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Temperance “Tempe” Potter Snodgrass

Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
unknown
Burial
West Liberty, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
buried just south west of Jesse Wells lot
Memorial ID
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Cemetery burial list gives parents as Humphrey and Martha Potter.

Temperance 18 appears on the 1850 census, Ohio County, Virginia before West Virginia statehood, with parents Humphrey 46 a carpenter born Pennsylvania, Martha 48 born VA and siblings William 20, Mary 13, and Jane 9.

Her father Humphrey Potter age 49/5/10, on Aug 19 1854, Ohio County, Virginia. however gives birthplace Maryland.

Temperance married James Criswell and they appear on the 1860 census, Short Creek, Ohio County, Virginia/WV, James 40 born Ohio is a farmer and with children George S 10, Cordelia 7, James 1, also her widowed mother Martha Potter 70 and children Mary 23 & Jane 21.

Her sister Jane married Isaiah Tuttle, her memorial 93068114.

Marriage record indicates Tempe Criswell is 30 widowed (yet James Criswell/Crisswell didn't die until 1866), she married widower Charles M. Snodgrass a farmer, age 35, Nov 16, 1862, Wheeling, VA/WV.
Charles' parents given as John Snodgrass and Anna Bateson.

James Criswell made his will Oct 4, 1866 naming his wife & companion Hannah E. Criswell...? different James Criswell?

Temperance and Charles M. Snodgrass appear on the 1870 census, Pease Twp, Belmont County, Ohio, with children Cordelia 18, Matilda 16, James 14, Alice 10, and Nellie 7.
(4 children likely Criswell's)

Marriage record for widower Charles M. Snodgrass to widower Sarah E. Layman, Dec 13, 1874, Marion County WV.
Cemetery burial list gives parents as Humphrey and Martha Potter.

Temperance 18 appears on the 1850 census, Ohio County, Virginia before West Virginia statehood, with parents Humphrey 46 a carpenter born Pennsylvania, Martha 48 born VA and siblings William 20, Mary 13, and Jane 9.

Her father Humphrey Potter age 49/5/10, on Aug 19 1854, Ohio County, Virginia. however gives birthplace Maryland.

Temperance married James Criswell and they appear on the 1860 census, Short Creek, Ohio County, Virginia/WV, James 40 born Ohio is a farmer and with children George S 10, Cordelia 7, James 1, also her widowed mother Martha Potter 70 and children Mary 23 & Jane 21.

Her sister Jane married Isaiah Tuttle, her memorial 93068114.

Marriage record indicates Tempe Criswell is 30 widowed (yet James Criswell/Crisswell didn't die until 1866), she married widower Charles M. Snodgrass a farmer, age 35, Nov 16, 1862, Wheeling, VA/WV.
Charles' parents given as John Snodgrass and Anna Bateson.

James Criswell made his will Oct 4, 1866 naming his wife & companion Hannah E. Criswell...? different James Criswell?

Temperance and Charles M. Snodgrass appear on the 1870 census, Pease Twp, Belmont County, Ohio, with children Cordelia 18, Matilda 16, James 14, Alice 10, and Nellie 7.
(4 children likely Criswell's)

Marriage record for widower Charles M. Snodgrass to widower Sarah E. Layman, Dec 13, 1874, Marion County WV.


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