Don's
heritage
Early picture of Don's Grandpa Carl
Snodgrass (bottom row, 5th from left) and his many brothers and
sisters
The family name
Snodgrass originated in the late 17th century in Scotland.
It has been said that the name means "dweller in the smooth
grass". The first
records of the family in America are in the mid 18th century in
Pennsylvania. From
there they have spread across the continent and today there is in
excess of 6000 Snodgrass families here. We are all descendents of
William Russell and Harriet Jane McGuire
Snodgrass.
William & Harriet had 6 sons and 8 daughters (shown in the above
picture). The home place is at Dandridge Tennessee.
People by the name of Cameron live there now.
His parents bought it from Satterfields who bought it from
William & Harriet.
Grandpa Carl Snodgrass and his brother Walter Snodgrass on a bucksaw
in Eastern Tennessee
Early portrait of Grandpa Carl Snodgrass
Early portraits of Grandma Snodgrass's mother and father.
Don's father, William Snodgrass, as a young boy
Don's father as a young man
Snodgrass farm West of Mount Morris, Illinois where Don, his mom,
dad, sister, grandpa and grandma lived.
(the farm was sold in the early 1960's)
Snodgrass family reunion group photo taken in the early 1950s
Another photo from the same reunion
Don's favorite cousin, Merle Snodgrass
(son of Thomas Snodgrass)
in baseball
(favorite pastime) attire. Note:
Merle once rescued Don from a farming accident
Another cousin, Russell Snodgrass (son of Walter Snodgrass)
Grandpa Carl Snodgrass and Grandma Snodgrass
(taken shortly after he retired from farming
in the early 1950s).
Early photo of Don's mom, Lucille and dad, William Snodgrass
Don's dad, sister (Nancy Falzone) and mom
Donald James Snodgrass and his wife, Pat Molnar Snodgrass
(taken just prior to Don's retirement
from the Navy in 1989)
Don and Pat's son, Mark William Snodgrass, his wife Laurie and
our grandson Trevor Snodgrass
Don's sister,
Nancy has visited Eastern Tennessee locations where Grandpa Carl
Snodgrass and his many brothers and sisters were born and
raised.
Nancy has many other
pictures and details (dates, places, names, etc) of the
Snodgrass family heritage. Thanks to Nancy' and Jill's
organizing efforts, a Snodgrass family reunion was
held held September 2, 2001 in Leaf River, Illinois.
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