Mary Jane Snodgrass
b. 16 March 1839, d. 3 September 1902
Father | Samuel M. Snodgrass1,2 b. 7 Dec 1805, d. 8 Jan 1843 |
Mother | Margaret Clark3,1 b. 20 Oct 1803, d. 9 Jun 1847 |
Birth | 16 Mar 1839 | Mary Jane Snodgrass was born on 16 Mar 1839 in Washington County, Virginia.4 |
Ward | 26 Aug 1844 | Mary Jane's father died in 1843. In August, 1844, Mary Jane was named the ward of her mother, and of her mother's brother Robert Clark.2 |
Cens-1850 | 1850 | However Mary Jane's mother died in June 1849. By 1850 Mary Jane was living in the household of her uncle John Clark and his family.5 |
Ward | 27 Nov 1851 | The following year the Washington County courts named Robert Grant as her guardian. He was the husband of Mary Jane's older sister Ann.6 |
Marriage | 24 Nov 1859 | She married John Buchanan Edmondson, son of Andrew Edmondson and Rosanna Buchanan, on 24 Nov 1859 in Washington County, Virginia.7,8 |
Cens-1860 | 8 Aug 1860 | The summer after they married John and Mary Jane were enumerated on the 1860 federal census for Washington County. Mary Jane would have been 7 months pregnant with their first child, Samuel, who died at two months of age. John was a farmer whose personal property was worth $3,200.9 |
Cens-1860- Slave | 18 Aug 1860 | This included the 3 slaves residing with the family.10 |
Military | When the Civil War broke out John enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private in Company D of the First Virginia Cavalry.11 | |
A son was born to the couple in April 1865, a few days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse. John and Mary Jane named the newborn Robert Lee Edmondson. | ||
Cens-1880 | 5 Jun 1880 | The 1880 census clarified that the family was living in the Holston District of Washington County. John and Mary both listed their ages as 41. Their children were enumerated as: Rosa 18, Robert 15, Margaret 12, Andrew 12, William 7, James 4 and Charles two.12 |
Three additional children were born following the 1880 census.13,14 | ||
Widowed | 14 Mar 1890 | Mary was widowed on 14 Mar 1890. |
20 May 1898 | She may have spent a few years in Clayton, New Mexico in the years after John's death.15 | |
Death | 3 Sep 1902 | Mary died on 3 Sep 1902 at age 63.4 |
Burial | She was buried at Rock Spring Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia.4 |
Family | John Buchanan Edmondson b. 14 Dec 1838, d. 14 Mar 1890 | |
Children |
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Charts | Descendants of James Clark and Isabella Breckenridge |
Last Edited | 26 Jul 2013 |
Citations
- [S6] Thomas Colley, Washington Co. VA Marriages 1853-1880, p. 101. Bride's parents listed as Samuel M. & Margaret Snodgrass.
- [S28] Gerald H. Clark, Guardian Bonds Washington Co., VA, p. 36. Robert Clark and Margaret Snodgrass named guardians of Ann L., James C., Martha G., Mary Jane and William L. Snodgrass, orphans of Samuel M. Snodgrass, deceased. Bond: $4,000. Sureties: James Clark and Peter Clark.
- [S11] "Family notes of Mrs. Lizzie Ryburn."
- [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 207. Mary J. Edmondson, w/o John B. Edmondson, 16 Mar 1839-3 Sept 1902.
- [S367] Capt. Clark household, 1850 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., 67th District, p. (after 107 stamped), dwelling 612, family 612, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Dec. 2006, image 80 of 289. Enumeration includes: Capt. Clark, age 68, farmer, owns land val at $4,000; Mary, 54; Rosanah, 23; Martha 21; James, 20; Elizabeth, 15; John, 10; Ellen, 7; M. J. Snodgrass, 9; James Rhea, 18, farmer; all b. VA.
- [S28] Gerald H. Clark, Guardian Bonds Washington Co., VA, p. 46.
- [S6] Thomas Colley, Washington Co. VA Marriages 1853-1880, p. 101. John Buchanan Edmondson, 21y, sgl, b & res WCV, farmer, s/o Andrew & Rosanah Edmondson AND Mary Jane Snodgrass, 20y, sgl, b & res WCV, d/o Samuel M. & Margaret Snodgrass; 24 Nov. 1859.
- [S1344] Notification re the estate of Jean Buchanan, dec'd, The Journal Virginian, Oct. 11, 1962. No marriage date given.
- [S234] John B. Edmondson household, 1860 U.S. cens, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Liberty Hall post office, p. 170, dwelling 1268, family 1215, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Sept. 2005, image 172 of 361. Enumeration includes: John B. Edmondson, 21, farmer, personal real estate of $3,200; Mary Jane, 21; both b. VA.
- [S1308] John B. Edmondson, owner, 1860 U.S. census, Washington Co., Virginia, slave schedule, p. 14 (original script), line 12, viewed online at Ancestry.com. 3 slaves: 1 male (4y) and 2 females (27 and 2y); 1 slave house.
- [S958] James L. Douthat, Civil War Records of Washington Co., Virginia, p. 53.
- [S165] John B. Edmondson household, 1880 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Holston District, ED 100, page 246C (stamped), dwelling 87, family 87, viewed online at www.Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 11 of 54. Enumeration includes: John B. Edmondson, 41, farmer; Mary J., 41, wife; Rosa B., dau, 18; Robt Lee, son, 15; Margaret, dau, 12; Andrew, son, 10; William S., son, 7; James C., son, 4; Charles H., son, 2; all b. VA; all parents b. VA.
- [S979] Dr. Howard V. Jones, "Descendants of Andrew Edmiston", report dated 2004.
- [S1344] Notification re the estate of Jean Buchanan, dec'd, The Journal Virginian, Oct. 11, 1962.
- [S16] Howard Jones reports that the records of Rock Spring Church in Washington County, Virginia state that Mary Jane was dismissed from the church in 1898 for Clayton, New Mexico. I have been unable to locate her on the 1900 census in either Virginia or New Mexico.
- [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 207. Samuel Meek Edmondson, s/o John B. & M.J. Edmondson, 15 Oct.-14 Dec. 1860.
- [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 207. Rosa B. Edmondson, d/o John B. & M.J. Edmondson, 12 Nov. 1861- 20 Feb. 1897.
- [S123] William R. Wheeler, Washington Co., VA Marriage Licenses 1881-1890, p. 20, 31. Rosa B. Edmondson, 23, sgl, b. & resid. Washington Co., VA, d/o John B. & Mary Edmondson AND Wm R. Cole, 26, sgl, b & resid WCV, farmer, s/o James & Eliza Cole; 15 Oct. 1884.
- [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 207. Robert L. Edmondson, s/o John B. & M.J. Edmondson, 24 Apr. 1865-26 May 1891.
- [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 207. Maggie C. Edmondson, d/o John B. & M.J. Edmondson, 4 Oct. 1867-17 May 1890.
- [S3] Moore and Stephens, Washington Co., VA Birth and Death Records, p. 43. Andrew Russell Edmondson, b. 1870 to John B. & Mary J. Edmondson, Glade Spring twp.
- [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 207. William S. Edmondson, s/o John B. & M.J. Edmondson, 17 Feb. 1873-5 Dec. 1893.
- [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 207. James Clark Edmondson, s/o John B. & M.J. Edmondson, d. 7 Sept. 1880, age 4y 10m 26d (new stone: 11 Oct. 1875-7 Sep 1881).
- [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 207. Charles H. Edmondson, s/o John B. & M.J. Edmondson, 16 Jan 1878-17 Jul 1893.
- [S8] Hockett and Hunt, 1891-1902 Marriages of Washington Co. VA, p. 32. Frank Preston Edmondson, 21, s/o John B. & Mary J. Edmondson, farmer AND Stella May Pafford, 21, d/o W.F. & C.E. Pafford; marr: 2 June 1902 by W.W. Hicks.