Person:William Snapp (2)
William F. Snapp
b.1825 Bullitt City, Kentucky
d. Georgetown, IL
Parents and Siblings
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m. 31 Oct 1805
  1. Charles SnappAbt 1805 -
  2. Josephine SnappAbt 1810 -
  3. James Harein Snapp1810 - 1877
  4. Lewis SnappAbt 1814 -
  5. Bertha Ann SnappAbt 1815 -
  6. Linton Snapp1819 -
  7. Angline SnappAbt 1820 -
  8. Lina H. Snapp1821 -
  9. William F. Snapp1825 -
  10. William H. Snapp1834 - 1856
Spouse and Children
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m.
  1. George Washington Snapp1848 - 1931
  2. Lewis Eldman Snapp1850 - 1916
  3. Margaret Ella Snapp1854 -
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Facts and Events
Name William F. Snapp
Gender Male
Birth? 1825 Bullitt City, Kentucky
Marriage Vertrees, Harden Co., KYto Mary Jane La Mar
Occupation? Farmer and Circuit Preacher
Death? Georgetown, IL

Shortly before the start of the civil war, William F. Snapp and his family left Kentucky. They were not in sympathy with the south and slavery. Had they stayed it would have meant serving in the Confederate Army. They settled near Lebanon, Indiana. When they lived in Kentucky they had a colored girl (not a slave) as a housekeeper. She was nineteen at the time. As soon as he was able, William brought her back to Lebanon. They rode horseback and travelled at night, as no colored were allowed to leave the south. She lived with them the rest of her life.

William F. Snapp was a farmer and a circuit Preacher. He was married several times. On of his wives was // Bishop Snapp. She went back to Ireland for a visit in 1836, at the time they were having a Cholera plague. While there she didn't eat any meat and they thought that Was why she didn't get sick. they didn't know if she was married to William Snapp at this time or not.

William Snapp was killed wile riding on a hay wagon. Lightning struck a tree and the limes fell on him. He is buried in Georgetown, IL.

This information furnished by keith Snapp.

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