Snow - William
Source: History of Montgomery County, Indiana. Indianapolis, AW Bowen, 1913, p. 975
William SNOW, widely known and highly respected as one of the most energetic, self-reliant and enterprising citizens of Madison Twp, Montgomery County, has for several years been intimately associated with the best interests and upward progress of his neighborhood, and to his assistance is due many of the valuable and permanent improvements of the locality, for he has taken much interest in the affairs of his adopted community and has made many warm friends since coming here. Mr. William Snow was born in Vermilion County, Illinois, April 17, 1866. He is a son of Abner and Ellen Ashmore Snow, both natives of Illinois where they grew to maturity were educated and married. The paternal grandfather of our subject came from Vermont to Vermilion County, Illinois in a very early day being among the pioneer settlers. The Snow family has been one of the best known in that county from the days of the first settlers to the present. Five children were born to Abner Snow and wife: Albert; Jessie; William, our subject; Lucian; and Bertha. They are living at this writing. William Snow grew to manhood in Vermilion County, Illinois and there he received his education in the common schools. Early in life, he took up farming and soon had a good start in life and he continued to follow general agricultural pursuits with much success until 1910, when he moved to Montgomery County, locating in Madison Twp, where he still resides, owning a well improved and productive farm of 181 acres, with a good dwelling and good outbuildings. Mr. Snow was married Feb 27, 1889, to Julia CHANDLER, daughter of James and Zerelda Bennett Chandler. They were natives of Ky, where they grew to maturity, were educated and married and from there they came to Vermilion County, Illinois in an early day and became well established through their industry. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Snow: Orval; Vohn; Ura; Varmen; Fay and Thelma. Politically, Mr. Snow is a Republican, but he has never sought or held public office. Fraternally, he belongs to the Free & Accepted Masons at Linden; the Independent order of Odd Fellows at Fairmount, Illinois and the modern Woodmen of America at Jamaica, Illinois. - transcribed and submitted by kbz