Ellen "Nellie" Snouffer

1856 - 1944  (87 years)

• Name	Ellen "Nellie" Snouffer  [1, 2, 3]
  Nickname	Nellie
  Born	10 Sep 1856	Jefferson, Frederick Cnty, MD   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Christened	25 Dec 1856	Jefferson, Frederick Cnty, MD   [2]
  Gender	Female
  AFN	2T6K-XSJ
  Died	26 Jul 1944	Washington, D.C.   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Buried	29 Jul 1944	Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, MD   [3, 6]
  Person ID	I339	SnoufferCampbell
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2010

  
  

  Father	George Washington Snouffer,   b. 3 Dec 1824, Frederick Cnty, MD ,   d. 3 Dec 1893, Frederick Cnty, MD  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Ellen Thomas,   b. 11 Sep 1827, Frederick Cnty, MD ,   d. 8 May 1858, Frederick Cnty, MD  (Age 30 years)
  Marriage License Date	8 Jan 1846	Frederick Cnty, MD   [7]
  Married	Aft 8 Jan 1846	Frederick Cnty, MD   [2, 7, 8]
  Family ID	F93	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The 1870 Maryland census shows "Ellen" as 10 [sic] years old, born in Maryland, living at home with her father and siblings. «i» 1870 U.S. Census«/i», Adamstown P.O., Frederick Cnty, MD (M 593, Roll 586, stamped p. 23) According to Wm. J. Grove, «i»HISTORY OF CARROLLTON MANOR«/i», p. 262 (1928), "Miss Nellie Snouffer" served on the "Committee of Reception" at the "Basket Pic-Nic ... held in Mr. Curtis Thomas' Woods, near Adamstown, on Wednesday, September 3d, 1879." The 1880 census lists Nellie, 23 years old, "keeping house" for her father "Snauffer, George W," sister Fannie and sister Ida and her husband John H. Yeakey [indexed as "Yukey"], her father's cousin, and a black servant and 3 black farm laborers.«i» 1880 U.S. Census,«/i» Buckeystown Dist, Frederick Cnty, MD (T 9, Roll 509, stamped p. 5). The «i»1930 BOYD'S DIRECTORY, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA«/i», p. 1430 (R.L. Polk & Co. 1930), lists "Nellie" Snouffer as living at 1356 Kenyon, NW. The 1930 census lists Eleanor "Nellie" Snouffer, 72, living with her sister Fannie Chiswell, a 71 year old widow. «i»1930 U.S. Census, «/i»Washington, D.C. (T 626, Roll 300, ED 287, p. 10B). Obituary, «i»The Frederick [MD] Post«/i» , p. 5 (31 Jul 1944), and «i»The News«/i» [Frederick, MD], p. 5 (31 Jul 1944): «tab»"Miss Nellie Snouffer, a resident of Washington, D. C., for the past 50 years, died there Wednesday, July 26 of complications [sic], aged 88 years. «tab»"She was a daughter of the late George W. and Elizabeth E. Thomas Snouffer of Frederick County. Surviving is one sister, Mrs. Joseph Chiswell, of Washington. E. N. Snouffer of Buckeystown was a cousin of the deceased. She was a member of the Lutheran Church. «tab»"Funeral services were held Saturday [29 Jul].... Interment was made in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Frederick...."

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] WASH DC Census 1930|, Washington, D.C., 1930 U.S. Census, (The National Archives, Washington, D.C.), (T626, Roll 300, ED 287, p. 10B) (Reliability: 2). [S32] RootsWeb WC - MD Families|, Nancy Jacobsen, "Maryland Families", (RootsWeb World Connect Project, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=6105334 ; Email: njacobsen@charter.net : Jan 2008). [S37] Ancestry Tree - Mann|, James D. Hug, "Mann_2011-12-09", (Ancestry.com, Public Member Tree, Online database, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/33020986/listofallpeople). [S53] Myers, Margaret E.|, Margaret E. Myers, "Report to Wm. N. Snouffer" : 26 Feb 1986, (Margaret E. Myers, 317 East 3d St, Frederick MD 21701). [S31] Thomas, G.L.|, George Leicester Thomas, GENEALOGY OF THE ENGLISH THOMAS FAMILY, (G.L.Thomas, Adamstown, MD : 1956), p. 93 (Reliability: 3). [S486] Funeral Notice|, Funeral Notice, 31 Jul 1944 (Reliability: 3). [S52] Myers Marriages 3|, Margaret E. Myers, MARRIAGE LICENSES OF FREDERICK COUNTY [MD], 1841-1865, (Family Line Publications, Westminster, MD : 1988), pp.217,233. [S31] Thomas, G.L.|, George Leicester Thomas, GENEALOGY OF THE ENGLISH THOMAS FAMILY, (G.L.Thomas, Adamstown, MD : 1956), p. 91.