Jesse Lee Snively and Ruth Twigger

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Husband Jesse Lee Snively ¹

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           Born: 20 May 1865 - Acme, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: Hiram Snively (1834-1917) 2 3
         Mother: Mary Ann Chorpenning (      -1922) 2

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       Marriage: 26 Apr 1892 4

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Wife Ruth Twigger ⁴

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         Father: William Twigger (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Mary Armstrong (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 F Mary Alta Snively ⁴

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           Born: 8 Jul 1894 4
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General Notes: Husband - Jesse Lee Snively

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His education was received in the common schools adjacent to his home. At the age of twelve years he went to live with his grandparents on their farm, one and a half miles from Mammoth, and there he remained until he attained the age of fifteen years, working and attending the schools, and then returned to his home and resided there for one year. At the age of seventeen he went to Ohio, braking on the Cleveland & Pittsburg division of the Pennsylvania railroad. Abandoning this he returned to his home, but after a short period of time went to West Virginia, near Kiser, and was employed with a railway construction company. Later he was employed for some time with a steam saw mill at Welty, near Mammoth, after which he procured a position as fireman on the Pennsylvania railroad, out of Derry, running to Altoona. This position he held for eleven years, coming to Irwin, June 13, 1888, on a night run. For three years he was the oldest fireman on the Pittsburg division, one of which was spent on construction train work. He received his promotion to the post of engineer, December 26, 1898, running on a coal train from Irwin to Derry. Later his run was a day passenger from Irwin to Greensburg by the way of Youghiogheny and Hempfield branches. He was also interested in the real estate business in Irwin and in Pitcairn, in the latter place having an interest in the firm of Shultz & Enyeart, dry goods and groceries, and interested in the Superior White Oak Lumber Company. Mr. Snively was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and served on the official board for more than ten years. He was a Democrat in politics, and a councilman in North Irwin, whither he moved in 1901, and purchased a residence. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 509.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 51.

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 261.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 510.