Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Rev. William Andrew Snively and Ella Pirtle




Husband Rev. William Andrew Snively 1 2 3

           Born: 6 Dec 1833 1 2 3
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           Died: 2 Mar 1901 2
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         Father: Daniel Snively (1802-1872) 1 3 4
         Mother: Mary Ann Culbertson (1811-1880) 1 2 5


       Marriage: 12 Oct 1865 2



Wife Ella Pirtle 2 6

           Born: 16 Apr 1839 2
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Children
1 F Jane Pirtle "Jennie" Snively 2 6

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2 F Mary Snively 2

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3 F Julia Snively 2

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4 M Theodore Culbertson Snively 2 6

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5 F Ella Rogers Snively 2

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6 F Elsie Snively 6

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. William Andrew Snively


He was educated at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in the class of 1852; clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church; was associate rector of St. Andrew's Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; rector of Christ's Church, Cincinnati, Ohio; rector of St Peter's Church, Albany, New York, and for twelve years or more was rector of Grace Church, Brooklyn Heights, New York; was clerical deputy to the general convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1871, 1874, 1877, 1880, 1883 and 1886; member of the board of missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church; Standing Committee of the board of trustees of the General Theological Seminary, New York; member of the executive committee of the society for the increase of the ministry, chairman of the missionary committee of the diocese of Long Island and trustee of the Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City, Long Island. He published "Sermons during the War," 1865; "The Ober-Ammergau Passion Play," 1 vol., 8 vo., 1881; "The Cathedral System in the American Church," 1877; "Genealogical Memoranda" of the Snively family, A. D. 1659, A. D. 1882; "Science and Religion," a sermon before the Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1884; articles in American Church Review and in the Homiletic Review.

He was graduated at Dickinson College in 1852. He entered the Methodist Episcopal ministry, but in 1865 was ordained deacon and priest by Bishop Stevens, of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He was assistant at St. Andrew's Church, Pittsburgh, and rector of Christ Church, Cincinnati; St. Peter's Church, Albany; Grace Church, Brooklyn; and Trinity Church, New Orleans; he was a voluminous writer on church topics.


General Notes: Wife - Ella Pirtle

from Louisville, Jefferson Co, KY

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Sources


1 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 728.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 221.

3 Lewis R. Culbertson, M.D., Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families (Zanesville, OH: The Courier Co., 1923), Pg 274.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 219.

5 Lewis R. Culbertson, M.D., Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families (Zanesville, OH: The Courier Co., 1923), Pg 269.

6 Lewis R. Culbertson, M.D., Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families (Zanesville, OH: The Courier Co., 1923), Pg 282.


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