Evalina Bailey Probst was born 09 May 1836 in Indiana to parents William Robert Probst born 1798 in Pennsylvania and Sally Ann Bailey born 1806 in Indiana who married 27 Feb 1827 in Knox County, Indiana.
Evalina Bailey was one of six known children:
John Louis 1835 – Dec 1862 Army Hospital Mississippi – Battle of Shiloh:
Margaret Jane (married John Whittenton in 1872 per CSA Pension # 31744);
Martha W. (married John R. Whittenton, Martha died before 1870 census;
Harriett B. (married Christopher Kotzien);
George Geodfrey Probst; lived in Caldwell Co., Texas;
Laura S. (married Bartlett Sims Reid).
1850 Howard County, Missouri Census lists William Probst age 53 a saddler, Sarah A age 41, Martha A age 17, Louis age 15, Evelina age 13, Margaret age 10, K. (Harrit) age 08, George age 06 and Laura age 02.
1860 Jackson County, Texas Census, Post Office Texanna, lists William Probst age 62, Sarah Ann age 52, John L. age 25 Margarett J. age 19, Harriet B. age 17, George G. age 17, Laura C. age 10; living with this faimily is John R. Whittington age 25, Martha W. age 25, Alice L. age 03. It is noted that William Probst paid taxes in Texana, Jackson County, Texas through 1866.
Texana, Texas is a ghost town which was located in Jackson County near Edna. The community was one of the earliest Anglo-American settlements in the state. The town flourished as late as 1880, but when the railroad bypassed the town, it rapidly declined. The site of Texana now lies seventy-five feet under the Lake Texana reservoir. It is assumed that William Probst who was listed on Jackson County, Texas State and County Tax Rolls, Lot 73, Texanna, Texas, probably died during this decade, he paid taxes through 1866, and probably buried in Texanna which is now Lake Texanna reservoir. An effort to locate the listing of those buried in the Texanna Cemetery has not been successful.
1870 Goliad, Texas listed Sarah Probst (spelled Probes) age 64 living in household of son-in-law John Whittentton age 38, with his daughter Alice age 14.
1880 DeWitt County, Cuero, Texas listed Sarah Probst (spelled Probe) age 73, living in household of son-in-law Christopher Rotzier and her daughter Harriett B. Probst, and their two children.
Jackson County Marriage Records show that Eveline B. Probst married William H. Snow 08 Dec 1855. William Henry Snow was born 01 Dec 1829 in New York City and died (per Snow Family Bible) 13 Jun 1874 in Laguna Madre, Rockport, Arransas County, Texas. William Henry Snow served in the Civil War, first in the Army and secondly in the Navy. Evalina B. Snow received a Confederate Pension #09014 issued out of Fayette County for William Henry Snow's service. On Evaline Snow's application for pension she stated: "First my husband enlisted under Col Duff and Major Sweet then was ordered to Matagorda Bay and there enlisted in the Navy as thereafter stated. In 1862, my husband enlisted in the Navy at Matagorda Bay, Texas under Command by Sydney Smith and served to the close of the war. He was one of the first sailors who b... (maybe boarded) the Harriet Lane in her Capture at Galveston, Texas".
Known children born to this marriage were:
William Henry Snow
27 Dec 1856 – 01 May 1865
David Gordon Snow
13 Jan 1858 – 04 Jul 1936
Lilly May Snow Tabor Evans Wier
01 May 1860 – 16 Feb 1947
Floyd Lewis Snow
27 Feb 1862 – 14 Sep 1878
George William Snow
21 May 1867 – 11 Apr 1932
Rosa Eveline Voight
06 Jan 1865 – 12 Dec 1941
Sarah Ann Phelps
22 Jan 1869 – 10 Aug 1957
Irvin Henry Snow
06 Oct 1871 – 01 May 1936
Rufus Nolt "Coon" Snow
06 Apr 1873 21 Dec 1950
1860 Jackson County, Texas Census lists W. H. Snow age 27, a carpenter, Eveline B. age 20, W H. age 4, David G. age 01 and Lilie age 1/12.
1870 Lavaca, Calhoun County, Texas lists W. H. Snow age 40, a seaman, Eveline B age 28, David G. age 12, Lilley age 10, Floyd age 09, Rosa May age 5, George age 03 and Sarah age 01.
1880 Caldwell, Texas Census lists Evaline Snow, widowed, age 44, Gordon age 19, Lilly age 18, Rosa age 16, George age 12, Sallie age 10, Irvin age 09 and Rufus age 07.
1900 Fayette County, Texas lists Eveline B. Snow, widowed, Mother of 09, with 07 living. Eveline is living in household of her son George W Snow, his wife Ida and their family.
1910 Smithville, Bastrop County, Texas lists Evaline B. Snow, widowed, mother-in-law, age 73 iving in the household of her daughter Sallie Phelps, her husband Charles W. and their family.
1920 Pnct 2 Bastrop County, Texas, Eveline (spelled Emaline) Snow was living in the household of her daughter Mrs. C. W. Phelps and her family.
The Smithville Times dated Thursday, September 08, 1921, carried the following:
FAMILY HOLDS RENUNION WITH MOTHER FOR FIRST TIME AFTER THIRTY YEARS
Mrs. E. B. "Grandma" Snow was extremely happy several days the forepart of the week when on Tuesday and Wednesday she had all her children with her at a renunion of the family, the first time in thirty years. The children have been coming in one by one but Tureday and Wednesday were given over to the celebration when all the members of the family were under the same roof at the home of Mrs. Sallie Phelps. A photo of the family group was taken Wednesday morning. The children at the renunion were G. D. Snow, this city, Mrs. Lily Wier, McDade, Mrs. Rosa Voight, of Red Rock, G. W. Snow of DeQueen, Arkansas, Mrs. Sallie Phelps of this city, and I. H. Snow of Corpus Christi, and R. N. Snow of Dallas.
Grandma Snow was eighty five years old her last birthday, May 9, as she was born on May 9, 1836, in the State of Indiana and came with her people to Texas in 1848 when the family settled in Bastrop.
The family traveled from their home to Boonville, Missouri, via ox wagon and embarked there on a flat bottom boat to ship down the Mississippi River, thru the Gulf of Mexico to Houston from where they came across the Texas plains to the hills of Bastrop County where the family Settled. Since 1903 the honor guest of this reunion has been making her home here at Smithville, residing with her daughter, Mrs. Sallie Phelps in South Smithville.
The Application for Mortuary Warrant for Mrs. Eveline Snow Confederate Widow's file #09014 shows that "The said pensioner Mrs. Eveline Snow died on the 16th day of June 1922 in the town of Smithville and County of Bastrop, Texas, ...in the home of Sallie Phelps... her daughter.
The headstone inscription shows June 16, 1923 vice June 16, 1922 the date of the Mortuary Warrant.
This information was taken from many records which covers almost a century of family history. If you have a record with information pertaining to this memorial that you want included in this memorial, please contact me. Macy Gay Wier Myrick, daughter of John Owen Wier, Son of Lillie Mae Snow Tabor Evans Wier, daughter of William Henry Snow born New York City and Evaline Bailey Probst Snow born Indiana.
Evalina Bailey was one of six known children:
John Louis 1835 – Dec 1862 Army Hospital Mississippi – Battle of Shiloh:
Margaret Jane (married John Whittenton in 1872 per CSA Pension # 31744);
Martha W. (married John R. Whittenton, Martha died before 1870 census;
Harriett B. (married Christopher Kotzien);
George Geodfrey Probst; lived in Caldwell Co., Texas;
Laura S. (married Bartlett Sims Reid).
1850 Howard County, Missouri Census lists William Probst age 53 a saddler, Sarah A age 41, Martha A age 17, Louis age 15, Evelina age 13, Margaret age 10, K. (Harrit) age 08, George age 06 and Laura age 02.
1860 Jackson County, Texas Census, Post Office Texanna, lists William Probst age 62, Sarah Ann age 52, John L. age 25 Margarett J. age 19, Harriet B. age 17, George G. age 17, Laura C. age 10; living with this faimily is John R. Whittington age 25, Martha W. age 25, Alice L. age 03. It is noted that William Probst paid taxes in Texana, Jackson County, Texas through 1866.
Texana, Texas is a ghost town which was located in Jackson County near Edna. The community was one of the earliest Anglo-American settlements in the state. The town flourished as late as 1880, but when the railroad bypassed the town, it rapidly declined. The site of Texana now lies seventy-five feet under the Lake Texana reservoir. It is assumed that William Probst who was listed on Jackson County, Texas State and County Tax Rolls, Lot 73, Texanna, Texas, probably died during this decade, he paid taxes through 1866, and probably buried in Texanna which is now Lake Texanna reservoir. An effort to locate the listing of those buried in the Texanna Cemetery has not been successful.
1870 Goliad, Texas listed Sarah Probst (spelled Probes) age 64 living in household of son-in-law John Whittentton age 38, with his daughter Alice age 14.
1880 DeWitt County, Cuero, Texas listed Sarah Probst (spelled Probe) age 73, living in household of son-in-law Christopher Rotzier and her daughter Harriett B. Probst, and their two children.
Jackson County Marriage Records show that Eveline B. Probst married William H. Snow 08 Dec 1855. William Henry Snow was born 01 Dec 1829 in New York City and died (per Snow Family Bible) 13 Jun 1874 in Laguna Madre, Rockport, Arransas County, Texas. William Henry Snow served in the Civil War, first in the Army and secondly in the Navy. Evalina B. Snow received a Confederate Pension #09014 issued out of Fayette County for William Henry Snow's service. On Evaline Snow's application for pension she stated: "First my husband enlisted under Col Duff and Major Sweet then was ordered to Matagorda Bay and there enlisted in the Navy as thereafter stated. In 1862, my husband enlisted in the Navy at Matagorda Bay, Texas under Command by Sydney Smith and served to the close of the war. He was one of the first sailors who b... (maybe boarded) the Harriet Lane in her Capture at Galveston, Texas".
Known children born to this marriage were:
William Henry Snow
27 Dec 1856 – 01 May 1865
David Gordon Snow
13 Jan 1858 – 04 Jul 1936
Lilly May Snow Tabor Evans Wier
01 May 1860 – 16 Feb 1947
Floyd Lewis Snow
27 Feb 1862 – 14 Sep 1878
George William Snow
21 May 1867 – 11 Apr 1932
Rosa Eveline Voight
06 Jan 1865 – 12 Dec 1941
Sarah Ann Phelps
22 Jan 1869 – 10 Aug 1957
Irvin Henry Snow
06 Oct 1871 – 01 May 1936
Rufus Nolt "Coon" Snow
06 Apr 1873 21 Dec 1950
1860 Jackson County, Texas Census lists W. H. Snow age 27, a carpenter, Eveline B. age 20, W H. age 4, David G. age 01 and Lilie age 1/12.
1870 Lavaca, Calhoun County, Texas lists W. H. Snow age 40, a seaman, Eveline B age 28, David G. age 12, Lilley age 10, Floyd age 09, Rosa May age 5, George age 03 and Sarah age 01.
1880 Caldwell, Texas Census lists Evaline Snow, widowed, age 44, Gordon age 19, Lilly age 18, Rosa age 16, George age 12, Sallie age 10, Irvin age 09 and Rufus age 07.
1900 Fayette County, Texas lists Eveline B. Snow, widowed, Mother of 09, with 07 living. Eveline is living in household of her son George W Snow, his wife Ida and their family.
1910 Smithville, Bastrop County, Texas lists Evaline B. Snow, widowed, mother-in-law, age 73 iving in the household of her daughter Sallie Phelps, her husband Charles W. and their family.
1920 Pnct 2 Bastrop County, Texas, Eveline (spelled Emaline) Snow was living in the household of her daughter Mrs. C. W. Phelps and her family.
The Smithville Times dated Thursday, September 08, 1921, carried the following:
FAMILY HOLDS RENUNION WITH MOTHER FOR FIRST TIME AFTER THIRTY YEARS
Mrs. E. B. "Grandma" Snow was extremely happy several days the forepart of the week when on Tuesday and Wednesday she had all her children with her at a renunion of the family, the first time in thirty years. The children have been coming in one by one but Tureday and Wednesday were given over to the celebration when all the members of the family were under the same roof at the home of Mrs. Sallie Phelps. A photo of the family group was taken Wednesday morning. The children at the renunion were G. D. Snow, this city, Mrs. Lily Wier, McDade, Mrs. Rosa Voight, of Red Rock, G. W. Snow of DeQueen, Arkansas, Mrs. Sallie Phelps of this city, and I. H. Snow of Corpus Christi, and R. N. Snow of Dallas.
Grandma Snow was eighty five years old her last birthday, May 9, as she was born on May 9, 1836, in the State of Indiana and came with her people to Texas in 1848 when the family settled in Bastrop.
The family traveled from their home to Boonville, Missouri, via ox wagon and embarked there on a flat bottom boat to ship down the Mississippi River, thru the Gulf of Mexico to Houston from where they came across the Texas plains to the hills of Bastrop County where the family Settled. Since 1903 the honor guest of this reunion has been making her home here at Smithville, residing with her daughter, Mrs. Sallie Phelps in South Smithville.
The Application for Mortuary Warrant for Mrs. Eveline Snow Confederate Widow's file #09014 shows that "The said pensioner Mrs. Eveline Snow died on the 16th day of June 1922 in the town of Smithville and County of Bastrop, Texas, ...in the home of Sallie Phelps... her daughter.
The headstone inscription shows June 16, 1923 vice June 16, 1922 the date of the Mortuary Warrant.
This information was taken from many records which covers almost a century of family history. If you have a record with information pertaining to this memorial that you want included in this memorial, please contact me. Macy Gay Wier Myrick, daughter of John Owen Wier, Son of Lillie Mae Snow Tabor Evans Wier, daughter of William Henry Snow born New York City and Evaline Bailey Probst Snow born Indiana.
Evalina Bailey Probst was born 09 May 1836 in Indiana to parents William Robert Probst born 1798 in Pennsylvania and Sally Ann Bailey born 1806 in Indiana who married 27 Feb 1827 in Knox County, Indiana.
Evalina Bailey was one of six known children:
John Louis 1835 – Dec 1862 Army Hospital Mississippi – Battle of Shiloh:
Margaret Jane (married John Whittenton in 1872 per CSA Pension # 31744);
Martha W. (married John R. Whittenton, Martha died before 1870 census;
Harriett B. (married Christopher Kotzien);
George Geodfrey Probst; lived in Caldwell Co., Texas;
Laura S. (married Bartlett Sims Reid).
1850 Howard County, Missouri Census lists William Probst age 53 a saddler, Sarah A age 41, Martha A age 17, Louis age 15, Evelina age 13, Margaret age 10, K. (Harrit) age 08, George age 06 and Laura age 02.
1860 Jackson County, Texas Census, Post Office Texanna, lists William Probst age 62, Sarah Ann age 52, John L. age 25 Margarett J. age 19, Harriet B. age 17, George G. age 17, Laura C. age 10; living with this faimily is John R. Whittington age 25, Martha W. age 25, Alice L. age 03. It is noted that William Probst paid taxes in Texana, Jackson County, Texas through 1866.
Texana, Texas is a ghost town which was located in Jackson County near Edna. The community was one of the earliest Anglo-American settlements in the state. The town flourished as late as 1880, but when the railroad bypassed the town, it rapidly declined. The site of Texana now lies seventy-five feet under the Lake Texana reservoir. It is assumed that William Probst who was listed on Jackson County, Texas State and County Tax Rolls, Lot 73, Texanna, Texas, probably died during this decade, he paid taxes through 1866, and probably buried in Texanna which is now Lake Texanna reservoir. An effort to locate the listing of those buried in the Texanna Cemetery has not been successful.
1870 Goliad, Texas listed Sarah Probst (spelled Probes) age 64 living in household of son-in-law John Whittentton age 38, with his daughter Alice age 14.
1880 DeWitt County, Cuero, Texas listed Sarah Probst (spelled Probe) age 73, living in household of son-in-law Christopher Rotzier and her daughter Harriett B. Probst, and their two children.
Jackson County Marriage Records show that Eveline B. Probst married William H. Snow 08 Dec 1855. William Henry Snow was born 01 Dec 1829 in New York City and died (per Snow Family Bible) 13 Jun 1874 in Laguna Madre, Rockport, Arransas County, Texas. William Henry Snow served in the Civil War, first in the Army and secondly in the Navy. Evalina B. Snow received a Confederate Pension #09014 issued out of Fayette County for William Henry Snow's service. On Evaline Snow's application for pension she stated: "First my husband enlisted under Col Duff and Major Sweet then was ordered to Matagorda Bay and there enlisted in the Navy as thereafter stated. In 1862, my husband enlisted in the Navy at Matagorda Bay, Texas under Command by Sydney Smith and served to the close of the war. He was one of the first sailors who b... (maybe boarded) the Harriet Lane in her Capture at Galveston, Texas".
Known children born to this marriage were:
William Henry Snow
27 Dec 1856 – 01 May 1865
David Gordon Snow
13 Jan 1858 – 04 Jul 1936
Lilly May Snow Tabor Evans Wier
01 May 1860 – 16 Feb 1947
Floyd Lewis Snow
27 Feb 1862 – 14 Sep 1878
George William Snow
21 May 1867 – 11 Apr 1932
Rosa Eveline Voight
06 Jan 1865 – 12 Dec 1941
Sarah Ann Phelps
22 Jan 1869 – 10 Aug 1957
Irvin Henry Snow
06 Oct 1871 – 01 May 1936
Rufus Nolt "Coon" Snow
06 Apr 1873 21 Dec 1950
1860 Jackson County, Texas Census lists W. H. Snow age 27, a carpenter, Eveline B. age 20, W H. age 4, David G. age 01 and Lilie age 1/12.
1870 Lavaca, Calhoun County, Texas lists W. H. Snow age 40, a seaman, Eveline B age 28, David G. age 12, Lilley age 10, Floyd age 09, Rosa May age 5, George age 03 and Sarah age 01.
1880 Caldwell, Texas Census lists Evaline Snow, widowed, age 44, Gordon age 19, Lilly age 18, Rosa age 16, George age 12, Sallie age 10, Irvin age 09 and Rufus age 07.
1900 Fayette County, Texas lists Eveline B. Snow, widowed, Mother of 09, with 07 living. Eveline is living in household of her son George W Snow, his wife Ida and their family.
1910 Smithville, Bastrop County, Texas lists Evaline B. Snow, widowed, mother-in-law, age 73 iving in the household of her daughter Sallie Phelps, her husband Charles W. and their family.
1920 Pnct 2 Bastrop County, Texas, Eveline (spelled Emaline) Snow was living in the household of her daughter Mrs. C. W. Phelps and her family.
The Smithville Times dated Thursday, September 08, 1921, carried the following:
FAMILY HOLDS RENUNION WITH MOTHER FOR FIRST TIME AFTER THIRTY YEARS
Mrs. E. B. "Grandma" Snow was extremely happy several days the forepart of the week when on Tuesday and Wednesday she had all her children with her at a renunion of the family, the first time in thirty years. The children have been coming in one by one but Tureday and Wednesday were given over to the celebration when all the members of the family were under the same roof at the home of Mrs. Sallie Phelps. A photo of the family group was taken Wednesday morning. The children at the renunion were G. D. Snow, this city, Mrs. Lily Wier, McDade, Mrs. Rosa Voight, of Red Rock, G. W. Snow of DeQueen, Arkansas, Mrs. Sallie Phelps of this city, and I. H. Snow of Corpus Christi, and R. N. Snow of Dallas.
Grandma Snow was eighty five years old her last birthday, May 9, as she was born on May 9, 1836, in the State of Indiana and came with her people to Texas in 1848 when the family settled in Bastrop.
The family traveled from their home to Boonville, Missouri, via ox wagon and embarked there on a flat bottom boat to ship down the Mississippi River, thru the Gulf of Mexico to Houston from where they came across the Texas plains to the hills of Bastrop County where the family Settled. Since 1903 the honor guest of this reunion has been making her home here at Smithville, residing with her daughter, Mrs. Sallie Phelps in South Smithville.
The Application for Mortuary Warrant for Mrs. Eveline Snow Confederate Widow's file #09014 shows that "The said pensioner Mrs. Eveline Snow died on the 16th day of June 1922 in the town of Smithville and County of Bastrop, Texas, ...in the home of Sallie Phelps... her daughter.
The headstone inscription shows June 16, 1923 vice June 16, 1922 the date of the Mortuary Warrant.
This information was taken from many records which covers almost a century of family history. If you have a record with information pertaining to this memorial that you want included in this memorial, please contact me. Macy Gay Wier Myrick, daughter of John Owen Wier, Son of Lillie Mae Snow Tabor Evans Wier, daughter of William Henry Snow born New York City and Evaline Bailey Probst Snow born Indiana.
Evalina Bailey was one of six known children:
John Louis 1835 – Dec 1862 Army Hospital Mississippi – Battle of Shiloh:
Margaret Jane (married John Whittenton in 1872 per CSA Pension # 31744);
Martha W. (married John R. Whittenton, Martha died before 1870 census;
Harriett B. (married Christopher Kotzien);
George Geodfrey Probst; lived in Caldwell Co., Texas;
Laura S. (married Bartlett Sims Reid).
1850 Howard County, Missouri Census lists William Probst age 53 a saddler, Sarah A age 41, Martha A age 17, Louis age 15, Evelina age 13, Margaret age 10, K. (Harrit) age 08, George age 06 and Laura age 02.
1860 Jackson County, Texas Census, Post Office Texanna, lists William Probst age 62, Sarah Ann age 52, John L. age 25 Margarett J. age 19, Harriet B. age 17, George G. age 17, Laura C. age 10; living with this faimily is John R. Whittington age 25, Martha W. age 25, Alice L. age 03. It is noted that William Probst paid taxes in Texana, Jackson County, Texas through 1866.
Texana, Texas is a ghost town which was located in Jackson County near Edna. The community was one of the earliest Anglo-American settlements in the state. The town flourished as late as 1880, but when the railroad bypassed the town, it rapidly declined. The site of Texana now lies seventy-five feet under the Lake Texana reservoir. It is assumed that William Probst who was listed on Jackson County, Texas State and County Tax Rolls, Lot 73, Texanna, Texas, probably died during this decade, he paid taxes through 1866, and probably buried in Texanna which is now Lake Texanna reservoir. An effort to locate the listing of those buried in the Texanna Cemetery has not been successful.
1870 Goliad, Texas listed Sarah Probst (spelled Probes) age 64 living in household of son-in-law John Whittentton age 38, with his daughter Alice age 14.
1880 DeWitt County, Cuero, Texas listed Sarah Probst (spelled Probe) age 73, living in household of son-in-law Christopher Rotzier and her daughter Harriett B. Probst, and their two children.
Jackson County Marriage Records show that Eveline B. Probst married William H. Snow 08 Dec 1855. William Henry Snow was born 01 Dec 1829 in New York City and died (per Snow Family Bible) 13 Jun 1874 in Laguna Madre, Rockport, Arransas County, Texas. William Henry Snow served in the Civil War, first in the Army and secondly in the Navy. Evalina B. Snow received a Confederate Pension #09014 issued out of Fayette County for William Henry Snow's service. On Evaline Snow's application for pension she stated: "First my husband enlisted under Col Duff and Major Sweet then was ordered to Matagorda Bay and there enlisted in the Navy as thereafter stated. In 1862, my husband enlisted in the Navy at Matagorda Bay, Texas under Command by Sydney Smith and served to the close of the war. He was one of the first sailors who b... (maybe boarded) the Harriet Lane in her Capture at Galveston, Texas".
Known children born to this marriage were:
William Henry Snow
27 Dec 1856 – 01 May 1865
David Gordon Snow
13 Jan 1858 – 04 Jul 1936
Lilly May Snow Tabor Evans Wier
01 May 1860 – 16 Feb 1947
Floyd Lewis Snow
27 Feb 1862 – 14 Sep 1878
George William Snow
21 May 1867 – 11 Apr 1932
Rosa Eveline Voight
06 Jan 1865 – 12 Dec 1941
Sarah Ann Phelps
22 Jan 1869 – 10 Aug 1957
Irvin Henry Snow
06 Oct 1871 – 01 May 1936
Rufus Nolt "Coon" Snow
06 Apr 1873 21 Dec 1950
1860 Jackson County, Texas Census lists W. H. Snow age 27, a carpenter, Eveline B. age 20, W H. age 4, David G. age 01 and Lilie age 1/12.
1870 Lavaca, Calhoun County, Texas lists W. H. Snow age 40, a seaman, Eveline B age 28, David G. age 12, Lilley age 10, Floyd age 09, Rosa May age 5, George age 03 and Sarah age 01.
1880 Caldwell, Texas Census lists Evaline Snow, widowed, age 44, Gordon age 19, Lilly age 18, Rosa age 16, George age 12, Sallie age 10, Irvin age 09 and Rufus age 07.
1900 Fayette County, Texas lists Eveline B. Snow, widowed, Mother of 09, with 07 living. Eveline is living in household of her son George W Snow, his wife Ida and their family.
1910 Smithville, Bastrop County, Texas lists Evaline B. Snow, widowed, mother-in-law, age 73 iving in the household of her daughter Sallie Phelps, her husband Charles W. and their family.
1920 Pnct 2 Bastrop County, Texas, Eveline (spelled Emaline) Snow was living in the household of her daughter Mrs. C. W. Phelps and her family.
The Smithville Times dated Thursday, September 08, 1921, carried the following:
FAMILY HOLDS RENUNION WITH MOTHER FOR FIRST TIME AFTER THIRTY YEARS
Mrs. E. B. "Grandma" Snow was extremely happy several days the forepart of the week when on Tuesday and Wednesday she had all her children with her at a renunion of the family, the first time in thirty years. The children have been coming in one by one but Tureday and Wednesday were given over to the celebration when all the members of the family were under the same roof at the home of Mrs. Sallie Phelps. A photo of the family group was taken Wednesday morning. The children at the renunion were G. D. Snow, this city, Mrs. Lily Wier, McDade, Mrs. Rosa Voight, of Red Rock, G. W. Snow of DeQueen, Arkansas, Mrs. Sallie Phelps of this city, and I. H. Snow of Corpus Christi, and R. N. Snow of Dallas.
Grandma Snow was eighty five years old her last birthday, May 9, as she was born on May 9, 1836, in the State of Indiana and came with her people to Texas in 1848 when the family settled in Bastrop.
The family traveled from their home to Boonville, Missouri, via ox wagon and embarked there on a flat bottom boat to ship down the Mississippi River, thru the Gulf of Mexico to Houston from where they came across the Texas plains to the hills of Bastrop County where the family Settled. Since 1903 the honor guest of this reunion has been making her home here at Smithville, residing with her daughter, Mrs. Sallie Phelps in South Smithville.
The Application for Mortuary Warrant for Mrs. Eveline Snow Confederate Widow's file #09014 shows that "The said pensioner Mrs. Eveline Snow died on the 16th day of June 1922 in the town of Smithville and County of Bastrop, Texas, ...in the home of Sallie Phelps... her daughter.
The headstone inscription shows June 16, 1923 vice June 16, 1922 the date of the Mortuary Warrant.
This information was taken from many records which covers almost a century of family history. If you have a record with information pertaining to this memorial that you want included in this memorial, please contact me. Macy Gay Wier Myrick, daughter of John Owen Wier, Son of Lillie Mae Snow Tabor Evans Wier, daughter of William Henry Snow born New York City and Evaline Bailey Probst Snow born Indiana.
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