Person:Anna Sneed (1)

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Anna Crosby SNEED
b.18 Mar 1841 New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States
d.1 Sep 1930 St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, United States
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  1. Anna Crosby SNEED1841 - 1930
  2. Harriet Elizabeth Sneed1845 - 1909
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Name Anna Crosby SNEED
Gender Female
Birth? 18 Mar 1841 New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States
Death? 1 Sep 1930 St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, United States

1850 census-Emma C; 9; IN

1860 census-there is an 1860 census indexed for Anna but it not readable on ancestry.com or familysearch.org. I have no idea how anyone indexed it. It lists Anna Sneed; age 19; b IN; living with Arch'd Brown family in Shelby, KY; the PO is Clayvillage

1880 census-MO-St Louis-Kirkwood-8 Jun 1880-pg 16-ED 182-dwellig 112-family 119-lines 1-4-Rachel O Sneed; 67; widowed; NH; NH; NH; Mary C Sneed; 35; teaching; IN; KY; NH; Anna C Sneed; 32; teaching; IN; KY; NH; Samuel Tyler; black; male; 21; servant; MO

1900 census-MO-St Louis-Forest Park University-ED 366-sheet 5A-4 Jun 1900-5900 Clayton Avenue; dwelling 70-family 85-Anna S Cairns; principal; Mar 1841; 59; widow; IN; KY; NH; president; Forest Park Univ

1910 census-MO-St Louis-Forest Park University-ED374-sheet 15B-23 Apr 1910-lines 89-100-Clayton & Oakland Ave-dwelling 333-family 359-Anna S Cairns; president; 69; widown; mother of 0/0; IN; KY; NH; teacher; girls college; owns house

1920 census-MO-St Louis-St Louis-2 Jan 1920-ED 469-sheet 1A-line 3-5900 Clayton- dwelling/family 2-Anna Sneed Cairns; owns free; 78; divorced; IN; KY; NH; college president; ladies college

2013-MO Find-a-grave: Educator & reformer. The daughter of a Prebyterian minister, Cairns developed a strong abolitionist sentiment from her father. After teaching school for one year, Cairns opened her own school in St. Louis, MO. Originally known as Kirkwood Seminary, the school continued to grow & prosper & eventually became known as Forest Park University for Women. One of the buildings was leased for use by the 1904 World's Fair to ease financial difficulties. A member of the St. Louis Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Cairns was instrumental in reviving interest in that organization. She became superintendent of the Missouri State WCTU Legislative Department & joined the Missouri Equal Suffrage Association. Cairns remained active in women's rights & equal education issues & spoke at the state capitol in behalf of woman suffrage in 1897 & 1899. (bio by: Connie Nisinger) Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Kirkwood, St. Louis, MO, USA

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