Susanna Josephine Snidow

Brief Life History of Susanna Josephine

When Susanna Josephine Snidow was born on 21 January 1855, in Giles, Virginia, United States, her father, George W. Snidow Jr, was 30 and her mother, Elmira Minerva Williams, was 21. She married Charles David King on 22 February 1888, in Blountville, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Pembroke, Giles, Virginia, United States in 1870 and Pearisburg, Giles, Virginia, United States in 1910. She died on 29 November 1926, in Giles, Virginia, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Pearisburg, Giles, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles David King
1853–1917
Susanna Josephine Snidow
1855–1926
Marriage: 22 February 1888
William McDonald King
1888–1889

Sources (26)

  • Susan Snidow in household of James Williams, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Josie T. King, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • Josie S Snidow, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"

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World Events (8)

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of Dutch Snider ‘tailor’, or of the German cognate Schneider .

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

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