Family:Charles Snow and Virginetta Pike (1)

According to The History of Johnson County, Indiana by D. D. Banta: "Mrs. Snow is the mother of two children, both deceased. While unfortunate with her own family, she has generously aided other children, proving a foster mother to eight orphans whom she raised and cared for. She is now [1884] looking after the interest of a ninth, who, like the other sharers of her bounty and care, will doubtless grow up to call her blessed".

Probable foster children include: William Chatman (1860 Census); possibly two youngest sisters of Charles W. Snow, Eliza and Sarah Snow (Guardianship, 1865); Mollie Wendel (1870 Census); Thomas Hemphill (1880 Census)

1. ↑ Banta, D. D. (David Demaree). History of Johnson County, Indiana: from the earliest time to the present, with biographical sketches, notes, etc., together with a short history of the northwest, the Indiana territory, and the State of Indiana. (Chicago, Illinois, United States: Brant & Fuller, 1888).

   CHARLES W. SNOW married Jennette Pike, of Kentucky January 24, 1846

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Indiana State Library. Indiana State Library Genealogy Database: Marriages through 1850. (Indiana, United States).

   Snow, Charles and Pike, Genetta, Shelby County, 1-24-1847 [24 Jan 1847]
   Snow, Charles, and Snow, Mrs. Virginette, Johnson County, 8-1-1850 [1 Aug 1850]

3. ↑ Civil Order Book 4 (LDS #977.2515 P2), in Holmes, Maurice; Indiana. Probate Court (Johnson County); and Indiana. Circuit Court (Johnson County). Court records of Johnson County, Indiana, 1823-1853. (1982).

   p. 305 – Charles Snow VS Virginetta Snow. His divorce petiton was granted. Sept 1849.