Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James McKean Snowden and Anna Mary Burns




Husband James McKean Snowden 1




           Born: 1831 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1909
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA


         Father: Henry Snowden (1797-      ) 1 2
         Mother: Catharine McKean (1799-      ) 1 2


       Marriage: 1862 1



Wife Anna Mary Burns 1




           Born: 6 Mar 1841 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Nov 1890 3
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA


         Father: George Burns (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Rebecca [Unk] (      -      ) 1




Children
1 M George Grant Snowden 1 4

           Born: 4 Sep 1865 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Jan 1918 - ? Philadelphia, PA 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Pearl Pinkerton McClelland (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 15 Sep 1903 - Bowling Green, Wood Co, OH 3


2 M James H. Snowden 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - James McKean Snowden


He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and there engaged in the real estate business, making and losing several fortunes. At the time of the discovery of oil he moved from Pittsburgh to Oil City, Pennsylvania, and turned his attention to the oil industry.

During the Civil War he served in the Union Army.

He and his wife became the parents of five children.

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Sources


1 Thomas Lynch Montgomery, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Vol. 15 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1924), Pg 175.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 683.

3 Thomas Lynch Montgomery, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Vol. 15 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1924), Pg 176.

4 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 85.


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