Wiley Snow moved to Wayton, Arkansas with his wife, Katherine (Scott) Snow in 1881. In the old Snow Family Bible it was written, "Wiley Snow started to the Arkinsaw the 18 day of October 1881"
The Bible also states that there was a drought "the grate 'droth' the summer of 1881". This may have been a deciding factor in Wiley moving his family to Arkansas.
They were married in DeKalb County, Tennessee on May 15, 1850.
Together they had six children, Matilda, Jasper, Howard, Matthew, James and Melissa.
While he was still alive he told members of his family that he wanted to be buried under a big Walnut tree out in his pasture. From that grave the Snow Cemetery grew. As his stone says, "The first one buried in Snow Cemetery".
Wiley fought in the Civil War on the Union side.
Wiley volunteered for the army on May 13, 1863 at Carthage, Tennessee. He was a 'saddler', Co K, 5th Regiment Middle Tennessee cavalry and 1st Tennessee regiment of cavalry volunteers. His enlistment papers give this discription of him, was 5 ft 9 in tall, fair complected, blue eyes, black hair.
Wiley passed away August 28, 1893 and was buried in what was to become the Snow Cemetery at Wayton, Arkansas.
His stone was purchased by his great great grandkids... me: Beverly and my generation.
The day Wiley's stone was 'set' the stone of his great great grandson, Jerry Taylor, was also set. At that time Wiley was the first buried in the cemetery and Jerry was the last...
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Your tombstone stands among the rest;
neglected and alone
The name and date are chiseled out
on polished, marbled stone
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn
You did not know that I'd exist
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
in flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
one hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
and come to visit you.
Author Unknown
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per census records:
In 1860 Wiley was a wheel wright in Liberty, DeKalb Co, TN.
He served in the military in the Union Army between 1860 & 1865 in TN.
In 1870 & 1880 he was listed as a farmer in DeKalb Co, TN.
In Oct 1881 he moved his family to Arkansas.
* * * * * * *
The Bible also states that there was a drought "the grate 'droth' the summer of 1881". This may have been a deciding factor in Wiley moving his family to Arkansas.
They were married in DeKalb County, Tennessee on May 15, 1850.
Together they had six children, Matilda, Jasper, Howard, Matthew, James and Melissa.
While he was still alive he told members of his family that he wanted to be buried under a big Walnut tree out in his pasture. From that grave the Snow Cemetery grew. As his stone says, "The first one buried in Snow Cemetery".
Wiley fought in the Civil War on the Union side.
Wiley volunteered for the army on May 13, 1863 at Carthage, Tennessee. He was a 'saddler', Co K, 5th Regiment Middle Tennessee cavalry and 1st Tennessee regiment of cavalry volunteers. His enlistment papers give this discription of him, was 5 ft 9 in tall, fair complected, blue eyes, black hair.
Wiley passed away August 28, 1893 and was buried in what was to become the Snow Cemetery at Wayton, Arkansas.
His stone was purchased by his great great grandkids... me: Beverly and my generation.
The day Wiley's stone was 'set' the stone of his great great grandson, Jerry Taylor, was also set. At that time Wiley was the first buried in the cemetery and Jerry was the last...
* * * * * * *
Your tombstone stands among the rest;
neglected and alone
The name and date are chiseled out
on polished, marbled stone
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn
You did not know that I'd exist
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
in flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
one hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
and come to visit you.
Author Unknown
* * * * * * *
per census records:
In 1860 Wiley was a wheel wright in Liberty, DeKalb Co, TN.
He served in the military in the Union Army between 1860 & 1865 in TN.
In 1870 & 1880 he was listed as a farmer in DeKalb Co, TN.
In Oct 1881 he moved his family to Arkansas.
* * * * * * *
Wiley Snow moved to Wayton, Arkansas with his wife, Katherine (Scott) Snow in 1881. In the old Snow Family Bible it was written, "Wiley Snow started to the Arkinsaw the 18 day of October 1881"
The Bible also states that there was a drought "the grate 'droth' the summer of 1881". This may have been a deciding factor in Wiley moving his family to Arkansas.
They were married in DeKalb County, Tennessee on May 15, 1850.
Together they had six children, Matilda, Jasper, Howard, Matthew, James and Melissa.
While he was still alive he told members of his family that he wanted to be buried under a big Walnut tree out in his pasture. From that grave the Snow Cemetery grew. As his stone says, "The first one buried in Snow Cemetery".
Wiley fought in the Civil War on the Union side.
Wiley volunteered for the army on May 13, 1863 at Carthage, Tennessee. He was a 'saddler', Co K, 5th Regiment Middle Tennessee cavalry and 1st Tennessee regiment of cavalry volunteers. His enlistment papers give this discription of him, was 5 ft 9 in tall, fair complected, blue eyes, black hair.
Wiley passed away August 28, 1893 and was buried in what was to become the Snow Cemetery at Wayton, Arkansas.
His stone was purchased by his great great grandkids... me: Beverly and my generation.
The day Wiley's stone was 'set' the stone of his great great grandson, Jerry Taylor, was also set. At that time Wiley was the first buried in the cemetery and Jerry was the last...
* * * * * * *
Your tombstone stands among the rest;
neglected and alone
The name and date are chiseled out
on polished, marbled stone
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn
You did not know that I'd exist
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
in flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
one hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
and come to visit you.
Author Unknown
* * * * * * *
per census records:
In 1860 Wiley was a wheel wright in Liberty, DeKalb Co, TN.
He served in the military in the Union Army between 1860 & 1865 in TN.
In 1870 & 1880 he was listed as a farmer in DeKalb Co, TN.
In Oct 1881 he moved his family to Arkansas.
* * * * * * *
The Bible also states that there was a drought "the grate 'droth' the summer of 1881". This may have been a deciding factor in Wiley moving his family to Arkansas.
They were married in DeKalb County, Tennessee on May 15, 1850.
Together they had six children, Matilda, Jasper, Howard, Matthew, James and Melissa.
While he was still alive he told members of his family that he wanted to be buried under a big Walnut tree out in his pasture. From that grave the Snow Cemetery grew. As his stone says, "The first one buried in Snow Cemetery".
Wiley fought in the Civil War on the Union side.
Wiley volunteered for the army on May 13, 1863 at Carthage, Tennessee. He was a 'saddler', Co K, 5th Regiment Middle Tennessee cavalry and 1st Tennessee regiment of cavalry volunteers. His enlistment papers give this discription of him, was 5 ft 9 in tall, fair complected, blue eyes, black hair.
Wiley passed away August 28, 1893 and was buried in what was to become the Snow Cemetery at Wayton, Arkansas.
His stone was purchased by his great great grandkids... me: Beverly and my generation.
The day Wiley's stone was 'set' the stone of his great great grandson, Jerry Taylor, was also set. At that time Wiley was the first buried in the cemetery and Jerry was the last...
* * * * * * *
Your tombstone stands among the rest;
neglected and alone
The name and date are chiseled out
on polished, marbled stone
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn
You did not know that I'd exist
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
in flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
one hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
and come to visit you.
Author Unknown
* * * * * * *
per census records:
In 1860 Wiley was a wheel wright in Liberty, DeKalb Co, TN.
He served in the military in the Union Army between 1860 & 1865 in TN.
In 1870 & 1880 he was listed as a farmer in DeKalb Co, TN.
In Oct 1881 he moved his family to Arkansas.
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