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BENJAMIN SNOW
BENJAMIN SNOW, a rancher of
Douglass Township, was born in England in 1826, a son of William and Ann
(Draper) Snow. They emigrated to America in 1834, and the father was
accidentally drowned in the Erie Canal while on their way to Ohio. He was
buried in Buffalo, and the family moved on to Ohio, where they settled, the
widowed mother, by a later marriage, becoming Mrs. John Perryby. The children
of the first marriage who survive are,--William, a rancher of Stanislaus
County, and Ann, now Mrs. William H. Walker of this township, besides the
subject of this sketch. The family, with two sons by the second marriage,
Charles and John, came to California in 1851; Benjamin and William Snow went
into the freight business from Stockton to the mines, in which they continued
some six or seven years. In 1861 they pre-empted 160 acres each in this
township, adjoining quarter sections. Some years later Benjamin bought his
brother’s section, thus securing 320 acres in one body, which he still holds.
The land is adapted to fruit as well as grain, but Mr. Snow raises only the
latter and a few horses for the market.
Mr. Snow was married in October 1857, to
Miss Elizabeth Myers, a native of Iowa, daughter of Sanford and Sophronia
(Deardoft) Myers. The Myers family came into San Joaquin County in the 50’s,
where the father died aged sixty-three. The mother, born about 1829, is still
living. Mr. and Mrs. Snow are the parents of three living children, viz:
William Benjamin, born 1860, was married in October, 1884, to Miss May Kelly, a
native of this county, and daughter of John and Catherine (Cain) Kelly, of this
township. They have two children,--Walter Benjamin, born December 27, 1886, and
Herbert Raymond, September 9, 1888. The second and third children of Mr. and
Mrs. Snow are Ella Belle, and Alice Birdena, now Mrs. Arthur Foster, of San
Francisco. The mother of Mr. Snow died in September, 1882, aged seventy-four.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Pages 272-273. Lewis Pub.
Co. Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2008 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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