Christy Snead was the son of Thomas Green Snead and Ella Mildred Okes/Oakes. He was born 2 years before the turn of the century in 1898.
He was one of 10 children. He had 5 brothers and 4 sisters.
Boys in the family besides Christy:
1. Clark
2. Paris
3. Oscar
4. Hoke
5. Ray
Girls in the family:
1. Hattie
2. Mattie
3. Orvia
4. Winnie
The family lived in the coal mining hills of WV in the small village of Dunns in Mercer County.
When Christy became of age he joined the Navy. This was during the First World War which was between 1914 and 1918.
He was still in the Navy during the 1918 flu pandemic (the Spanish Flu ). Between 50 and 100 million died, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history. Christy was a medic on board his ship and assisted in treating any man who came down with the flu. He was quite lucky not to get it himself.
If you notice on his gravestone the inscription of USNRF. That acronym stands for the United States Naval Reserve Force. The letters & number that are before that are: HA1
This means Hospital Apprentice 1st Class. The 'HA' is a rating (simply what job the person has,) and the 1 is an indication of pay grade. HA1 means that the person buried was an E-6, who worked as a corpsman.
The young Christy Snead's ambitions were high. He wanted to go to school and get an education for himself. This he succeeded in doing. He worked and went to college in the summer time. Eventually he got his teachers certificate and began teaching in high schools.
During the great depression ( approx. 1929-1939 ) jobs were hard to come by. Christy and his family had to move around from state to state, city to city in order for him to obtain work.
He had married on 30 Dec 1926 to Georgie Bell Eppling of Gap Mills, West Virginia. And in 1928 he became a father to a little girl named Jean.
In 1954 he became a grandfather to another little girl who was named after him...Christie. Sadly he did not live too many more years after this and died at home one afternoon while taking a nap before dinner.
The men in his family all seemed to die young with some type of heart condition. Now days they probably would have lived due to the advances in medicine that we have.
At the time of his death he was a professor of economics at Longwood College ( now a Universtiy ) in Farmville, VA.
He was one of 10 children. He had 5 brothers and 4 sisters.
Boys in the family besides Christy:
1. Clark
2. Paris
3. Oscar
4. Hoke
5. Ray
Girls in the family:
1. Hattie
2. Mattie
3. Orvia
4. Winnie
The family lived in the coal mining hills of WV in the small village of Dunns in Mercer County.
When Christy became of age he joined the Navy. This was during the First World War which was between 1914 and 1918.
He was still in the Navy during the 1918 flu pandemic (the Spanish Flu ). Between 50 and 100 million died, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history. Christy was a medic on board his ship and assisted in treating any man who came down with the flu. He was quite lucky not to get it himself.
If you notice on his gravestone the inscription of USNRF. That acronym stands for the United States Naval Reserve Force. The letters & number that are before that are: HA1
This means Hospital Apprentice 1st Class. The 'HA' is a rating (simply what job the person has,) and the 1 is an indication of pay grade. HA1 means that the person buried was an E-6, who worked as a corpsman.
The young Christy Snead's ambitions were high. He wanted to go to school and get an education for himself. This he succeeded in doing. He worked and went to college in the summer time. Eventually he got his teachers certificate and began teaching in high schools.
During the great depression ( approx. 1929-1939 ) jobs were hard to come by. Christy and his family had to move around from state to state, city to city in order for him to obtain work.
He had married on 30 Dec 1926 to Georgie Bell Eppling of Gap Mills, West Virginia. And in 1928 he became a father to a little girl named Jean.
In 1954 he became a grandfather to another little girl who was named after him...Christie. Sadly he did not live too many more years after this and died at home one afternoon while taking a nap before dinner.
The men in his family all seemed to die young with some type of heart condition. Now days they probably would have lived due to the advances in medicine that we have.
At the time of his death he was a professor of economics at Longwood College ( now a Universtiy ) in Farmville, VA.
Christy Snead was the son of Thomas Green Snead and Ella Mildred Okes/Oakes. He was born 2 years before the turn of the century in 1898.
He was one of 10 children. He had 5 brothers and 4 sisters.
Boys in the family besides Christy:
1. Clark
2. Paris
3. Oscar
4. Hoke
5. Ray
Girls in the family:
1. Hattie
2. Mattie
3. Orvia
4. Winnie
The family lived in the coal mining hills of WV in the small village of Dunns in Mercer County.
When Christy became of age he joined the Navy. This was during the First World War which was between 1914 and 1918.
He was still in the Navy during the 1918 flu pandemic (the Spanish Flu ). Between 50 and 100 million died, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history. Christy was a medic on board his ship and assisted in treating any man who came down with the flu. He was quite lucky not to get it himself.
If you notice on his gravestone the inscription of USNRF. That acronym stands for the United States Naval Reserve Force. The letters & number that are before that are: HA1
This means Hospital Apprentice 1st Class. The 'HA' is a rating (simply what job the person has,) and the 1 is an indication of pay grade. HA1 means that the person buried was an E-6, who worked as a corpsman.
The young Christy Snead's ambitions were high. He wanted to go to school and get an education for himself. This he succeeded in doing. He worked and went to college in the summer time. Eventually he got his teachers certificate and began teaching in high schools.
During the great depression ( approx. 1929-1939 ) jobs were hard to come by. Christy and his family had to move around from state to state, city to city in order for him to obtain work.
He had married on 30 Dec 1926 to Georgie Bell Eppling of Gap Mills, West Virginia. And in 1928 he became a father to a little girl named Jean.
In 1954 he became a grandfather to another little girl who was named after him...Christie. Sadly he did not live too many more years after this and died at home one afternoon while taking a nap before dinner.
The men in his family all seemed to die young with some type of heart condition. Now days they probably would have lived due to the advances in medicine that we have.
At the time of his death he was a professor of economics at Longwood College ( now a Universtiy ) in Farmville, VA.
He was one of 10 children. He had 5 brothers and 4 sisters.
Boys in the family besides Christy:
1. Clark
2. Paris
3. Oscar
4. Hoke
5. Ray
Girls in the family:
1. Hattie
2. Mattie
3. Orvia
4. Winnie
The family lived in the coal mining hills of WV in the small village of Dunns in Mercer County.
When Christy became of age he joined the Navy. This was during the First World War which was between 1914 and 1918.
He was still in the Navy during the 1918 flu pandemic (the Spanish Flu ). Between 50 and 100 million died, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history. Christy was a medic on board his ship and assisted in treating any man who came down with the flu. He was quite lucky not to get it himself.
If you notice on his gravestone the inscription of USNRF. That acronym stands for the United States Naval Reserve Force. The letters & number that are before that are: HA1
This means Hospital Apprentice 1st Class. The 'HA' is a rating (simply what job the person has,) and the 1 is an indication of pay grade. HA1 means that the person buried was an E-6, who worked as a corpsman.
The young Christy Snead's ambitions were high. He wanted to go to school and get an education for himself. This he succeeded in doing. He worked and went to college in the summer time. Eventually he got his teachers certificate and began teaching in high schools.
During the great depression ( approx. 1929-1939 ) jobs were hard to come by. Christy and his family had to move around from state to state, city to city in order for him to obtain work.
He had married on 30 Dec 1926 to Georgie Bell Eppling of Gap Mills, West Virginia. And in 1928 he became a father to a little girl named Jean.
In 1954 he became a grandfather to another little girl who was named after him...Christie. Sadly he did not live too many more years after this and died at home one afternoon while taking a nap before dinner.
The men in his family all seemed to die young with some type of heart condition. Now days they probably would have lived due to the advances in medicine that we have.
At the time of his death he was a professor of economics at Longwood College ( now a Universtiy ) in Farmville, VA.
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