When Elizabeth Musser Snavely was born on 1 December 1762, in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Hans Musser, was 24 and her mother, Elizabeth Bentley, was 20. She married John Adam Snavely on 15 December 1777, in Wythe, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. She died on 23 February 1826, in Virginia, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Scott Cemetery, Smyth, Virginia, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
Pennsylvania was always against slavery, even though the first settlers, including Penn, came with slaves. Slavery was not prominent in the area.
Americanized form of Swiss German Schneebeli or Schnebli: nickname for a white-haired man, from derivative of Middle High German snē, snēw ‘snow’. Compare Schnebly and Snively .
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