County,<br />
Arkansas. These two other children were E1n1na D. and Anna Augusta .<strong>Snodgrass</strong>.<br />
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