Samuel I., the 4th child was schooled on the farm and in the mill. Before coming west he was married in 1849, to Susan Koons, daughter of Jonathan and Catharine Koons, a native of Pennsylvania. Soon after marriage they emigrated to Parke County, Indiana where Mr. Snoddy worked in Wright's Mill.
In 1851 he bought the saw and grist mill of John Headley, and in 1852 settled near it on 12 acres of land, which was included in the purchase. About 1858 he bought 78 acres adjoining the mill-seat. In 1868 he bought 160 acres more. He built a store near his mill about 1874 and began selling goods and in those 3 branches of industry (milling, merchandising and farming) Mr. Snoddy has succeeded so well that he owns 756 acres of land and the town he founded, containing 10 dwelling houses, all his own building. He is acknowledged to be the leading man of his section. He began with comparatively nothing and his success demonstrates the possibility for one to rise to fortune from even poverty's lowest depth, where there is a "will" to climb.
Mr. Snoddy is a quiet but thorough republican. His three brothers, John, James D. and George served in the Civil War. George died at his home in Kansas from disease contracted in the army. James D. was a colonel and John was major in the 7th Kan Cav. Oct 6, 1876, death deprived
Mr. Snoddy of the partner of his home. She was an amiable woman and the mother of 11 children: William, John, Milton, Elmer, Chauncey, Purley, George, Anna now Mrs. Richard Roberts of Henning, Illinois, Catharine now Mrs. Benjamin Lindley of Fulton Twp, Fountain County, Odella, Mrs. Dr. Charles Coggins, Snoddy's Mills and Emma.
Mr. Snoddy was next married Dec 15, 1878 to Miss Susan FISHER, of Fountain County his present helpmate. Mr. Snoddy's portrait appears in this history." - History of Fountain County, Indiana, H.W. Beckwith, 1881
Samuel I., the 4th child was schooled on the farm and in the mill. Before coming west he was married in 1849, to Susan Koons, daughter of Jonathan and Catharine Koons, a native of Pennsylvania. Soon after marriage they emigrated to Parke County, Indiana where Mr. Snoddy worked in Wright's Mill.
In 1851 he bought the saw and grist mill of John Headley, and in 1852 settled near it on 12 acres of land, which was included in the purchase. About 1858 he bought 78 acres adjoining the mill-seat. In 1868 he bought 160 acres more. He built a store near his mill about 1874 and began selling goods and in those 3 branches of industry (milling, merchandising and farming) Mr. Snoddy has succeeded so well that he owns 756 acres of land and the town he founded, containing 10 dwelling houses, all his own building. He is acknowledged to be the leading man of his section. He began with comparatively nothing and his success demonstrates the possibility for one to rise to fortune from even poverty's lowest depth, where there is a "will" to climb.
Mr. Snoddy is a quiet but thorough republican. His three brothers, John, James D. and George served in the Civil War. George died at his home in Kansas from disease contracted in the army. James D. was a colonel and John was major in the 7th Kan Cav. Oct 6, 1876, death deprived
Mr. Snoddy of the partner of his home. She was an amiable woman and the mother of 11 children: William, John, Milton, Elmer, Chauncey, Purley, George, Anna now Mrs. Richard Roberts of Henning, Illinois, Catharine now Mrs. Benjamin Lindley of Fulton Twp, Fountain County, Odella, Mrs. Dr. Charles Coggins, Snoddy's Mills and Emma.
Mr. Snoddy was next married Dec 15, 1878 to Miss Susan FISHER, of Fountain County his present helpmate. Mr. Snoddy's portrait appears in this history." - History of Fountain County, Indiana, H.W. Beckwith, 1881
Gravesite Details
Age 70ys, 10ms, 5ds
Family Members
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William Irwin Snoddy
1850–1935
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Anna J. Snoddy Roberts
1852–1900
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John H. Snoddy
1854–1913
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Sarah Catherine Snoddy Lindley
1856–1928
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Milton W. Snoddy
1858–1917
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Mary O'Dilla Snoddy Coggins
1860–1948
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Elmer Owen Snoddy
1862–1941
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Emma May Snoddy Ferguson
1864–1945
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Chauncey R. Snoddy
1867–1900
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Purley M. Snoddy
1869–1887
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George Donaldson Snoddy
1874–1952
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Dosia Snoddy
1881–1898
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Samuel Ellis Snoddy
1883–1938
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