Son of William Snelling 1764 – 1815 and Sarah "Sally" Scott 1766 – 1849, both of Virginia. Husband of Frances Burrus, the daughter of Roger Tandy Burrus. They were married 20 Sep 1814 in Caldwell, Kentucky and had the following children:
* Sarah Ann Snelling, Mrs White 1816-1852
* Roger Benjamin Snelling 1821-1893
* William S Snelling 1821-1858
* Charles V Snelling 1823-1864
* Cynthia Snelling, Mrs Robert Combs 1825-1901
* Jemima, Mrs David Warren 1831-1925
* Frances Rebecca, Mrs Addison Draper 1833-1902
* Benjamin Snelling 1836-1923
In 1849 Benjamin Snelling and family (three sons William Snelling, Ben Snelling, Charles Snelling and daughter Jamima Snelling Warren) came to California from Missouri in a covered wagon. Benjamin Snelling's mother, age 80, was also in the party but died of cholera about a week after the party left Missouri and was buried on the way.
His daughter Jamima, age 16, was on her honeymoon with her husband Dr. D.B. Warren, one of the train doctors.
When California was reached the Snelling family divided from the main train and decided to settle on the Merced River in Mariposa County. However, before their destination was reached, Jamima Warren, a bride of ten months, gave birth to a daughter on Sunday, Christmas Day 1849. This occurred in the town of Mariposa. Few Americans had entered Mariposa County at this time. What few people there were mostly Spanish. Colonel Fremont was one of the men who came to see "the trail baby," the first white child born in the region. The baby was named Mariposa.
After Mariposa was several weeks old the two families, Snellings and Warrens, continued their journey to the Merced River, establishing the ranch, which later became a town and the first County Seat of the new County of Merced when it was cut off from Mariposa and organized in 1855.
So the town of Snelling started as the Snelling Ranch in January 1850.
Dr. Warren and the Snellings worked in the gold mines for a time, but finding no fortune in that direction they turned to other pursuits. Dr. Warren went back to his profession practicing medicine in the Snelling area for six years. He and Dr. Lewis, owner of the Snelling Hotel, were the first doctors in Mariposa County.
When Mariposa Warren was six years of age, her parents moved back to Missouri, returning by boat. Several years later her grandfather, Benjamin Snelling died in Snelling 1853 at the age of 66. His wife then moved back to Missouri.
Came the Civil War. Dr. Warren joined the southern forces, becoming a captain. In 1871 Dr. Warren and his family moved to Texas, where he died in 1905. Mariposa Warren married George McDonald, who died in 1924. He was a successful rancher and cattleman and a prominent pioneer of the Lone Star State. In 1924 Mariposa Warren McDonald of Palo Pinto Texas, age 80 (?) was a tourist guest in Merced at the Burn Auto Apartments on 17th Street. They visited Yosemite and Mariposa, her birthplace. Later touring California before returning to Texas.
* Charles Snelling, a son of Benjamin Snelling was killed in the Civil War.
* William Snelling, another son, was 19 when his parents arrived in California. He was born in 1830. He and his wife bought the Snelling Hotel from Dr. Lewis and conducted it until his death in 1869. He was shot to death in his hotel. The Snelling family gave the property where the Court House is built to the town.
* Ben Snelling, another son of Benjamin Snelling, was born about 1836. A few years, after his father's death, he migrated back to Missouri with his mother. There he married Mary J. Davis, a distant relative of Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States. They moved to Santa Rosa, California with six children, then to Roseburg, Oregon where three more children were born. Then they moved to Silver Lake, Oregon where Mary Snelling burned to death in the big Christmas party fire December 24, 1894. Their son Robert also died from burns as a result of the fire. A daughter, Clara, was also badly burned. After this disastrous fire Ben Snelling moved his family to Big Pines, California for 2 years and then to Genoa, Nevada, where he died at the age of 83. One of his daughters, Florence, married William J. Grey of Genoa, Nevada and later moved to Madison, California where they raised three daughters. One of their daughters, Roberta Gray married Milo Johnson, a dentist and lived in Burlingame, California. They had two children, Melvin Johnson, also a dentist, and Gayle Johnson Carroll wife of Raymond Earl Carroll.
From Jim McMillen's book about the descendants of William Snelling:
Benjamin was born 30 March 1791 in Nelson County, Kentucky, so he would have been about 62 1/2 years old at his death. He led a party of family and friends over the Southern Route to California from Johnson County, Missouri, and arrived on this site on the Merced River between 23 Oct 1849 and 5 Jan 1850, almost a full year earlier than most historians say. He and two sons had a successful ranching business and he bought "house of entertainment" in the town that sprang up and ran it as a hotel. He died interstate and his probate can be found n Mariposa County.
* Sarah Ann Snelling, Mrs White 1816-1852
* Roger Benjamin Snelling 1821-1893
* William S Snelling 1821-1858
* Charles V Snelling 1823-1864
* Cynthia Snelling, Mrs Robert Combs 1825-1901
* Jemima, Mrs David Warren 1831-1925
* Frances Rebecca, Mrs Addison Draper 1833-1902
* Benjamin Snelling 1836-1923
In 1849 Benjamin Snelling and family (three sons William Snelling, Ben Snelling, Charles Snelling and daughter Jamima Snelling Warren) came to California from Missouri in a covered wagon. Benjamin Snelling's mother, age 80, was also in the party but died of cholera about a week after the party left Missouri and was buried on the way.
His daughter Jamima, age 16, was on her honeymoon with her husband Dr. D.B. Warren, one of the train doctors.
When California was reached the Snelling family divided from the main train and decided to settle on the Merced River in Mariposa County. However, before their destination was reached, Jamima Warren, a bride of ten months, gave birth to a daughter on Sunday, Christmas Day 1849. This occurred in the town of Mariposa. Few Americans had entered Mariposa County at this time. What few people there were mostly Spanish. Colonel Fremont was one of the men who came to see "the trail baby," the first white child born in the region. The baby was named Mariposa.
After Mariposa was several weeks old the two families, Snellings and Warrens, continued their journey to the Merced River, establishing the ranch, which later became a town and the first County Seat of the new County of Merced when it was cut off from Mariposa and organized in 1855.
So the town of Snelling started as the Snelling Ranch in January 1850.
Dr. Warren and the Snellings worked in the gold mines for a time, but finding no fortune in that direction they turned to other pursuits. Dr. Warren went back to his profession practicing medicine in the Snelling area for six years. He and Dr. Lewis, owner of the Snelling Hotel, were the first doctors in Mariposa County.
When Mariposa Warren was six years of age, her parents moved back to Missouri, returning by boat. Several years later her grandfather, Benjamin Snelling died in Snelling 1853 at the age of 66. His wife then moved back to Missouri.
Came the Civil War. Dr. Warren joined the southern forces, becoming a captain. In 1871 Dr. Warren and his family moved to Texas, where he died in 1905. Mariposa Warren married George McDonald, who died in 1924. He was a successful rancher and cattleman and a prominent pioneer of the Lone Star State. In 1924 Mariposa Warren McDonald of Palo Pinto Texas, age 80 (?) was a tourist guest in Merced at the Burn Auto Apartments on 17th Street. They visited Yosemite and Mariposa, her birthplace. Later touring California before returning to Texas.
* Charles Snelling, a son of Benjamin Snelling was killed in the Civil War.
* William Snelling, another son, was 19 when his parents arrived in California. He was born in 1830. He and his wife bought the Snelling Hotel from Dr. Lewis and conducted it until his death in 1869. He was shot to death in his hotel. The Snelling family gave the property where the Court House is built to the town.
* Ben Snelling, another son of Benjamin Snelling, was born about 1836. A few years, after his father's death, he migrated back to Missouri with his mother. There he married Mary J. Davis, a distant relative of Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States. They moved to Santa Rosa, California with six children, then to Roseburg, Oregon where three more children were born. Then they moved to Silver Lake, Oregon where Mary Snelling burned to death in the big Christmas party fire December 24, 1894. Their son Robert also died from burns as a result of the fire. A daughter, Clara, was also badly burned. After this disastrous fire Ben Snelling moved his family to Big Pines, California for 2 years and then to Genoa, Nevada, where he died at the age of 83. One of his daughters, Florence, married William J. Grey of Genoa, Nevada and later moved to Madison, California where they raised three daughters. One of their daughters, Roberta Gray married Milo Johnson, a dentist and lived in Burlingame, California. They had two children, Melvin Johnson, also a dentist, and Gayle Johnson Carroll wife of Raymond Earl Carroll.
From Jim McMillen's book about the descendants of William Snelling:
Benjamin was born 30 March 1791 in Nelson County, Kentucky, so he would have been about 62 1/2 years old at his death. He led a party of family and friends over the Southern Route to California from Johnson County, Missouri, and arrived on this site on the Merced River between 23 Oct 1849 and 5 Jan 1850, almost a full year earlier than most historians say. He and two sons had a successful ranching business and he bought "house of entertainment" in the town that sprang up and ran it as a hotel. He died interstate and his probate can be found n Mariposa County.
Son of William Snelling 1764 – 1815 and Sarah "Sally" Scott 1766 – 1849, both of Virginia. Husband of Frances Burrus, the daughter of Roger Tandy Burrus. They were married 20 Sep 1814 in Caldwell, Kentucky and had the following children:
* Sarah Ann Snelling, Mrs White 1816-1852
* Roger Benjamin Snelling 1821-1893
* William S Snelling 1821-1858
* Charles V Snelling 1823-1864
* Cynthia Snelling, Mrs Robert Combs 1825-1901
* Jemima, Mrs David Warren 1831-1925
* Frances Rebecca, Mrs Addison Draper 1833-1902
* Benjamin Snelling 1836-1923
In 1849 Benjamin Snelling and family (three sons William Snelling, Ben Snelling, Charles Snelling and daughter Jamima Snelling Warren) came to California from Missouri in a covered wagon. Benjamin Snelling's mother, age 80, was also in the party but died of cholera about a week after the party left Missouri and was buried on the way.
His daughter Jamima, age 16, was on her honeymoon with her husband Dr. D.B. Warren, one of the train doctors.
When California was reached the Snelling family divided from the main train and decided to settle on the Merced River in Mariposa County. However, before their destination was reached, Jamima Warren, a bride of ten months, gave birth to a daughter on Sunday, Christmas Day 1849. This occurred in the town of Mariposa. Few Americans had entered Mariposa County at this time. What few people there were mostly Spanish. Colonel Fremont was one of the men who came to see "the trail baby," the first white child born in the region. The baby was named Mariposa.
After Mariposa was several weeks old the two families, Snellings and Warrens, continued their journey to the Merced River, establishing the ranch, which later became a town and the first County Seat of the new County of Merced when it was cut off from Mariposa and organized in 1855.
So the town of Snelling started as the Snelling Ranch in January 1850.
Dr. Warren and the Snellings worked in the gold mines for a time, but finding no fortune in that direction they turned to other pursuits. Dr. Warren went back to his profession practicing medicine in the Snelling area for six years. He and Dr. Lewis, owner of the Snelling Hotel, were the first doctors in Mariposa County.
When Mariposa Warren was six years of age, her parents moved back to Missouri, returning by boat. Several years later her grandfather, Benjamin Snelling died in Snelling 1853 at the age of 66. His wife then moved back to Missouri.
Came the Civil War. Dr. Warren joined the southern forces, becoming a captain. In 1871 Dr. Warren and his family moved to Texas, where he died in 1905. Mariposa Warren married George McDonald, who died in 1924. He was a successful rancher and cattleman and a prominent pioneer of the Lone Star State. In 1924 Mariposa Warren McDonald of Palo Pinto Texas, age 80 (?) was a tourist guest in Merced at the Burn Auto Apartments on 17th Street. They visited Yosemite and Mariposa, her birthplace. Later touring California before returning to Texas.
* Charles Snelling, a son of Benjamin Snelling was killed in the Civil War.
* William Snelling, another son, was 19 when his parents arrived in California. He was born in 1830. He and his wife bought the Snelling Hotel from Dr. Lewis and conducted it until his death in 1869. He was shot to death in his hotel. The Snelling family gave the property where the Court House is built to the town.
* Ben Snelling, another son of Benjamin Snelling, was born about 1836. A few years, after his father's death, he migrated back to Missouri with his mother. There he married Mary J. Davis, a distant relative of Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States. They moved to Santa Rosa, California with six children, then to Roseburg, Oregon where three more children were born. Then they moved to Silver Lake, Oregon where Mary Snelling burned to death in the big Christmas party fire December 24, 1894. Their son Robert also died from burns as a result of the fire. A daughter, Clara, was also badly burned. After this disastrous fire Ben Snelling moved his family to Big Pines, California for 2 years and then to Genoa, Nevada, where he died at the age of 83. One of his daughters, Florence, married William J. Grey of Genoa, Nevada and later moved to Madison, California where they raised three daughters. One of their daughters, Roberta Gray married Milo Johnson, a dentist and lived in Burlingame, California. They had two children, Melvin Johnson, also a dentist, and Gayle Johnson Carroll wife of Raymond Earl Carroll.
From Jim McMillen's book about the descendants of William Snelling:
Benjamin was born 30 March 1791 in Nelson County, Kentucky, so he would have been about 62 1/2 years old at his death. He led a party of family and friends over the Southern Route to California from Johnson County, Missouri, and arrived on this site on the Merced River between 23 Oct 1849 and 5 Jan 1850, almost a full year earlier than most historians say. He and two sons had a successful ranching business and he bought "house of entertainment" in the town that sprang up and ran it as a hotel. He died interstate and his probate can be found n Mariposa County.
* Sarah Ann Snelling, Mrs White 1816-1852
* Roger Benjamin Snelling 1821-1893
* William S Snelling 1821-1858
* Charles V Snelling 1823-1864
* Cynthia Snelling, Mrs Robert Combs 1825-1901
* Jemima, Mrs David Warren 1831-1925
* Frances Rebecca, Mrs Addison Draper 1833-1902
* Benjamin Snelling 1836-1923
In 1849 Benjamin Snelling and family (three sons William Snelling, Ben Snelling, Charles Snelling and daughter Jamima Snelling Warren) came to California from Missouri in a covered wagon. Benjamin Snelling's mother, age 80, was also in the party but died of cholera about a week after the party left Missouri and was buried on the way.
His daughter Jamima, age 16, was on her honeymoon with her husband Dr. D.B. Warren, one of the train doctors.
When California was reached the Snelling family divided from the main train and decided to settle on the Merced River in Mariposa County. However, before their destination was reached, Jamima Warren, a bride of ten months, gave birth to a daughter on Sunday, Christmas Day 1849. This occurred in the town of Mariposa. Few Americans had entered Mariposa County at this time. What few people there were mostly Spanish. Colonel Fremont was one of the men who came to see "the trail baby," the first white child born in the region. The baby was named Mariposa.
After Mariposa was several weeks old the two families, Snellings and Warrens, continued their journey to the Merced River, establishing the ranch, which later became a town and the first County Seat of the new County of Merced when it was cut off from Mariposa and organized in 1855.
So the town of Snelling started as the Snelling Ranch in January 1850.
Dr. Warren and the Snellings worked in the gold mines for a time, but finding no fortune in that direction they turned to other pursuits. Dr. Warren went back to his profession practicing medicine in the Snelling area for six years. He and Dr. Lewis, owner of the Snelling Hotel, were the first doctors in Mariposa County.
When Mariposa Warren was six years of age, her parents moved back to Missouri, returning by boat. Several years later her grandfather, Benjamin Snelling died in Snelling 1853 at the age of 66. His wife then moved back to Missouri.
Came the Civil War. Dr. Warren joined the southern forces, becoming a captain. In 1871 Dr. Warren and his family moved to Texas, where he died in 1905. Mariposa Warren married George McDonald, who died in 1924. He was a successful rancher and cattleman and a prominent pioneer of the Lone Star State. In 1924 Mariposa Warren McDonald of Palo Pinto Texas, age 80 (?) was a tourist guest in Merced at the Burn Auto Apartments on 17th Street. They visited Yosemite and Mariposa, her birthplace. Later touring California before returning to Texas.
* Charles Snelling, a son of Benjamin Snelling was killed in the Civil War.
* William Snelling, another son, was 19 when his parents arrived in California. He was born in 1830. He and his wife bought the Snelling Hotel from Dr. Lewis and conducted it until his death in 1869. He was shot to death in his hotel. The Snelling family gave the property where the Court House is built to the town.
* Ben Snelling, another son of Benjamin Snelling, was born about 1836. A few years, after his father's death, he migrated back to Missouri with his mother. There he married Mary J. Davis, a distant relative of Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States. They moved to Santa Rosa, California with six children, then to Roseburg, Oregon where three more children were born. Then they moved to Silver Lake, Oregon where Mary Snelling burned to death in the big Christmas party fire December 24, 1894. Their son Robert also died from burns as a result of the fire. A daughter, Clara, was also badly burned. After this disastrous fire Ben Snelling moved his family to Big Pines, California for 2 years and then to Genoa, Nevada, where he died at the age of 83. One of his daughters, Florence, married William J. Grey of Genoa, Nevada and later moved to Madison, California where they raised three daughters. One of their daughters, Roberta Gray married Milo Johnson, a dentist and lived in Burlingame, California. They had two children, Melvin Johnson, also a dentist, and Gayle Johnson Carroll wife of Raymond Earl Carroll.
From Jim McMillen's book about the descendants of William Snelling:
Benjamin was born 30 March 1791 in Nelson County, Kentucky, so he would have been about 62 1/2 years old at his death. He led a party of family and friends over the Southern Route to California from Johnson County, Missouri, and arrived on this site on the Merced River between 23 Oct 1849 and 5 Jan 1850, almost a full year earlier than most historians say. He and two sons had a successful ranching business and he bought "house of entertainment" in the town that sprang up and ran it as a hotel. He died interstate and his probate can be found n Mariposa County.
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B. SNELLING
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