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Below is a family biography included in The History of Obion County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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James B. Snow was born in Madison County, Tenn., March 19, 1825, the third of eight children of Levi R. and Abigail (Bodine) Snow, and is of German lineage. Levi Snow was born in North Carolina, February 25, 1792, and after attaining his majority came to Bedford County, Tenn., where he married, February 4, 1819. He lived successively in Madison, Henderson and Weakley (now Obion) Counties. In 1861 he moved to eastern Texas, where he died May 21, 1869. His wife was born on the French Broad River, in East Tennessee, September 24, 1803, and died on the farm of 900 acres, now owned by our subject, June 17, 1861. James B. Snow began doing for himself soon after attaining his twenty-first birthday, and was married in Fulton County, Ky., December 6, 1853, to Nancy A. Boaz, daughter of Shadrach Boaz. Mrs. Snow became the mother of ten children, six of whom are living: William H., born August 21, 1854; Levi S., born April 27, 1856; Mary E., born August 31, 1857; Nancy A., born January 3, 1859; Sarah E., born July 20, 1863; and Kosci, born July 1, 1867. Mr. Snow is a Democrat, and he and wife are members of the Primitive Baptist Church.
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This family biography is one of 179 biographies included in The History of Obion County, Tennessee published in 1887 by Goodspeed. The History of Obion County was included within The History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley & Lake Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley, and Lake Counties of Tennessee
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