Brief Life History of Elisha G.
When Elisha G. Snider was born on 3 August 1805, in Marion, West Virginia, United States, his father, Joseph M. Snider, was 26 and his mother, Charlotte Titus, was 25. He married Nancy Downs on 2 March 1827, in Harrison, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Marion, Virginia, United States in 1850 and District 4, Mason, Virginia, United States in 1860. He died on 7 December 1890, in Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Farmington, Marion, West Virginia, United States.
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- Elisha G Snider, "United States Census, 1870"
- Elisha Snider, "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971"
- Elisha Snider, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Schneider ‘tailor’ and of its Slavicized (Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, and Croatian) form Šnajder (Czech mostly Šnajdr). The Slovenian and Croatian surname is in most cases derived from the dialect loanword šnajder ‘tailor’. Compare Sneider 1 and Snyder 1.
Dutch: variant, mostly Americanized, of Snieder or Snijder ‘tailor’ (see Snyder 2).
In some cases probably also an Americanized form of Slovenian Žnider: variant of Žnidar, from žnidar ‘tailor’, an archaic word of German origin (see Schneider , compare 1 above and Znidarsic ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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