Person:William Snow (27)

William Snow, a native of New York, was born in Utica, in that State, in 1837. His parents, Willaim and Ann Snow, emigrated from Devonshire, England, in 1837, and located at Utica, where the subject of this sketch had the misfortune to lose his father by death. His father was accidentally drowned at Lockport, New York, and was buried in Buffalo. His mother removed to Fulton county, Ohio, a few weeks after his father's death. He remained there until 1850.

    On the 6th of January, 1850, he set out to cross the plains for California with an ox-team, and arrived in San Joaquin county in the same year.  There was nothing worthy of note on the trip, except a few weeks' visit at Salt Lake City.  He lived with his mother in Stockton until 1852; the family then removed to Linden, twelve miles from Stockton, where his mother now resides.
    In 1859 Mr. Snow removed to Stanislaus county, and commenced for himself as a stock-raiser, and from a small beginning, by strict attention to business, increased in wealth until his broad acres and stock are numbered by the thousands.  In 1864 he crossed the mountains with cattle, sold his stock, and returned to San Joaquin county, remaining there until he returned to Stanislaus county, January 1, 1874, where he now resides.
    He now owns five thousand acres of land in one body, thirty-six hundred of which is situated in Stanislaus, the balance in Calaveras county.  Three thousand acres of his land is tillable.  His farm is stocked with five thousand head of fine sheep, and twenty-two head of work mules and horses.
    The ranch has flowing through it a living stream of water, which greatly enhances the value of the property, as it affords an unfailing supply of water for sheep and other stock.  In the large illustration of Mr. Snow's ranch will be noticed many sheep, some being herded on the foot-hills, and others represented in the different sheep-pens which are admirably arranged for separating, dividing or for feeding.
    Sheep in California are never kept under shelter, and except a few of fine blood, seldom get any food, save much as they can pick up on the open hills and plains.  Sometimes lambs are lost with cold, but this is very rare when they are well managed.  At night the herds are driven into corrals or pens, to protect them against the coyotes, and to keep them from being lost.
    On the large sheep ranches, one herdsman is employed for a thousand sheep.  There are a few shepherd dogs in the State, some brought from Australia, others from Scotland.  The word "corral" is understood by these dogs, we are informed by some sheep-herders, and when they hear it, they immediately drive the herd to the corral.  At the sight of a wolf they hastily collect the sheep into a dense body, with their tails out and the lambs in the center.  If a sheep turns his head out, the dog bites his knees and makes him turn about.  The dog seems to understand that the wolf cannot do much harm by biting the rump of the sheep, but would soon kill it after catching it's throat.
    Mr. Snow has ample barns and sheds for his stock, and windmills to raise water for used about the house.  Everything about the place indicates thrift and prosperity which has attended Mr. Snow's farming operations since he entered upon the business, and he is now considered on the most practical farmers of that section.
    Mr. Snow was married in 1860, to Miss L. J. Board.  A daughter was born to them in San Joaquin county, in 1870, whom they named Ada Snow.

History of Stanislaus County, California, Elliott and Moore Publishers, 1881, page 218, California State Library (979.457), Sacramento, California.

Snow---In Stockton, February 17, 1920. William Snow, beloved husband of Emma Snow and father of Mrs. C. B. Orvis, a native of New York, aged 82 years, 6 months, and five days. The funeral will take place Thursday, February 19, 1920 at 2 p.m. from the chapel of B. C. Wallace, Channel and Stanislaus Streets. Interment in Park View Cemetery. Friends are invited to attend.

William Snow obituary, Stockton, San Joaquin, California, Stockton Daily Record, Wednesday, February 18, 1920, p. 7.

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    William Snow, a native of New York, was born in Utica, in that State, in 1837.  His parents, Willaim and Ann Snow, emigrated from Devonshire, England, in 1837, and located at Utica, where the subject of this sketch had the misfortune to lose his father by death.  His father was accidentally drowned at Lockport, New York, and was buried in Buffalo.  His mother removed to Fulton county, Ohio, a few weeks after his father's death.  He remained there until 1850.
    On the 6th of January, 1850, he set out to cross the plains for California with an ox-team, and arrived in San Joaquin county in the same year.  There was nothing worthy of note on the trip, except a few weeks' visit at Salt Lake City.  He lived with his mother in Stockton until 1852; the family then removed to Linden, twelve miles from Stockton, where his mother now resides.
    In 1859 Mr. Snow removed to Stanislaus county, and commenced for himself as a stock-raiser, and from a small beginning, by strict attention to business, increased in wealth until his broad acres and stock are numbered by the thousands.  In 1864 he crossed the mountains with cattle, sold his stock, and returned to San Joaquin county, remaining there until he returned to Stanislaus county, January 1, 1874, where he now resides.
    He now owns five thousand acres of land in one body, thirty-six hundred of which is situated in Stanislaus, the balance in Calaveras county.  Three thousand acres of his land is tillable.  His farm is stocked with five thousand head of fine sheep, and twenty-two head of work mules and horses.
    The ranch has flowing through it a living stream of water, which greatly enhances the value of the property, as it affords an unfailing supply of water for sheep and other stock.  In the large illustration of Mr. Snow's ranch will be noticed many sheep, some being herded on the foot-hills, and others represented in the different sheep-pens which are admirably arranged for separating, dividing or for feeding.
    Sheep in California are never kept under shelter, and except a few of fine blood, seldom get any food, save much as they can pick up on the open hills and plains.  Sometimes lambs are lost with cold, but this is very rare when they are well managed.  At night the herds are driven into corrals or pens, to protect them against the coyotes, and to keep them from being lost.
    On the large sheep ranches, one herdsman is employed for a thousand sheep.  There are a few shepherd dogs in the State, some brought from Australia, others from Scotland.  The word "corral" is understood by these dogs, we are informed by some sheep-herders, and when they hear it, they immediately drive the herd to the corral.  At the sight of a wolf they hastily collect the sheep into a dense body, with their tails out and the lambs in the center.  If a sheep turns his head out, the dog bites his knees and makes him turn about.  The dog seems to understand that the wolf cannot do much harm by biting the rump of the sheep, but would soon kill it after catching it's throat.
    Mr. Snow has ample barns and sheds for his stock, and windmills to raise water for used about the house.  Everything about the place indicates thrift and prosperity which has attended Mr. Snow's farming operations since he entered upon the business, and he is now considered on the most practical farmers of that section.
    Mr. Snow was married in 1860, to Miss L. J. Board.  A daughter was born to them in San Joaquin county, in 1870, whom they named Ada Snow.

History of Stanislaus County, California, Elliott and Moore Publishers, 1881, page 218, California State Library (979.457), Sacramento, California.

Snow---In Stockton, February 17, 1920. William Snow, beloved husband of Emma Snow and father of Mrs. C. B. Orvis, a native of New York, aged 82 years, 6 months, and five days. The funeral will take place Thursday, February 19, 1920 at 2 p.m. from the chapel of B. C. Wallace, Channel and Stanislaus Streets. Interment in Park View Cemetery. Friends are invited to attend.

William Snow obituary, Stockton, San Joaquin, California, Stockton Daily Record, Wednesday, February 18, 1920, p. 7.

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