Person:Samuel Sneed (3)

1850 census-IN-Floyd-New Albany-14 Aug 1850-lines 14-23-dwelling 361-family 417-Samuel K Sneed; 51; USP Preacher; real estate $8,000; KY; Rachael O; 37; NH; Mary C; 11; IN; Emma C; 9; IN; Harriett E; 5; IN; Samuel E; 3; IN; James F C; 6m; IN

1860 census-MO-St Louis-Kirkwood-PO Fenton-16 Jun 1860-pg 29-lines 30-35-dwelling 218-family 205-Rev S K Sneed; 62; US Pres[byterian]; real estate $8,000; personal estate $2,000; KY; R O C; 47; NH; Samuel E; 13; IN; Laura; 5; IA

1870 census-MO-St Louis-Bonhomme-PO Ballwin-pg 68-29 Jun 1870-lines 1-12-dwelling/family 1-Samuel R [K] Sneed; 72; minister of gospel; real estate $8,000; personal estate $2,000; Aro C [Rachel O Crosby Sneed]; 56; NH; Mary C; 29; tacher; IN; Ellen C; 26; teacher; IN; Harriet; 22; teacher; IN; Samuel; 22; clerk in store; IN; Louisa Jones; 35; colored; housework; MO; Carrie McKay; 21; white; teacher; PA; Franklin Jones; 9; colored; MO; Emmory Dickson; 18; colored; teamster; MO; Irving Pointer; 16; colored; works on farm; MO; John Pearce; 23; white; clerk in bank; MO

2013-MO find-a-grave-picture of headstone-Samuel K Sneed; 54 years a minister of the Presbyterian church; born 16 Jan 1798; died 29 Aug 1876; burial Oak Hill Cemetery, St Louis, MO. Samuel apparently was part of the 1820 class of Yale University. Yale published obituaries of graduates that died between 1870-1880 and Samuel is listed thus: Class of 1820: Samuel Kirby Sneed only son of James and Catherine Sneed was born in Louisville, KY 16 Jan 1798.

The plans formed by his father in sending him away from home for an education were entirely overthrown by his choosing the ministry as a profession and on his return from College he found himself at once obliged to obtain means to pursue his studies. Accordingly he taught school in Louisville and afterwards spent a year at the Andover Theological Seminary.

He was ordained as an evangelist at Middletown, KY 10 May 1826 and was installed pastor of the churches at Lebanon and Springfield 5 Dec 1827. He remained in Kentucky until 1833 when in order to emancipate the slaves which he owned he removed to Indiana and was installed over the Presbyterian church in New Albany. He spent some ten years with this church and was afterwards employed for shorter periods in various places until his removal in 1859 to Kirkwood, Missouri a few miles from St Louis where two of his daughters have charge of a Seminary and where the rest of his life was passed. He died in Kirkwood after a gradual failure of his powers 30 Aug 1876 aged 78 years.

His first wife a sister of the Rev Dr Lewis Green of Centre College Danville, KY died without leaving children. His second wife was Miss Rachel Crosby by whom he had three daughters and one son.