Charles Leidy Snowdon and Elizabeth B. Hogg
Husband Charles Leidy Snowdon 1 2
Born: 25 Jun 1854 - Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA 1 2 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: John Nelson Snowdon (1827- ) 3 4 Mother: Eliza J. McSherry (1830- ) 1 2
Marriage: 26 Jun 1879 1 4
Wife Elizabeth B. Hogg 4 5
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: George Ewing Hogg (1815- ) 5 6 Mother: Sarah A. McClung ( - ) 5
Children
1 F Lida H. Snowdon 4
AKA: Eliza Snowdon 1 Born: Jan 1881 4 Christened: Died: Buried:
2 M George Hogg Snowdon 1 4
Born: Apr 1883 4 Christened: Died: Buried:
3 F Caroline McClurg Snowdon 1 4
Born: May 1885 4 Christened: Died: Buried:
4 M Felix Brunot Snowdon 1 4
Born: Oct 1887 4 Christened: Died: Buried:
5 M Charles N. Snowdon 4
Born: Jun 1891 4 Christened: Died: Buried:
6 F Mary E. Snowdon 4
Born: Sep 1895 4 Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Charles Leidy Snowdon
He was born in Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and was reared and educated there. He was afterwards employed as a clerk for several years, and from 1873 to 1877 acted as teller in the Dollar Savings Bank of Brownsville. In 1887 he went as first clerk of the steamer Geneva, that ran between Pittsburgh and Brownsville, and belonged to the Pittsburgh, Brownsville & Geneva Packet Co. He remained in this capacity for three years.
In January, 1880, he became interested in the Umpire Coal Works, of Cunningham & Co. The firm consisted of J. S. Cunningham, L. H. Abrams and C. L. Snowdon. They continued in business together till 1881, when J. S. Cunningham and L. H. Abrams drew out, and S. S. Graham and W. B. McCormick became interested, and the firm then became Graham, Snowdon & Co. In 1882 S. S. Graham sold his interest to N. B. Hogg, Jr., and the name was changed to C. L. Snowdon & Co. The mine was located just above the mouth of Redstone Creek, between the railroad bridge and Brownsville. The coal was of superior quality and was shipped by river to Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Louisville and New Orleans. They shipped from this mine annually from one and one-half to two millions of bushels of coal, and employed on an average one hundred and twenty five men. The firm of C. L. Snowdon & Co. operated coke ovens in connection with their coal mining interests. The slack and dust from this mine had preference in the Pittsburgh market.
In 1882 Mr. Snowdon opened the Oro Coal Works, on Water street opposite the glass works in Brownsville; he operated them to supply the home trade.
In 1885 Mr. Snowdon formed a partnership with Frank T. Hogg, and opened the Albany mine, located one mile down the river from Brownsville, near the mouth of Redstone creek, on the site of the old Albany Glass Works. The coal was of an excellent quality, and they shipped from two million to two and one half million bushels yearly.
He was a member of the Protestant Episcopal church at Brownsville, and was a member of the vestry. He was a member of the borough council, having been twice elected; first in 1883, re-elected in 1887, and in 1889 he was elected as a member of the school board.
He was reared and educated in his native town, completing his studies in the high school. His first business experience was in a general store, Farmers and Mechanics, in Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he remained from 1870 to 1876. He was next appointed teller of the Brownsville Dollar Savings Bank, where he remained two years. In 1878 he was employed as clerk of the Brownsville and Geneva Packet Co., in which capacity he was engaged for two years. In 1880 he became interested in the coal trade, and connected himself with J. S. Cunningham & Co., the firm then operating the Empire mines at Brownsville. In 1881 he purchased Mr. Cunningham's interest in the mine, and became its managing owner. This mine was located above the mouth of Redstone creek. The output of the mine was about two million five hundred thousand bushels per annum. In connection with the mine coke ovens were operated. In 1885 in connection with his brother-in-law, F. T. Hogg, he developed the Albany mines, near Brownsville, which came to produce annually three million five hundred thousand bushels. The coal from both these mines was of a superior quality, competing with the Pittsburg coal, and, like it, always found a ready market.
In 1887 he was elected director of the Brownsville Gas Company. In 1889 he was made director of the Monongahela National Bank, of Brownsville, and in 1893 he was chosen president of the same. In 1890 Mr. Snowdon was elected a director of the Pittsburg, Brownsville and Geneva Packet Company, and in 1898 was made its president. In 1892 he organized the Brownsville and Bridgeport Water companies, of both of which he was elected president. The Queen City Coal Company was organized in 1889, at which time he was elected a director, and in 1890 was made its president. In 1892 he was elected president of the Pacific Coal Company.
1 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 297.
2 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 876.
3 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 296.
4 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 877.
5 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 278.
6
Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 225.
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