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Elza Snowden Sansom

Birth: 22 Nov 1895
Lincoln County, West Virginia, USA
Death: 27 Aug 1971 (aged 75)
Hewett, Boone County, West Virginia, USA
Burial: Memory Gardens

Madison, Boone County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Parents

Albert Ross "Bert" Sansom

1859–1942
Rhoda Ann "Louisa" Linville Sansom

1867–1940

Spouse

Artimisha Ball Sansom

1896–1973 (m. 1917)

Siblings

Elsia Beatrice "Elcie" Sansom Roberts

1884–1916
Everette Winfield "Evert" Sansom

1888–1973
Bernie Edward Sansom

1890–1892
Delmer Caldwell Sansom

1892–1981
Elvia Myrtle Sansom Lovejoy

1900–1973
Lonnie Rosevelt Sansom

1903–1934
Sylvia Lillian Sansom

1905–1994
Shelvia Vivian Sansom Damron

1905–1978

Children

Hearl Lewis Sansom

1917–1993
Kermit Edmon Sansom

1919–1999
Thermond Leslie Sansom

1921–1944
Lettie Faye Sansom

1923–1923
Erma Gertrude Sansom Huyler

1924–1998
Kenneth Kenton Sansom

1926–1927
Cecil Grady Sansom

1928–2009
Betty Mae Sansom Chase

1930–2004
Willis Clinton Sansom

1932–1993
Clyde Denzil Sansom

1933–1933
Virgil Lee Sansom

1934–2012
Darlene Kay Sansom

1935–1935
Bobbie Maxwell Sansom

1938–1938

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Maintained by: RAC
Originally Created by: Bonita Hager
Added: Oct 20, 2007
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22324235/elza_snowden-sansom: accessed ), memorial page for Elza Snowden Sansom (22 Nov 1895–27 Aug 1971), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22324235, citing Memory Gardens, Madison, Boone County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by RAC (contributor 47233487).

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Snowden and his son, Virgil Lee Sansom in Julian, WV approx. 1948. Sons Virgil and Kermit played guitar. My father, Cecil, played the harmonica when he was young but stopped and then forgot how. No one had lessons, they just played.

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Snowden and Gladys Anderson is written on the back of this picture. I don't know Gladys.

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Snowden and Dolly Adkins is written on the back of this picture. I don't know Dolly. Snowden, my grandfather, played banjo, fiddle and guitar at barn dances.

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Snowden with 2 of his grandsons in Snowden & Artie's home in Julian, WV. 1960s

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6 of Snowden's children
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Sansom Family
Kermit, Virgil, Betty Mae Sansom Chase, Snowden, "Erma" Gertrude Sansom Patton, Cecil and Artie.
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Charleston, WV

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8.6.1941 Julian, WV
Thermond, Ermia (she used "Erma"), Artie (birth name "Artimisha"), Elza Snowden, Virgil, Willis, Betty Mae and Cecil.
Snowden was the son of Albert Ross Sansom and Rhoda Ann Linville Sansom.
This is the only picture of Snowden & Artie and 6 of their children. Kermit, I believe, was already in the Army when this photo was taken.
It was a day of the BIG event. Snowden's sister, Sylvia Lillian Sansom, paid for the train tickets for them (minus Thermond who had gotten married 6.26.1941)to travel to Charleston, WV. All my dad, Cecil, could remember about the trip was Sylvia bought them an ice cream cone in Charleston and they all spent the night with one of Snowden's other sisters, Elvia Myrtle Sansom Lovejoy. She owned a rooming house in Charelston.

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Snowden got his birth certificate on 8.12.1943 indicating he was born Nov. 22, 1895.

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3.29 1917 Emma Sutphin released Snowden Sansom from "damages" that resulted in the birth of a 2 month old male child. Snowden and Emma were NEVER married, but the Sansom family considered Hearl one of their own. Snowden married Artie Ball on 5.29.17

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According to this Draft Registration Card, "Snowden" was working for the Colcord Coal Co. in Montcoal, WV when he was 46 years old. That means this card was completed sometime between 11.22.1941 and 11.22.1942. Snowden's son, Virgil, remembers his dad working in Montcoal. Virgil said his dad would room and board in Montcoal and return to the family in Julian, WV when he could. Montcoal is 44 miles from Julian.

Snowden and his bride of 4 months, Artie, were living in Sharples, WV when Snowden was inducted in the military on 8.30.1918 in Logan, WV. Order Number 1397 Serial Number 17. That same day, he was named the Assistant Leader (Sonny Ball, Leader) over 7 men for the train trip to Camp Greenleaf, Lytle, GA. Those men were:
Claude McMillan Lancaster
H.H. Wyatt
Anthony Ferguson
Howard Conley
Willie Newsom
Cash Plumley
Ed Abraham

On the 2nd day of Sept., 1918, effective 30th day of August, 1989, at Camp Greenleaf, Chickamauga Park, GA, Snowden Sansom, Army serial number 3043014 was discharged from the military service by reason of Syphilis of Brain and Cord.

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Elza "Snowden" Sansom's sister, Sylvia Lillian Sansom, made these records and updated them every few years and gave them to the family as gifts. (The handwritten updates were done by me.)
I wish Sylvia had listed where people were born and where they died and when they got married, but she did not. The first 2 people listed are the parents with no mention of the wife's maiden name.
Elza used his middle name of Snowden.
Artie's name was Artimisha.
Kermit dropped the "d" at the end of Edmond.
Thermond's middle name was Leslie.
Ermia used "Erma" as her name.
Kenneth's middle name was Kenton.
Not listed here was Snowden's oldest son, Hearl Lewis Sansom. Snowden fathered Hearl with Emma E. Stiphin before he married Artie, but Hearl lived with Snowden and Artie some of the time (but preferred to be with his mother) and was considered a full brother by the other siblings.
Hearl 1.29.1917 - 12.21.1993.
Snowden and Artie were my grandparents.

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Grandpa's fiddle. It is the only instrument I remember him playing. It now belongs to his granddaughter, Cathy Diane, daughter of Willis.

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"Snowden" was my grandfather. He was born in Bernie, WV, now known as Griffithsville. He fathered Hearl Lewis Sansom with Emma E. Sutphin. They were not married. Snowden married Artie May 29, 1917. They lived in Sharples, WV in 1917 - 1919. By 5.12.1921, they were living in Stark,WV. By 9.3.1924, they were living in Hewett. Sometime between 11.11.1935 and 5.12.1938 they moved to Julian, WV. They stayed there until the spring of 1969 when they moved back to Hewett.
Additional children not listed on the first page are:
Virgil Lee Sansom 9.13.1934 still living.
Darlene Kay Sansom 11.11.1935 (stillborn)
My dad had some money left over when he died. I used some of it to have "Elza" and "Artimisha" added to their marker.

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My grandpa on my mother's side.

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Albert Ross "Bert" Sansom

Rhoda Ann "Louisa" Linville Sansom

Artimisha Ball Sansom

Elsia Beatrice "Elcie" Sansom Roberts

Everette Winfield "Evert" Sansom

Bernie Edward Sansom

Delmer Caldwell Sansom

Elvia Myrtle Sansom Lovejoy

Lonnie Rosevelt Sansom

Sylvia Lillian Sansom

Shelvia Vivian Sansom Damron

Hearl Lewis Sansom

Kermit Edmon Sansom

Thermond Leslie Sansom

Lettie Faye Sansom

Erma Gertrude Sansom Huyler

Kenneth Kenton Sansom

Cecil Grady Sansom

Betty Mae Sansom Chase

Willis Clinton Sansom

Clyde Denzil Sansom

Virgil Lee Sansom

Darlene Kay Sansom

Bobbie Maxwell Sansom

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