Born in Tennessee in October of 1883, to James Austin Poplin and Susan Alphonsus Eaton, by age 16, Stella and her family of 10 were living in Cass County, Texas. Two years later, at 18, she married Oscar Belton Snelgrove, who had been born and raised in Cass County. At age 27 during the 1910 Census, she was a young wife with two daughters and a son. Her husband's father, three younger brothers and widowed aunt all lived with the family. By 1920, something had gone terribly wrong and she is separated from her husband and children, living with her parents and listed as a widow, even though her husband was alive and well. Sometime in January of 1924, Stella was committed to Rusk State Hospital in Cherokee County, Texas. She died at 8:30 am, 2 years and 3 months after she arrived. The cause of death is stated as "General Paralysis of Insane" and the contributory cause is "Brain syphilis" although it is likely neither she nor her family was ever aware of the cause of her insanity. She is listed on her death certificate as a widow. Stella was buried in the "Asylum Cemetery" the day after she died. Her husband married his second wife on 26 November 1926, seven months after Stella died.
Born in Tennessee in October of 1883, to James Austin Poplin and Susan Alphonsus Eaton, by age 16, Stella and her family of 10 were living in Cass County, Texas. Two years later, at 18, she married Oscar Belton Snelgrove, who had been born and raised in Cass County. At age 27 during the 1910 Census, she was a young wife with two daughters and a son. Her husband's father, three younger brothers and widowed aunt all lived with the family. By 1920, something had gone terribly wrong and she is separated from her husband and children, living with her parents and listed as a widow, even though her husband was alive and well. Sometime in January of 1924, Stella was committed to Rusk State Hospital in Cherokee County, Texas. She died at 8:30 am, 2 years and 3 months after she arrived. The cause of death is stated as "General Paralysis of Insane" and the contributory cause is "Brain syphilis" although it is likely neither she nor her family was ever aware of the cause of her insanity. She is listed on her death certificate as a widow. Stella was buried in the "Asylum Cemetery" the day after she died. Her husband married his second wife on 26 November 1926, seven months after Stella died.
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