Isaac Snuffer

1826 - 1901  (74 years)

• Name	Isaac Snuffer  [1]
  Born	26 Jun 1826	Montgomery (now Floyd) Cnty, VA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  AFN	2T6G-X3R
  Occupation	Agriculture - Farmer
  Occupation	Business - Grist mill owner
  Occupation	Government - Road Surveyor
  Died	12 Mar 1901	Raleigh Cnty, WV   [2, 3]
  Buried	13 Mar 1901	Snuffer Cem, Glen White, Raleigh Cnty, WV   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I294	SnoufferCampbell
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2012

  
  

  Father	John Snauffer / Snuffer,   b. 24 Mar 1785, Berks Cnty, PA ,   d. 1851, Franklin Cnty, VA  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Hannah Huff,   b. Abt 1795, Franklin Cnty, VA ,   d. Abt Jan 1851, Franklin Cnty, VA  (Age ~ 56 years)
  Married	1 Jun 1816	Franklin Cnty, VA   [4]
  Family ID	F88	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Malinda Rakes,   b. 25 Oct 1830, Patrick Cty, VA ,   d. 20 Dec 1924, Botetourt Cnty, VA  (Age 94 years)
  Married	2 Mar 1848  [5]
  Children	+ 1. Samuel Jackson Snuffer,   b. 28 Sep 1849, Franklin Cnty, VA ,   d. 29 Nov 1921, Montgomery Cnty, VA  (Age 72 years)   2. John William Snuffer,   b. 18 Aug 1851,   d. 20 Aug 1924  (Age 73 years)   3. Christopher Columbus "Lum" Snuffer,   b. 10 Oct 1853,   d. Jul 1942  (Age 88 years)   4. George Washington Snuffer,   b. 14 Feb 1856,   d. 9 May 1926  (Age 70 years) + 5. Elizabeth Lucinda Snuffer,   b. 3 Nov 1858,   d. 2 Feb 1943  (Age 84 years) + 6. Richard Marion Snuffer,   b. 18 Dec 1861, Raleigh Cnty, WV ,   d. 19 Nov 1937, Beckley, Raleigh Cnty, WV  (Age 75 years)   7. Peter Tazewell Snuffer,   b. 30 Aug 1864,   d. 21 Nov 1940  (Age 76 years) + 8. James Henry Snuffer,   b. 12 Apr 1868, Raleigh Cnty, WV ,   d. 4 Apr 1937, Wallowa, Wallowa Cnty, OR  (Age 68 years) + 9. Isaac Flora Snuffer,   b. 10 Jul 1870,   d. 20 Oct 1946  (Age 76 years)
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2012
  Family ID	F89	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "When Isaac Snuffer was born -- 26 June 1826 -- The Declaration of Independence was 50 years old....*** "Like his brothers and sisters, Isaac was born at the Head of the River in Montgomery County, Va. (now Floyd). "When he was about 11 years old, his family moved to the head of Rennet Bag Creek in Franklin county, and there he grew to maturity. *** "After Isaac and Malinda (Rakes) Snuffer were married, 2 March 1848, they ... settled ... alongside her parents in Patrick on Poplar Camp Creek. That's where the census taker found them when he made is rounds in 1850. Isaac was 23, a farmer; Malinda was 20 and illiterate.... [They were parents to 9 children.] *** "[By 1901] Isaac Snuffer was dead, a victim of 'la grippe,' 12 March 1901. He was 74 years old. The following day he was buried in the family cemetery on the ridge between Glen White and Lester [WV]. *** " Jim Wood, THE SNUFFERS, pp. 143-150. For a detailed discussion of Isaac and his family, see THE SNUFFERS, Ch's. 13 & 14 (1989). According to the West Virginia Deaths Index, Isaac Snuffer died 12 Mar 1901 in Serveyor [sic], Raleigh Cnty, WV. He was 78 [sic], married, and a farmer.

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Snuffers|, James L. Wood, Jr., THE SNUFFERS, (BJW Printers; Beckley, WV : 1989), 929.273Sn72., pp. 75, 143. [S10] Snuffers|, James L. Wood, Jr., THE SNUFFERS, (BJW Printers; Beckley, WV : 1989), 929.273Sn72., p.150. [S816] WV Deaths Index, 1853-1973|, Anonymous, West Virginia County Court Records, (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT; Online database, West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973, https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2568). [S10] Snuffers|, James L. Wood, Jr., THE SNUFFERS, (BJW Printers; Beckley, WV : 1989), 929.273Sn72., p. 73. [S10] Snuffers|, James L. Wood, Jr., THE SNUFFERS, (BJW Printers; Beckley, WV : 1989), 929.273Sn72., pp. 75,144.