Martha Lewis Snell

Brief Life History of Martha Lewis

When Martha Lewis Snell was born in 1811, in Scott, Kentucky, United States, her father, Louden Snell, was 37 and her mother, Judith Dicken, was 33. She married Henry Clay Keene on 18 March 1849, in Franklin, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Texas, United States in 1870 and Justice Precinct 4, Kinney, Texas, United States in 1880. She died on 24 February 1899, in Ivanhoe, Fannin, Texas, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Ivanhoe, Fannin, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Clay Keene
1795–1857
Martha Lewis Snell
1811–1899
Marriage: 18 March 1849
Zarelda Keene
1827–1894
Sarah Jane Keene
1829–1898
Samuel Louden Keene
1830–1889
John T H Keene
1833–1909
Elizabeth Hopewell Keene
1834–1898
Judith Keene
1837–1860
Henry Clay Keene
1838–1872
George Washington Keene
1840–1895
Hopewell Keene
1842–1862
Nancy Lee Keene
1843–
Richard K "Dick" Keene
1846–1929
Joseph Todd Keene
1849–1932
Martha Frances (Mattie) Keene
1851–
James Robert Keene I
1854–1895

Sources (12)

  • M L Pafford in household of Randolph Pafford, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Mattie Snell, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Martha Pafford, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1812 · Kentucky Bend Created

During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English: nickname for a quick, lively, or courageous person, from Middle English snel(l) ‘swift, vivacious, brisk, bold’ (Old English snel(l), Old Norse snjallr). See also Sneller , Snelling .

English: from the Middle English personal name Snel(l) (Old English Snell, Old Norse Snjallr, with the same origins as the nickname above).

Americanized form of German Schnell ‘quick’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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