Charles L. Snowdon and Elizabeth Hogg

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Husband Charles L. Snowdon ¹

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           Born: 25 Jun 1854 - Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA 1
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         Father: John N. Snowdon (1827-      ) 2
         Mother: Eliza J. McSherry (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 26 Jun 1879 1

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Wife Elizabeth Hogg ³

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         Father: George Ewing Hogg (1815-      ) 3 4
         Mother: Sarah A. McClung (      -      ) 3

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1 F Eliza Snowdon ¹

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2 M George Hogg Snowdon ¹

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3 F Caroline McClurg Snowdon ¹

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4 M Felix Brunot Snowdon ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Charles L. Snowdon

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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 has 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.

1 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 297.

2 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 296.

3 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 278.

4 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 225.