Harry Amos Snell was born in Harriettsville, OH to William Snell and Jane Willison Snell. Harry married Grace Blue of Jollytown, PA, a daughter of Spencer Lee Blue of Greene Co., PA and Leona Rice Blue of Charmichaels, PA. They were the parents of eight children: Pearl married William Sprouse, then John Stoudt of Canton, OH; Helen married to John Scott Kent; Opal married Dewey Cumberledge, then Jerry Clark of Orange Park, Florida; Jean married to Thomas Higginbotham of Beaver, PA; Margaret married to Robert McManus of Blairsville, PA; Ted of Blairsville married Minnie Miller, Melbourne 'Ike' o Apollo married Edith Lowe and Glenn Snell of Brave, PA married Manerva Cumberledge who died young and then Hazel Cumberledge. Harry was a laborer at the Brave, PA Compression Pumping Station for People's Natural Gas Company in 1910 and a station engineer in 1930. Harry retired in 1952 while working at Hoge Station with 32 years and 9 months of service with PNG Co. He died while living in Beaver County, PA

Snell, Harry Amos (1888-1979)

Harry Snell was born in Harriettsville, Ohio to William Snell and Jane Willison.
Harry married Grace Blue of Jollytown (Gilmore Township, Greene County, PA), a daughter of Spencer Lee Blue of Greene Co., Pennsylvania and Leona Rice of Carmichaels, (Greene County)Pennsylvania. They were the parents of eight children: Pearl married 1) William Sprouse 2) John Stoudt of Canton, Ohio, Helen married to John Scott Kent, Opal married 1) Dewey Cumberledge t 2) Jerry Clark of Orange Park, Florida, Jean married to Thomas Higginbotham of Beaver and Margaret married to Robert McManus of Blairsville; Ted of Blairsville married Minnie Miller, Melbourne Snell of Apollo married Edith Lowe and Glenn Snell of Brave married 1) Manerva Cumberledge and 2) Hazel Cumberledge.
Harry was a laborer at the Brave Compression Pumping Station in 1910 (for Peoples Natural Gas Company) and a station engineer in 1930 at Brave. He retired in 1952 while working at Hoge Station with 32 years 9 months of service. He died while living in Beaver, County, Pennsylvania.
Mini Bio for Harry Amos Snell and photo were copied with permission of James Michael Hoy from "A Village Called Brave" published in 2009 by Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD.
As a personal note, he was my Great Uncle Harry ... married to my Grandfather's (Jacob Owen Blue) sister 'Grace'. As a kid, I loved to visit their small farm on the road between Jefferson and Waynesburg ... raising hogs, chickens and lovely strawberries. They lived in one of the two large white farm houses below what was then the 'children's home' of Greene County ... later to become Waynesburg Correctional Institution for women. Uncle Harry appeared to be such a tiny man beside of my Aunt Grace who had inherited the large size of the Blue family.