Charlotte Clayson Snook was born in Portland, Oregon on June 14, 1884, the daughter of Edward and Annie Quinton Clayson. She spent her early life in Portland before the family moved to Skagway, Alaska during the Yukon Gold Rush.
At Skagway, she met U.S. Deputy Marshall John W. Snook. Her mother ran a business in Skagway and her brother, Fred Clayson, was a young businessman. Fred and another young man, were murdered and robbed while traveling between towns near Skagway. The murderer was later apprehended when someone recognized Fred Clayson's watch. The defendant had built a false snow trail which took the victims off the main trail. He would then kill them for their possessions and dispose of the bodies by putting them through the ice into the river. He was convicted, and John Snook performed the execution by hanging him from the wharf in Skagway.
Charlotte and John Snook were married January 27, 1903 in Portland, Oregon. They then returned to Alaska for about a year before he resigned to return to Baker where he owned a ranch.
Three children were born, John Clayson. Frederick Hughes (named after Fred Clayson) and Quinton.
The family lived at the ranch, then in Boise, Atlanta, Georgia and New York City before they returned to the ranch in the 1930's. In the 1940's, Charlotte and John were divorced and she had her own ranch adjoining his. She and her son, Quinton, operated this ranch until Quinton and John C. took over the entire operation. Her brand was the pine tree.
Miss Charlotte, as many friends called her, was a very fine lady. She was a member of The Church of the Redeemer, Chapter AF, PEO Sisterhood and the Garden Club. Like many of the ladies of her day. she never did learn to operate a motor vehicle. A trip to town, usually with her daughter-in-law, Lois Snook, even to buy groceries, was a social event, and she would always be well dressed anytime she went out in public.
She loved her spacious, lovely garden, orchard and yard that surrounded her large ranchhouse. Most of this still exists today, thirty years after her death, where it is diligently kept up by her grandson, Clayson Snook, and his wife, Dorothy.
She was well read, well educated and loved to visit with her family. "Nanny" was the only name her grandchildren knew her by. (When I went to town with her as a young boy, I never could understand why the businessmen called her Miss Charlotte, instead of Nanny.) She was a good grandmother, full of love and encouragement and always had cookies in the cookie jar anytime we went to visit, yet she was strict with her grandchildren and always stressed right from wrong. Nanny would teach us history by telling family stories. One story was when she and John went to Chief Tendoy's funeral and how the public went through a line to shake hands with the Chief. She always emphasized how important Chief Tendoy had been by being a peaceable Indian leader and a friend of the white settlers on the Lemhi.
Her older sister. Dr. Esther Clayson Pohl Lovejoy, was the first woman graduate of the University of Oregon Medical School. She became President of the Women's Doctors of the World Association. Her husband, Dr. Pohl and young son, Freddie, both died at an early age. Aunt Het contributed indirectly to the history of Lemhi County by financing the law school and fine art school education of her two nephews, Fred H. and John C. Snook, during the depression.
Nanny passed away January 24, 1970 at Steele Memorial Hospital in Salmon at age eight-five. She is buried in the Salmon City Cemetery under a joint headstone with John W. Snook. United, then divided in life, they were reunited in death. May God bless them.
From Centennial History of Salmon, Vol 3
At Skagway, she met U.S. Deputy Marshall John W. Snook. Her mother ran a business in Skagway and her brother, Fred Clayson, was a young businessman. Fred and another young man, were murdered and robbed while traveling between towns near Skagway. The murderer was later apprehended when someone recognized Fred Clayson's watch. The defendant had built a false snow trail which took the victims off the main trail. He would then kill them for their possessions and dispose of the bodies by putting them through the ice into the river. He was convicted, and John Snook performed the execution by hanging him from the wharf in Skagway.
Charlotte and John Snook were married January 27, 1903 in Portland, Oregon. They then returned to Alaska for about a year before he resigned to return to Baker where he owned a ranch.
Three children were born, John Clayson. Frederick Hughes (named after Fred Clayson) and Quinton.
The family lived at the ranch, then in Boise, Atlanta, Georgia and New York City before they returned to the ranch in the 1930's. In the 1940's, Charlotte and John were divorced and she had her own ranch adjoining his. She and her son, Quinton, operated this ranch until Quinton and John C. took over the entire operation. Her brand was the pine tree.
Miss Charlotte, as many friends called her, was a very fine lady. She was a member of The Church of the Redeemer, Chapter AF, PEO Sisterhood and the Garden Club. Like many of the ladies of her day. she never did learn to operate a motor vehicle. A trip to town, usually with her daughter-in-law, Lois Snook, even to buy groceries, was a social event, and she would always be well dressed anytime she went out in public.
She loved her spacious, lovely garden, orchard and yard that surrounded her large ranchhouse. Most of this still exists today, thirty years after her death, where it is diligently kept up by her grandson, Clayson Snook, and his wife, Dorothy.
She was well read, well educated and loved to visit with her family. "Nanny" was the only name her grandchildren knew her by. (When I went to town with her as a young boy, I never could understand why the businessmen called her Miss Charlotte, instead of Nanny.) She was a good grandmother, full of love and encouragement and always had cookies in the cookie jar anytime we went to visit, yet she was strict with her grandchildren and always stressed right from wrong. Nanny would teach us history by telling family stories. One story was when she and John went to Chief Tendoy's funeral and how the public went through a line to shake hands with the Chief. She always emphasized how important Chief Tendoy had been by being a peaceable Indian leader and a friend of the white settlers on the Lemhi.
Her older sister. Dr. Esther Clayson Pohl Lovejoy, was the first woman graduate of the University of Oregon Medical School. She became President of the Women's Doctors of the World Association. Her husband, Dr. Pohl and young son, Freddie, both died at an early age. Aunt Het contributed indirectly to the history of Lemhi County by financing the law school and fine art school education of her two nephews, Fred H. and John C. Snook, during the depression.
Nanny passed away January 24, 1970 at Steele Memorial Hospital in Salmon at age eight-five. She is buried in the Salmon City Cemetery under a joint headstone with John W. Snook. United, then divided in life, they were reunited in death. May God bless them.
From Centennial History of Salmon, Vol 3
Charlotte Clayson Snook was born in Portland, Oregon on June 14, 1884, the daughter of Edward and Annie Quinton Clayson. She spent her early life in Portland before the family moved to Skagway, Alaska during the Yukon Gold Rush.
At Skagway, she met U.S. Deputy Marshall John W. Snook. Her mother ran a business in Skagway and her brother, Fred Clayson, was a young businessman. Fred and another young man, were murdered and robbed while traveling between towns near Skagway. The murderer was later apprehended when someone recognized Fred Clayson's watch. The defendant had built a false snow trail which took the victims off the main trail. He would then kill them for their possessions and dispose of the bodies by putting them through the ice into the river. He was convicted, and John Snook performed the execution by hanging him from the wharf in Skagway.
Charlotte and John Snook were married January 27, 1903 in Portland, Oregon. They then returned to Alaska for about a year before he resigned to return to Baker where he owned a ranch.
Three children were born, John Clayson. Frederick Hughes (named after Fred Clayson) and Quinton.
The family lived at the ranch, then in Boise, Atlanta, Georgia and New York City before they returned to the ranch in the 1930's. In the 1940's, Charlotte and John were divorced and she had her own ranch adjoining his. She and her son, Quinton, operated this ranch until Quinton and John C. took over the entire operation. Her brand was the pine tree.
Miss Charlotte, as many friends called her, was a very fine lady. She was a member of The Church of the Redeemer, Chapter AF, PEO Sisterhood and the Garden Club. Like many of the ladies of her day. she never did learn to operate a motor vehicle. A trip to town, usually with her daughter-in-law, Lois Snook, even to buy groceries, was a social event, and she would always be well dressed anytime she went out in public.
She loved her spacious, lovely garden, orchard and yard that surrounded her large ranchhouse. Most of this still exists today, thirty years after her death, where it is diligently kept up by her grandson, Clayson Snook, and his wife, Dorothy.
She was well read, well educated and loved to visit with her family. "Nanny" was the only name her grandchildren knew her by. (When I went to town with her as a young boy, I never could understand why the businessmen called her Miss Charlotte, instead of Nanny.) She was a good grandmother, full of love and encouragement and always had cookies in the cookie jar anytime we went to visit, yet she was strict with her grandchildren and always stressed right from wrong. Nanny would teach us history by telling family stories. One story was when she and John went to Chief Tendoy's funeral and how the public went through a line to shake hands with the Chief. She always emphasized how important Chief Tendoy had been by being a peaceable Indian leader and a friend of the white settlers on the Lemhi.
Her older sister. Dr. Esther Clayson Pohl Lovejoy, was the first woman graduate of the University of Oregon Medical School. She became President of the Women's Doctors of the World Association. Her husband, Dr. Pohl and young son, Freddie, both died at an early age. Aunt Het contributed indirectly to the history of Lemhi County by financing the law school and fine art school education of her two nephews, Fred H. and John C. Snook, during the depression.
Nanny passed away January 24, 1970 at Steele Memorial Hospital in Salmon at age eight-five. She is buried in the Salmon City Cemetery under a joint headstone with John W. Snook. United, then divided in life, they were reunited in death. May God bless them.
From Centennial History of Salmon, Vol 3
At Skagway, she met U.S. Deputy Marshall John W. Snook. Her mother ran a business in Skagway and her brother, Fred Clayson, was a young businessman. Fred and another young man, were murdered and robbed while traveling between towns near Skagway. The murderer was later apprehended when someone recognized Fred Clayson's watch. The defendant had built a false snow trail which took the victims off the main trail. He would then kill them for their possessions and dispose of the bodies by putting them through the ice into the river. He was convicted, and John Snook performed the execution by hanging him from the wharf in Skagway.
Charlotte and John Snook were married January 27, 1903 in Portland, Oregon. They then returned to Alaska for about a year before he resigned to return to Baker where he owned a ranch.
Three children were born, John Clayson. Frederick Hughes (named after Fred Clayson) and Quinton.
The family lived at the ranch, then in Boise, Atlanta, Georgia and New York City before they returned to the ranch in the 1930's. In the 1940's, Charlotte and John were divorced and she had her own ranch adjoining his. She and her son, Quinton, operated this ranch until Quinton and John C. took over the entire operation. Her brand was the pine tree.
Miss Charlotte, as many friends called her, was a very fine lady. She was a member of The Church of the Redeemer, Chapter AF, PEO Sisterhood and the Garden Club. Like many of the ladies of her day. she never did learn to operate a motor vehicle. A trip to town, usually with her daughter-in-law, Lois Snook, even to buy groceries, was a social event, and she would always be well dressed anytime she went out in public.
She loved her spacious, lovely garden, orchard and yard that surrounded her large ranchhouse. Most of this still exists today, thirty years after her death, where it is diligently kept up by her grandson, Clayson Snook, and his wife, Dorothy.
She was well read, well educated and loved to visit with her family. "Nanny" was the only name her grandchildren knew her by. (When I went to town with her as a young boy, I never could understand why the businessmen called her Miss Charlotte, instead of Nanny.) She was a good grandmother, full of love and encouragement and always had cookies in the cookie jar anytime we went to visit, yet she was strict with her grandchildren and always stressed right from wrong. Nanny would teach us history by telling family stories. One story was when she and John went to Chief Tendoy's funeral and how the public went through a line to shake hands with the Chief. She always emphasized how important Chief Tendoy had been by being a peaceable Indian leader and a friend of the white settlers on the Lemhi.
Her older sister. Dr. Esther Clayson Pohl Lovejoy, was the first woman graduate of the University of Oregon Medical School. She became President of the Women's Doctors of the World Association. Her husband, Dr. Pohl and young son, Freddie, both died at an early age. Aunt Het contributed indirectly to the history of Lemhi County by financing the law school and fine art school education of her two nephews, Fred H. and John C. Snook, during the depression.
Nanny passed away January 24, 1970 at Steele Memorial Hospital in Salmon at age eight-five. She is buried in the Salmon City Cemetery under a joint headstone with John W. Snook. United, then divided in life, they were reunited in death. May God bless them.
From Centennial History of Salmon, Vol 3
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