Benjamin Snively and Matilda Mitchell

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Husband Benjamin Snively ^{1 2}

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           Born: 9 May 1817 - near Shady Grove, Franklin Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Joseph Snively (1786-1872) 1 3
         Mother: Anna Bachtel (      -1853) 1

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       Marriage: 12 Dec 1839 2

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Wife Matilda Mitchell ^{1 2}

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         Father: James Mitchell (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Catharine Nigh (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Catherine N. Snively ^{1 2}

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2 M Isaac Snively ^{1 2}

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3 M James Ross Snively ^{1 2}

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         Spouse: Lillian Bonbrake (      -      ) 4

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4 M Benjamin Snively, Jr. ^{1 2}

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5 M William Stewart Snively ^{1 2}

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6 F Edith Matilda Snively ^{1 2 5}

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         Spouse: Samuel H. Rutherford (1843-      ) 2 5
           Marr: 28 Nov 1894 5

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7 F Mary Lundie Snively ^{1 2}

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         Spouse: William T. Omwake (      -      ) 2

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8 M Warren Snively ^{1 2}

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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Snively

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He resided on a farm, a mile west of Shady Grove, Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He was a Republican, and was a firm friend to the Union cause during the Civil War, and served his township in various offices of public trust.
He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church.

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General Notes: Wife - Matilda Mitchell

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She was a descendant of the Rev. John Steel, the famous "fighting parson" of the Conococheague, who commanded a company of his parishioners in the Kittanning Expedition of 1756. Mrs. Steel was a sister of the mother of President Andrew Jackson.

1 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 727.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 223.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 220.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 125, 223.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1022.