Robert Snodgrass1887–
- Name
- Robert Snodgrass
| Birth | April 14, 1887 40 35 Source: 1900 US Federal Census |
| Birth of a sister | Ella Snodgrass May 1892 (Age 5 years) |
| Census | 1900 (Age 12 years) Source: 1900 US Federal Census |
| Death of a brother | George Snodgrass before 1910 (Age 22 years) Source: 1910 US Federal Census |
| Census | 1910 (Age 22 years) Source: 1910 US Federal Census |
| Death of a mother | Rachel Jane Sample 1918 (Age 30 years) |
| Burial of a mother | Rachel Jane Sample 1918 (Age 30 years) Note: Mt Zion Cemetery
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| Census | 1920 (Age 32 years) Source: 1920 US Federal Census |
| Census | 1930 (Age 42 years) Source: 1930 US Federal Census |
| Death of a father | Thomas A Snodgrass 1931 (Age 43 years) |
| Burial of a father | Thomas A Snodgrass 1931 (Age 43 years) Note: Mt Zion Cemetery
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| Death | yes |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas A Snodgrass Birth: April 1847 34 24 — Indiana Death: 1931 — , Jefferson, Indiana |
| mother |
Rachel Jane Sample Birth: December 1851 33 — Indiana Death: 1918 |
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Marriage: November 5, 1874 — , Jefferson, Indiana |
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2 years elder brother |
William Snodgrass Birth: about 1876 28 24 — Indiana Death: |
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3 years elder brother |
Andrew Snodgrass Birth: about 1878 30 26 — Indiana Death: |
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4 years elder brother |
John Wesley Snodgrass Birth: February 28, 1882 34 30 — Indiana Death: |
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2 years elder brother |
George Snodgrass Birth: April 1884 37 32 — Indiana Death: before 1910 |
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3 years himself |
Robert Snodgrass Birth: April 14, 1887 40 35 — Indiana Death: |
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5 years younger sister |
Ella Snodgrass Birth: May 1892 45 40 — Indiana Death: |
| Shared note | In the 1900 US Federal Census for Saluda, Jefferson, Indiana, 53-year-old Indiana-born Thomas and his 48-year-old Indiana-born wife Rachel [Sample] Snodgrass have been married 25 years and have had six children, five are living. Four of these five Indiana-born children are living with them, 18-year-old John, 16-year-old George, 13-year-old Robert and 8-year-old Ella. Everyone in the family can read, write and speak English. Robert has attended school six months of the past year. Thomas is a plasterer, while John, George and Robert are farm laborers; all have had no month unemployed in the past year. The family is living on a farm that Thomas owns, free of mortgage. Everyone's parents (except Rachel) were born in Indiana. Rachel's father was born in Indiana and her mother in Kentucky. In the 1910 US Federal Census for Saluda, Jefferson, Indiana, 63-year-old Indiana-born Thomas and his 59-year-old Indiana-born wife Rachel [Sample] Snodgrass have been married 35 years and have had six children, three are living. These three Indiana-born children are 28-year-old John, 23-year-old Robert and 17-year-old Ella. Also in their household is their niece 12-year-old Indiana-born Bora [Orva] Stodghill. Everyone can read, write and speak English. Bora has attended school in the past year. Thomas is recorded as a laborer, although he owns the farm the family lives on, free of mortgage. No one else has an occupation recorded. Everyone's parents were born in Indiana. [sic] On 5 Jun 1917, when 30-year-old Robert Snodgrass registers for the WWI draft, he declares that he was born 14 April 1 1887 in Jefferson County, Indiana, that he currently lives at Hanover [route] #1, Jefferson, Indiana, that he is a natural born citizen. He has no employment as he is unable to work. He is single with no dependents and he cllames exemption due to physical disability. His description is medium height and build with blue eyes and black hair. He is not bald. The registrar, Robert McKeand [?] recorded that Robert was "Physically unable to perform manual labor and is mentally weak." In the 1920 and 1930 US Federal Census for Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, Robert is a patient in the Southeastern Hospital for the insane. The 1920 census records that he can read, write and speak English, however the 1930 census records that he is illiterate, although he can still speak English. |