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PENNSYLVANIA SOURCE BOOK
[Note: The research for this source book was done by Charlou Dolan, Rena Mills, and Charlotte Baker. Many of the census records were provided by F. W. McIntosh and Gene Phillips. The organizing and typing was done by Charlou Dolan.]
[NS = no Snodgrass records found]
UNION COUNTY (974.848)
CEMETERY RECORDS
*Tombstone Inscriptions of Union Co., PA (Lontz) yes
CHURCH RECORDS
*Baptismal Records, Early Churches of Snyder, Union, & Northumberland Cos., PA (Fisher) NS
*Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hartleton, Hartley Twp., Union Co., PA, Parish Register, 1860-1964 (Hutchison) NS
*Evangelical Lutheran Church, Laurelton, Hartley Twp., Union Co., PA, Parish Register, 1855-1964 (Skolnik) NS
*History of the First Lutheran Church of Mifflinburg, PA (Steese--1931) [unindexed]
*History of Washington Presbyterian Church, White Deer Valley, Union Co., PA (Wetzel) [unindexed]
*Saint Peter ("Ray's") Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lewis Twp., Union Co., PA, Parish Register, 1886-1964 (Skolnik) NS
*Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Swengel, Lewis Twp., Union Co., PA, Parish Register, 1886-1964 (Vance) NS
HISTORY & GENEALOGY
*Bucknell University Alumni Directory, 1978 - yes
*Centennial History of Bucknell University, 1846-1846 (Theiss--1946) NS
*History of That Part of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys Embraced in the Cos. of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union, and Snyder in the Commonwealth of PA, 2 vols. (Everts, Peck & Richards--1886) yes
*The Rise of Bucknell University (Oliphant--1965) NS
*Then & Now (Shively--1939) [unindexed]
*Union Co., PA: A Bicentennial History (Snyder--1976) yes
*Union Co., PA, 1855-1965 (Lontz--1966) yes
MILITARY RECORDS
*Revolutionary War Soldiers of Union Co., PA (Lontz) NS
*World War I Draft Registration (Ancestry.com) yes
TAX RECORDS
*Homeowners of 1868 in Union & Snyder Cos., PA (Zimmerman)
*Index to Central Pennsylvania Marriage Records, 1700-1896 (Smith-Brown) NS
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RECORDS
1786 -- Old Houses of Union Co.: In 1786 David Snodgrass lived on the "Chronicle" lot in Lewisburg. He was a member of the Buffalo X Roads Church in 1787/1793.
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1786 -- History of That Part of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys Embraced in the Cos. of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union, and Snyder in the Commonwealth of PA, 2 vols. (Everts, Peck & Richards--1886) page 1246: The residents of Lewisburgh in 1786 include David Snodgrass.
May 1787 -- History of That Part of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys Embraced in the Cos. of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union, and Snyder in the Commonwealth of PA, 2 vols. (Everts, Peck & Richards--1886) page 1299: Buffalo Cross-Roads Presbyterian Church Subscribers to the support of the Rev. Hugh Morrison, May 1787, include David Snodgrass.
Nov 1788 -- History of That Part of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys Embraced in the Cos. of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union, and Snyder in the Commonwealth of PA, 2 vols. (Everts, Peck & Richards--1886) page 1245: The Borough of Lewisburgh: In Nov 1788, William Gray made a resurvey of the town, and his plan indicated the roads then existing, and the lots built upon, and their occupants. David Snodgrass lived on the Chronicle lot.
1788 -- Union Co., PA, 1855-1865 (Lontz--1966) page 388: In 1788 in Lewisburg, David Snodgrass lived on the "Chronicle" lot. He lived in Lewisburg in 1786. He was a member of the Buffalo Crossroads Church in 1787 and 1793.
1793 -- History of That Part of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys Embraced in the Cos. of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union, and Snyder in the Commonwealth of PA, 2 vols. (Everts, Peck & Richards--1886) page 1249: The taxable residents in 1793 include: David Snodgrass.
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1820 census, Lewisburg Twp., Union Co., PA, page 88:
Eliz'h Snodgrass, 1 female 0-9, 2 females 16-25, 1 female 45+
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28 May 1833-- PA Archives, 3rd series, vol. 23, page 592: Pennsylvania pensioners: Robt. Snodgrass, pr. P.M., May 28, 1833; 76
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1860 census, Mifflinburg Twp., Union Co., PA, page 923, #469/511:
Samuel Snodgrass, 39-M-PA teamster, 0/$500 <Samuel Wilson>
Mary Snodgrass, 31-F-PA <Mary Laird Harris>
<m. 1851>
William B. Snodgrass, 8-M-PA
James H. Snodgrass, 6-M-PA
Charles C. Snodgrass, 4-M-PA
Sarah C. Snodgrass, 1-F-PA <Sarah Emma>
<1850, 1870 Union Co., PA>
<Desc. of 2 Benjamin Snodgrass of Bucks Co., PA>
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1870 census, Mifflinburg, Union Co., PA, page 605, #79/79:
Samuel Snodgrass, 49-M-PA harness merchant, $4,300/5,500 <Samuel Wilson>
Mary L. Snodgrass, 42-F-PA keeping house <Mary Laird Harris>
William B. Snodgrass, 18-M-PA druggist
James H. Snodgrass, 16-M-PA clerk in store
Charles C. Snodgrass, 14-M-PA attending school
Emma S. Snodgrass, 11-F-PA attending school <Sarah Emma>
Mary B. Snodgrass, 8-F-PA attending school
Robert E. Snodgrass, 3-M-PA <Robert Elmer>
Mary W. Snodgrass, 34-F-PA 0/$3,000 <Mary Wilson (Snodgrass) Laird>
<1860, 1880 Union Co., PA>
<Desc. of 2 Benjamin Snodgrass of Bucks Co., PA>
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1880 census, Mifflenburg, Union Co., PA, page 580, #64/70:
S. Wilson Snodgrass, 58-M-PA/PA/PA merchant <Samuel Wilson>
Mary L. Snodgrass, 53-F-PA/PA/PA wife, keeping house <Mary Laird Harris>
James H. Snodgrass, 26-M-PA/PA/PA son, express agent <m. Adeline L. Pellman; 1900 Union Co., PA>
Charles C. Snodgrass, 24-M-PA/PA/PA son, trimmer of buggies <1900 Union Co., PA>
Emma S. Snodgrass, 21-F-PA/PA/PA daughter, at home
Mary B. Snodgrass, 18-F-PA/PA/PA daughter, at home <m. Charles Dimm>
Robert E. Snodgrass, 13-M-PA/PA/PA son, at home <Robert Elmer; 1900 Leavenworth Co., KS>
<Desc. of 2 Benjamin Snodgrass of Bucks Co., PA>
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29 Aug 1883 -- Lewisburg Journal (Union Co., PA): David W. Snodgrass, d. 5 Aug at Mifflinburg, age 9 months.
<Desc. of 2 Benjamin Snodgrass of Bucks Co., PA>
1885 -- History of That Part of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys Embraced in the Cos. of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union, and Snyder in the Commonwealth of PA, 2 vols. (Everts, Peck & Richards--1886) page 1365: S. W. Snodgrass was a dealer in hardware in Mifflinburg.
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1900 census, Front St., Mifflinburg, Union Co., PA, 207-196-4-8:
Chas. N. Dimn*, 37-M-PA/PA/PA Jun 1863, married 7 years, medical doctor, owns house free of mortgage
Mary B. Dimn, 38-F-PA/PA/PA Jun 1862, wife, 1 child, 1 living <Mary B. Snodgrass>
Charles A. Dimn, 4-M-PA/PA/PA May 1896, son
Charles Snodgrass, 44-M-PA/PA/PA Feb 1856, brother-in-law, carriage trimmer
<1910 Union Co., PA>
<Desc. of 2 Benjamin Snodgrass of Bucks Co., PA>
[* There are only five "bumps", which would make it Dimn or Dinm, but the name is probably Dimm.]
1900 census, Front St., Mifflinburg, Union Co., PA, 207-196-4-15:
Robert Snodgrass, 34-M-PA/PA/PA Oct 1865, married 7 years, hardware merchant, rents house
Margaret G. Snodgrass, 29-F-PA/PA/PA Oct 1870, wife, 0 children
<1910 Union Co., PA>
<Desc. of 2 Benjamin Snodgrass of Bucks Co., PA>
1900 census, Front St., Mifflinburg, Union Co., PA, 207-196-4-40:
James Snodgrass, 46-M-PA/PA/PA Jan 1854, married 19 years, hardware merchant, owns house free of mortgage
Ada L. Snodgrass, 43-F-PA/PA/PA Feb 1857, wife, 2 children, 1 living <Adaline L. Pellman>
Robert S. Snodgrass, 14-M-PA/PA/PA Mar 1886, son
<1910 Union Co., PA>
<Desc. of 2 Benjamin Snodgrass of Bucks Co., PA>
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1910 census, Mifflinburg, 271-170-78, page 198, #77/78:
Charles H. Dinm*, 52-M-PA/PA/PA married once, married 16 years, physician, owns mortgaged house
Mary S. Dinm, 46-F-PA/PA/PA wife, married once, 1 child, 1 living
Charles A. Dinm, 5?-M-PA/PA/PA son
Charles C. Snodgrass, 52-M-PA/PA/PA brother-in-law, trimmer, at home
<1900, 1920 Union Co., PA>
<Desc. of 2 Benjamin Snodgrass of Bucks Co., PA>
[* There are only five "bumps", which would make it Dimn or Dinm, but the name is probably Dimm.]
1910 census, Mifflinburg, 271-170-83, page 190, #82/83:
James H. Snodgrass, 56-M-PA/PA/PA married once, married 28 years, own income, owns house free of mortgage
Ada L. Snodgrass, 53-F-PA/PA/PA wife, married once, 2 children, 1 living <Adeline L. Pellman; d. 1918>
Robert H. Snodgrass, 24-M-PA/PA/PA son
<1900, 1920 Union Co., PA>
<Desc. of 2 Benjamin Snodgrass of Bucks Co., PA>
1910 census, Mifflinburg, 271-170-138, page 192, #134/138:
Robert E. Snodgrass, 43-M-PA/PA/PA married once, married 17 years, no occupation, owns house free of mortgage
Margaret G. Snodgrass, 39-F-PA/PA/PA wife, married once, 0 children
<1900, 1910 Union Co., PA>
<Desc. of 2 Benjamin Snodgrass of Bucks Co., PA>
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1918 -- Adaline L. Pellman [Snodgrass], b. 1857, d. 1918, buried Mifflinburg Cemetery (with James H. Snodgrass, d. 1937).
<Desc. of 2 Benjamin Snodgrass of Bucks Co., PA>
12 Sep 1918 -- World War I Draft Registration: Robert Harris Snodgrass, age 32; res. 638 Chestnut, Mifflinburg, Union Co., PA; born 7 Mar 1886; white; native born citizen; banker asst. cashier, employed by the Mifflinburg Bank, 325 Chestnut, Mifflinburg, Union Co., PA; nearest relative, wife, Edna Troutman Snodgrass (same address); tall, medium build, blue eyes, brown hair; registered 12 Sep 1918, Lewisburg, Union Co., Pennsylvania.
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1920 census, Mifflinburg, 298-185-10-51:
Charles Dimm, 56-M-PA/PA/PA doctor, medical
Mary S. Dimm, 57-F-PA/PA/PA wife
Charles Snodgrass, 63-M-PA/PA/PA brother-in-law, no occupation
<1910 Union Co., PA>
<Desc. of 2 Benjamin Snodgrass of Bucks Co., PA>
1920 census, Mifflinburg, 298-185-14-55:
James H. Snodgrass, 65-M-PA/U.S./U.S., no occupation <d. 1937>
Robert H. Snodgrass, 33-M-PA/PA/PA son, cashier, bank
Edna Snodgrass, 31-F-PA/PA/PA daughter-in-law
<1910 Union Co., PA>
<Desc. of 2 Benjamin Snodgrass of Bucks Co., PA>
1920 census, Mifflinburg, 298-185-14-74:
Robert E. Snodgrass, 53-M-PA/PA/PA no occupation
Margaret Snodgrass, 48-F-PA/PA/PA wife, no occupation
<1910 Union Co., PA>
<Desc. of 2 Benjamin Snodgrass of Bucks Co., PA>
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1925 -- C. C. Snodgrass, b. 1856, d. 1925, buried Mifflinburg Cemetery, Union Co., PA.
<Desc. of 2 Benjamin Snodgrass of Bucks Co., PA>
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1930 census, Mifflinburg, Union Co., PA:
Robert E. Snodgrass, 62-M-PA/PA/PA married first age 25, no occupation
Margaret G. Snodgrass, 59-F-PA/PA/PA wife, married first age 22, no occupation
1930 census, Mifflinburg, Union Co., PA:
James H. Snodgrass, 76-M-PA/PA/PA widowed
Robert H. Snodgrass, 44-M-PA/PA/PA son, married first age 27, cashier, bank
Edna J. Snodgrass, 42-F-PA/PA/PA daughter-in-law, married first age 25
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1937 -- James H. Snodgrass, b. 1854, d. 1937, buried Mifflinburg Cemetery, Union Co., PA (with Adaline L. Pellman [Snodgrass], d. 1918).
<Desc. of 2 Benjamin Snodgrass of Bucks Co., PA>
1967 -- Edna T. Snodgrass, b. 1888, d. 1967, buried Mifflinburg Cemetery, Union Co., PA (with Jane B. Troutman, b. 1863, d. 1950, & E. Keiffer Troutman, b. 1856, d. 1939).
<Desc. of 2 Benjamin Snodgrass of Bucks Co., PA>
1976 -- Union Co., PA: A Bicentennial History (Snyder--1976)
pages 118-9: Mifflinburg -
While Gast, Heiter, and Strunk were building their impressive row (ca. 1883), the Snodgrass family, Samuel W., and his sons, Robert E., and James H., were building a costly brick structure on the south side of the street near the eastern end of the block to house their hardware business. Samuel had come to Mifflinburg in 1855 from Dauphin Co. and had engaged in milling with his brother-in-law, William Young, the produce and grocery business, and, for a time, operated a tannery. Then in 1869 he opened a hardware store--the only establishment dealing exclusively in that line. He was successful from the start.
The new building extended from the street to the alley, and had show windows of French plate glass, which the Telegraph described as, "Mammoth in size, where Jim, the proprietor's son, will evince his good taste in displaying fancy hardware." There were wide counters of walnut and maple, beautifully finished, and a handsome stairway at the rear led to a spacious showroom on the second floor. At the press of a button a counter "flopped out of sight, a door opened, and we could pop down a stairway to a ware-room for bar iron." The newspaper also had compliments for the builder, Enoch Miller, Mifflinburg's noted architect, who had supervised the work, and for Bowes and Swineford, who had painted the interior.
Mifflinburg's most exciting business tycoon during the second half of the nineteenth century was William Young. Born on a farm in Kelley Twp., in 1816 he clerked in stores at Northumberland and Danville during his teens; and then at 21 he came to Mifflinburg to work for his uncle, Berryhill Bell, a general merchandiser. A few years later he bought the store and opened another in Hartleton; and broadening his investments, he dealt also in coal and grain. In 1857 he erected the town's most elegant residence on the south side of Chestnut St. midway between Third and Fourth Streets. Designed by Lewis Palmer, the noted Lewisburg architect, and superintended by Thomas T. Baker, a Lewisburg builder, the three story Italianate brick structure with twin Victorian porches and square tower was the "last word" in contemporary architecture. A local newspaper spoke only modestly when it referred to it as "a little superior in style and conveniences to any building in town." Members of the family lived there for two generations, before it was acquired by the town as a borough hall.
William Young married Eleanor Snodgrass, and they were blessed with seven daughters and six sons. Mifflinburg residents still recall Hadwin, one of the younger sons, the tallest man in town--jovial, yet dignified, sitting with friends on the porch or playing chess with one of his brothers.
During the Civil War William organized and became the first president of the First National Bank of Mifflinburg, the earliest banking institution. With a nod toward tourism, he also built Young's Hotel at Fifth and Chestnut Streets in the early 1860's, a hostelry remembered as the Buffalo Valley Inn. There is a story, probably apocryphal, that Young and Harry Robbins of Mt. Carmel purchased valuable properties at panic prices in Philadelphia just after General Lee invaded Pennsylvania, and when he was expected momentarily to march on Philadelphia. After the battle at Gettysburg they sold them at inflated prices! If this tradition is without foundation, the fact remains that he was an acute businessman. An old Mifflinburg maxim was not far from the mark, which alleged that Young made more money at his grain mill at Fourth and Railroad Streets before breakfast than any other businessman earned all day!
Young organized and was president of a bank in Reading and a director of banks in Williamsport, Scranton, Pittston, Chester, and Philadelphia, and sandwiched between his business dealings he served for a term in the state House of Representatives in 1871--elected on the Democratic ticket in the Union, Snyder, and Lycoming district.
After thirty-eight years in Mifflinburg he moved to Germantown, where he built another fine home, helped to found the Northern Bank of Philadelphia, and joined Robert F. Whitmer in a lumber and planing mill business on Broad Street. Meanwhile, he left his sons in charge of his banking and mercantile interests in Mifflinburg.
Two of his ventures ran upon shoals, but he salvaged his investments. The National Bank of Mifflinburg prospered for a time, and in twelve years returned dividends in excess of the original cost of the stock. Then it fell a victim of the panic of 1873 and was liquidated in 1880. A second ill-fated venture involved the purchase of a graphite mine near Phoenixville. Veins of ore that the sellers had represented proved nonexistent, and Young went to court, where he was eventually awarded damages. "Winning that big suit," the Telegraph exulted, "makes him look at least ten years younger."
The erstwhile merchant, miller, and banker died at 88 in 1904 while visiting his sons in Mifflinburg.
<Desc. of 2 Benjamin Snodgrass of Bucks Co., PA>
1978 -- Buckness University Alumni Directory [Union Co., PA]: Robert Frederick Snodgrass, Class of 1926; 506 Sherman St., Muncy, PA 17756.
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