Son of Benjamin Snelling and Frances Burrus. Husband of Mary Davis, and father of:
* John B Snelling 1862–
* J D Snelling 1866–
* Robert E Snelling 1870–1894
* Benjamin L Snelling 1872–1941
* Fred Lee Snelling 1875–1937
* Florence M Snelling, Mrs William Grey 1876–1906
* Hurbert Snelling 1880–
* Clara M Snelling, Mrs Ed Ray 1883–1941
* Solon M Snelling 1886-1974
Ben Snelling, son of Benjamin Snelling who founded Snelling, California, 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.
Wally Adams, the sexton in Genoa in 2015, tells the tale of how the family moved there so far back his grandfather remembered them, his father as well. Clara was so badly burned the children of the the town were terrified of her, her face had little to no skin remaining, yet she was the nicest woman his father had ever met.
In 1910, one of the small town's citizens lit a candle, trying to rid himself of the bedbugs, and placed the candle under his bed. The result was the loss of the entire town, including all the town records. Sometime in Wally's recollection, they took all the wooden markers in the cemetery, bulldozed them together and burnt them all, unable to ever reconcile who they belonged to. His records show Benjamin the father, Fred, Florence and Clara are buried in the Snelling plot.
* John B Snelling 1862–
* J D Snelling 1866–
* Robert E Snelling 1870–1894
* Benjamin L Snelling 1872–1941
* Fred Lee Snelling 1875–1937
* Florence M Snelling, Mrs William Grey 1876–1906
* Hurbert Snelling 1880–
* Clara M Snelling, Mrs Ed Ray 1883–1941
* Solon M Snelling 1886-1974
Ben Snelling, son of Benjamin Snelling who founded Snelling, California, 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.
Wally Adams, the sexton in Genoa in 2015, tells the tale of how the family moved there so far back his grandfather remembered them, his father as well. Clara was so badly burned the children of the the town were terrified of her, her face had little to no skin remaining, yet she was the nicest woman his father had ever met.
In 1910, one of the small town's citizens lit a candle, trying to rid himself of the bedbugs, and placed the candle under his bed. The result was the loss of the entire town, including all the town records. Sometime in Wally's recollection, they took all the wooden markers in the cemetery, bulldozed them together and burnt them all, unable to ever reconcile who they belonged to. His records show Benjamin the father, Fred, Florence and Clara are buried in the Snelling plot.
Son of Benjamin Snelling and Frances Burrus. Husband of Mary Davis, and father of:
* John B Snelling 1862–
* J D Snelling 1866–
* Robert E Snelling 1870–1894
* Benjamin L Snelling 1872–1941
* Fred Lee Snelling 1875–1937
* Florence M Snelling, Mrs William Grey 1876–1906
* Hurbert Snelling 1880–
* Clara M Snelling, Mrs Ed Ray 1883–1941
* Solon M Snelling 1886-1974
Ben Snelling, son of Benjamin Snelling who founded Snelling, California, 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.
Wally Adams, the sexton in Genoa in 2015, tells the tale of how the family moved there so far back his grandfather remembered them, his father as well. Clara was so badly burned the children of the the town were terrified of her, her face had little to no skin remaining, yet she was the nicest woman his father had ever met.
In 1910, one of the small town's citizens lit a candle, trying to rid himself of the bedbugs, and placed the candle under his bed. The result was the loss of the entire town, including all the town records. Sometime in Wally's recollection, they took all the wooden markers in the cemetery, bulldozed them together and burnt them all, unable to ever reconcile who they belonged to. His records show Benjamin the father, Fred, Florence and Clara are buried in the Snelling plot.
* John B Snelling 1862–
* J D Snelling 1866–
* Robert E Snelling 1870–1894
* Benjamin L Snelling 1872–1941
* Fred Lee Snelling 1875–1937
* Florence M Snelling, Mrs William Grey 1876–1906
* Hurbert Snelling 1880–
* Clara M Snelling, Mrs Ed Ray 1883–1941
* Solon M Snelling 1886-1974
Ben Snelling, son of Benjamin Snelling who founded Snelling, California, 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.
Wally Adams, the sexton in Genoa in 2015, tells the tale of how the family moved there so far back his grandfather remembered them, his father as well. Clara was so badly burned the children of the the town were terrified of her, her face had little to no skin remaining, yet she was the nicest woman his father had ever met.
In 1910, one of the small town's citizens lit a candle, trying to rid himself of the bedbugs, and placed the candle under his bed. The result was the loss of the entire town, including all the town records. Sometime in Wally's recollection, they took all the wooden markers in the cemetery, bulldozed them together and burnt them all, unable to ever reconcile who they belonged to. His records show Benjamin the father, Fred, Florence and Clara are buried in the Snelling plot.
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