John Michael Snow, Sr

 Carroll County Snow

The Snow Family of Carroll County, Arkansas

by Phillip Snow

Thanks Phillip!

Where do you start? This website is devoted to the finding and exploration of our heritage, both past and future. What we were is what we will be. I enjoy meeting new cousins, who feel the need to understand our roots and in finding out more about from whence we came and how we did it.

Snow Family History:

Most of the Snow’s first came to Carroll Co., AR after the death of father, John Snow, Sr. (born in NC about 1780) in Meigs Co., TN, February of 1845. John’s children, who moved their families to Carroll Co., AR were, from the eldest:

1. Elizabeth J. Snow and husband, James B. Qualls and nine children,

2. Thomas Snow and his wife Rebecca and six children,

3. William Lowery Snow and his wife Margaret Jane Rogers Snow and four children,

5. Frances Snow and her husband John Smith and one child,

7. Martha Jane Snow and her husband John R. Sykes and no children,

8. Francis Marion Snow, who married Sarah Jane McCollough after arriving in AR, and

9. John Snow, Jr., who married Mary Smith after arriving in AR.

One of John Sr’s sons stayed in Rhea Co., TN and raised his family there. He was Pleasant Henderson (fourth son, sixth child) and wife Nancy C. Sykes. They had eleven children.

Two other of John Sr.’s sons, Samuel (second son, third child) and James (youngest son and child) migrated to Upshur Co., in East TX.

It is not known where John Sr.’s wife Elizabeth lived until she died in 1866 in TN. It is also not know where she is buried, although I suspect it is in Old Ogden (also know as Snow) Cemetery in Ogden, Rhea Co., TN. Pleasant Snow donated land for the church and cemetery there and his son, James, was the first preacher.

Many of us believe that John Sr.’s roots in NC were from those of Constance Hopkins, of the Mayflower, who married Nicholas Snow in MA in the 1600s, paralleling the migratory path of Revolutionary War soldier Ebenezer Snow from DE to NC to TN and then his decendants to Newton Co., AR our neighboring county to the southeast. There are others who are convinced we came from Orange Co., VA and came to America through Jamestown. Documentation is scarce and the issue will always be debatable.

The religious and educational roots of the Snow family were fundamentalist Baptist, as were most pioneers of this time. As a result they found a need to establish a church and school for their community. The Snow church was formed to support the families in and around the Osage Valley of Carroll Co. William Lowery Snow was a founder and preached and taught there as did many others to follow to this day.

I hope you enjoy browsing this website and learn from it what you seek.

Credits:

Much of the published history of this family started with the work of Jim Lair in his newspaper articles and books (An Outlander’s History of Carroll County Arkansas, 1983, Walsworth Publishing Company and Carroll County Families, They Were the First, 1991, Carroll County Historical Society and Taylor Publishing Co.)

Original Photographs and other material can be contributed by those wanting to do so and will be given credit for the contribution. Most of the pictures that I post are from my Grandmother Love Snow Mathis’ collection, which I inherited from her.

Regards,

Phillip Eugene Snow

From the W. L. Snow family Bible

In the possession of Ron Snow, Mississippi State University:

The marriage yielded 13 children of which 2 died unnamed in infancy.

Births

Wm. L Snow was born January 9th AD 1817

Margaret Jane Snow was born November 3 AD 1821

Thomas J. Snow was born November 11, AD 1838

Sarah Jane Snow was born July 22, AD 1837

Nancy E. Snow was born October 31, AD 1841

Mary E. Snow was born May 9, AD 1844

John B. Snow was born April 6, 1847

Samuel A. Snow was born March 29, AD 1852

Margaret E. Snow was born March 14, AD 1855

James Franklin Snow was born March 17, AD 1858

Pleasant Henderson Snow was born September 8, AD 1861

Francis Calvin Snow was born May 15, AD 1865

William A. Snow was born December 3, 1849

Births

Wm. L. Snow and Margaret Jane Snow lived together as husband and wife 50 years two months and 14 days. We had a glorious union during that time.

Margaret Adeline Miller was born July the first day 1873 Margaret Adeline Miller was married to Henry Ambrais November 24, 1895

F. C Snow was married to Fannie Henry Aug. 29, '97

Marriages

Wm. L Snow and Margaret Jane Rogers was married September 29th AD 1836

Thomas J. Snow was married to Mahaley Seals May the 4, AD 1857.

Nancy Elizabeth Snow was married to W. R. Miller December the 23, AD 1860.

John B. Snow was married to Margaret Ann Poiner, March the 10 AD 1867.

Mary E. Snow was married to Alexander B. Cathey February 27th AD 1868.

Wm Andrew Snow was married to Sarah Jane Jones February 25th AD 1872.

Samuel A. Snow was married to Elizabeth Duncan May 10, 1874

Margaret Emily Snow was married to John Hill October 11 AD 1874

Mary Miller was married to Albert Felton December 24, 1882.

Pleasant H. Snow was married to Julie Anderson December 22, AD 1885.

Wm. L Snow was married to Sarah Wisdom, August 13, AD 1887.

W. L. Snow was married to M. L. Russell March 18, AD 1889.

Deaths

Sarah Jane Snow

Departed this life November 7, AD 1837, aged 3 months & 17 days

Thomas J. Snow departed

This life August 3rd AD 1858

Nancy Elizabeth Miller, the daughter of W. L. Snow & Margaret J. Snow departed

This life January 22nd AD 1874, aged 32 years, 2 months & 22 days.

My Dear Wife Margaret Jane Snow Departed this life December 13, 1886, aged 65 years, one month and ten days

William Lowery Snow departed this life January 13, 1897 aged 80 years and 4 days old

My Wife's father

Andrew Rogers Departed this life September 5, AD 1836

John Snow, Sr. Departed this life February 2, AD, 1845

Brother John Snow, Jr. Departed this life Nov. 10, AD 1862

My old Mother Elizabeth Snow Departed this life October 5th AD 1866, aged 76 years.

Obituary for William Lowery Snow:

                    IN MEMORIAM.

He has gone to the land of eternal delight,
In fields celestial to roam.
Though our aching hearts throb
And the tears dim our eyes.
We know the bright angels
Who dwell in the skies,
Are glad to welcome him home.
Brother we long for they presence again,
And hope to meet on the shore,
Of that beautiful land
Where the freed spirit flies away
To its heavenly home in the skies,
And never to part any more.
William L. Snow was born in Rhone Co., East Tenn. Jan. 13th, 1817, and departed this life at his home in Carroll Co., Ark. Jan. 13th 1897 at the age of 80 years and 4 days. Bro. Snow immigrated to this country more than 40 years ago and soon after he came here embraced Christ as his Savior and was baptized into the fellowship of the Baptist Church of Christ by Eld. Isaac Standlee.

His funeral was preached by Brother Isaac Standlee followed by the writer and Eld. W. S. Purselly on the 4th Sunday in June to a congregation of between seven hundred and a thousand people at the Snow school house. The best of order prevailed through both services, morning and afternoon; the interest was great -- tears of gratitude and sympathy flowed freely from the eyes of hundreds who new and loved Bro. Snow.

Bro. Snow, amid the conflicts and difficulties of a pioneer life, lived a consistent Christian and died in the triumph of a living faith. Notwithstanding Bro. Snow had never been able to amass a fortune, yet by industry and economy he had accumulated enough of this world's goods to make him comfortable in his old age and to have a nice little amount for each of his children and his wife. Bro. Snow leaves a wife, six sons, two daughters, many grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn his loss, while he has gone to meet a loving wife and three dear children who have proceeded him to the glory land.

He was a kind husband, a loving father, a good neighbor, and a friend to the poor. In the death of Bro. Snow, the church has lost a faithful member but Her loss is his eternal gain. May the Lord, in due time answer the prayers of Bro. Snow in the salvation of his remaining unsaved children and grandchildren, and now may the blessings of heaven rest on the bereaved ones is my earnest prayer. Leaves have their time to fall, and flowers wither at the North wind's breath, and stars to set - but all - thou hast ALL seasons for thine own, oh Death.

Your brother in Christ,

I. D. Lamb

View Family Record of: John Snow Sr.

View Family Record of: James B. Qualls

View Family Record of: William Lowery Snow

View Family Record of: Thomas Snow

View Family Record of: Samuel Snow

View Family Record of: John Smith

View Family Record of: Pleasant Henderson Snow

Carroll County Snow Scrapbook

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Item #1 William Andrew Snow Family:

William Andrew Snow, the fourth (of seven) son and the sixth (of eleven) child of William Lowery and Margaret Jane Rogers Snow.

This was taken around 1910, shortly before many of the family went to the Northwest to ID and OR. Corrections to the labeling of this picture:

4. Lena Bunch Snow

7. Sue Ann Bunch, Daughter of Mark and Amanda Alice Snow Bunch.

8. Elda Snow for sure

This picture came from Nelita Snow, a member of the Ft. Worth Genealogical Society.

Submitted by Phillip Snow.

Item #2 Snow Church:

This church was founded by William Lowery Snow (1817, Rhea Co., TN - 1897, Carroll Co., AR), son of John Snow, Sr. (1780-85 NC - 1845 Meigs Co., TN).

This picture came from Nelita Snow, a member of the Ft. Worth Genealogical Society.

Submitted by Phillip Snow.

Item #3 Grave Site:

This is the graves site for William Lowery (1817 - 1897) and Margaret Jane Rogers (1821 - 1886) Snow on the old Snow homestead not far from the Snow Church.

While he was a founder of the Snow Church, School and Cemetery, he and his wife were not buried there, because Margaret Jane was of Cherokee descent or so the story goes.

Her sister (Melvina Rogers Wirick, 1825 - 1875) who died 11 years before Margaret Jane is buried at the Snow Church. Margaret Jane evidently was a practicing Cherokee.

Submitted by Phillip Snow.

Item #4 Grave Markers of William Lowery Snow and Margaret Jane Snow:

The graves are located on the old Snow homestead, 1 mi. E. and 1.75 mi. N. of Cabanol, Carroll Co., AR. Last owner I know of was Riley Snow.

The inscription on William Lowery's stone says under the Mason symbol,'Wm L. SNOW, BORN, Jan. 9, 1817, DIED, Jan. 13, 1897, AGED, 80 years and 4 days.'

The inscription on Margaret Jane Snow's stone says, 'Margaret Jane Snow, BORN Nov. 3, 1821, DIED Dec. 13,1886, AGED 65 years 1 month and 10 days.'

Submitted by Phillip Snow.

Item #5 Snow Cemetery Entrance:

Submitted by Phillip Snow. Item #6 Grave Marker of John Boone Snow, Snow Cemetery:

John was the 2nd son of William Lowery and Margaret Jane Rogers Snow.

Submitted by Phillip Snow. Item #7 Grave Marker of J. Frank Snow, Snow Cemetery:

James Franklin Snow was the 5th son of William Lowery and Margaret Jane Rogers Snow.

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