Mary (Waller) Snow (1815 - abt. 1894)

Born 9 Mar 1815 in Roane County, Tennessee, USA

Ancestors

Wife of William Thomas Snow — married 20 Jan 1835 in Roane County, Tennessee, USA

Descendants

Died about 8 Nov 1894 at about age 79 in Tiptonville, Lake County, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

Mary Waller was born on March 9, 1815, in Roane County, Tennessee, USA. She was the daughter of:

Father: William WALLER b: 8 May 1775 in Henry Co., Virginia

Mother: Mary BARKSDALE b: 6 May 1783 in Henry Co., Virginia

The Waller family had moved from Virginia to Roane County, Tennessee after they married in February 1803. They were most-likely Baptists as marriages were usually arranged through country churches at that time and place and the Snow family attended the Roane Co., Baptist church.

On January 20, 1835, Mary Waller, 19 years old, married widower, William Thomas Snow, b: 1809 in Surry Co., NC, as his 2nd wife. He had a baby girl, born just before her mother had died. The couple initially lived in Roane County where their first 2 children George-Washington Snow and Elizabeth Snow, were born.

In about 1838, Mary and William T. Snow moved 75 miles south from Roane County to Hamilton County (outside Chattanooga), Tennessee. He bought land there and established a large plantation in the township that came to be known as "Snow Hill," east of today's Harrison Bay State Park, Tennessee. He built a beautiful brick 3-story house with walls 2 feet thick and became a self-styled "Southern gentleman" with beautiful horses and slaves. In the 1850s William Snow was the High Sheriff of Hamilton County, Tennessee. ^[1]

Mary (Waller) and William T. Snow had 10 more children in Snow Hill, Hamilton County, Tennessee (12 total):^[2]

1. George W. Snow b: 12 JUN 1836 in Roane Co, Tennessee
2. Elizabeth Snow b: 1837 in Roane Co, Tennessee
3. Isaac Bird Snow b: 1839 in Ooltewah Twp., Hamilton Co., TN
4. Sarah Snow b: 20 MAR 1841 Ooltewah Twp., Hamilton Co., TN
5. Lewis Hetsell Snow b: 1843 in Snow-Hill, Hamilton Co., TN
6. James Knox Polk Snow b: 14 OCT 1844 in Hamilton Co., TN
7. Tennessee "Tennie" Ann Snow b: 9 APR 1847 Hamilton Co., TN
8. Emily Texas Snow b: 1849 in Snow-Hill, Hamilton Co., TN
9. William Snow b: 27 FEB 1852 in Snow-Hill, Hamilton Co., TN
10. Elsie Savannah Snow b: 20 AUG 1854 in Hamilton Co., TN
11. John Barksdale Snow b: 3 JUL 1857 in Hamilton Co., TN
12. Laura Matilda Snow b: 13 AUG 1859 in Hamilton Co., TN

When the "War Between the States" (US Civil War) broke out in 1861, William T. Snow was a zealous supporter of the Confederacy. He was already 52 years old but formed neighboring farmers into Company B of the 1st Tennessee Cavalry at Cleveland, TN, enlisting on August 7, 1861. He resigned his Captain's commission on May 12, 1862, citing "ill health," and his troop was integrated into Carter's 1st Tennessee Regiment. His two sons: George and James continued to fight as privates.^[3]

The Confederacy's loss was an enormous blow to Captain William T. Snow, who never reconciled himself to its defeat. At the end of the war, his defiant attitude led to conflicts with his neighbors and the entire Snow "clan" decided it would be better to sell their local holdings and re-locate elsewhere. They moved across the state (340 miles) to Tiptonville, Lake County, Tennessee. William and Mary (Waller) Snow settled near the town of Tiptonville when it was still in Obion County. That district was split in 1870 and Snow's land was part of the new Lake County that emerged. His son remained in Obion County until 1871 when he and his growing family rejoined his parents and siblings in Lake County.

Still active in politics, when Lake County was formed in 1870, William T. Snow was elected its first Trustee ("county commissioner"). He had previously been initiated into the "Harmony Masonic Lodge," Tiptonville, Tennessee, on April 4, 1867. He and Mary (Waller) Snow were loyal members of the Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church. ^[4]

William Thomas Snow died on his farm near Tiptonville on December 1, 1876; his health no doubt worsened by the unexpected death of his son, George-Washington Snow, on September 28, the same year, while on a visit to his parents' home in Tennessee. William T. Snow was buried at the Cronanville Cemetery, Lake County, Tennessee, USA, near his son. He was 67 years old.

William's wife, Mary (Waller) Snow, survived her husband's passing. She died in Tiptonville, Tennessee, on November 8, 1894, and was buried next to her husband and 3 of her sons in the Cronanville Cemetery, Lake County, Tennessee, USA.^[5][6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Lawrence County, Arkansas: George W. & Mary Elder Snow" pg. 200. Excerpt from a Google Book.
2. ↑ [My Husband's Arkansas Ancestors on RootsWeb - George Washington Snow
3. ↑ "Lawrence County, Arkansas: George W. & Mary Elder Snow" pg. 200. Excerpt from a Google Book.
4. ↑ "Lawrence County, Arkansas: George W. & Mary Elder Snow" pg. 200. Excerpt from a Google Book.
5. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 47619939 - William Thomas Snow
6. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 47620591 - Mary Waller Snow Gravestone photos confirm dates.

• "Mounger, Monger and Allied families" (El Reno, Oklahoma: compiled by Louise F. Wilcox, 1991). Repository: Family History Libraries or Family History Centers, USA.