Snider, Nathan Cleburne

1884 - 1980  (96 years)

• Name	Snider, Nathan Cleburne
  Born	1 Jan 1884	Robertson County, Texas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Dec 1980	Tarrant County, Texas, USA
  Buried	Mount Pleasant Cemetery - Franklin, Robertson, Texas, USA
  	Findagrave.com Memorial #68920745
  Person ID	I8040	Coursey-Sansing Tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Snider, William Hasten,   b. 18 Dec 1834, Newnan Pines, Coweta County, Georgia, USA ,   d. 3 Aug 1910, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Cobb, Elizabeth Adeline,   b. 5 Mar 1843,   d. 3 May 1903, Texas, USA  (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F3250	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Wyatt, Virgie Lee,   b. 26 Dec 1895, Carroll County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 8 Apr 1968, Marlin, Falls County, Texas, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Children	1. Snider, Jo Ella,   b. Midland, Midland County, Texas, USA
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F3323	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Biography   Nathan Cleburne Snider, youngest of six Snider children born to William H. and Elizabeth Snider. His father was in several major battles of the Civil War and received a wound from which he limped the rest of his life. His mother's first husband was deceased and Nathan had four older half siblings from that union. The youngest half brother, William Hasten, was born after his father died and Nathan's father, William H. Snider, was the only father this stepson knew. Half siblings and one sister, Buelah, were married when his little sister, Texie, died. Nathan lived for several years near Big Foot, Frio County, Texas, after his parents marriage ended. A photo was made there of the mother and four children, Alta, Ophelia, John and Nathan that is displayed on several memorials. His sister, Alta, married and his mother had a stroke one day while walking with the other children to Alta's house. Nathan said, "Ma never talked much after that." He returned with his mother, John and Ophelia to Robertson County. Alta remained with her family in Frio County and Nathan never saw her again. His brother, John, married and Nathan was living with them in the 1900 census of Robertson County. In 1907, Nathan and John filed on homestead land in New Mexico Territory, built a small house and put in a crop. They each had a wagon and team and traveled to Arizona next to check on homestead land there. John returned to New Mexico to stay. Nathan headed west to see California and then returned to Texas. He was near middle age when he began writing his future wife, Virgie, in Tennessee. He made a trip to Tennessee to meet Virgie and her family but returned without a bride. After a time he wrote that they had corresponded long enough and should get married or stop writing. At first, Virgie threw his letter in the fireplace, then quickly rescued it and wrote back accepting his marriage proposal. Nathan went to Tennessee to claim his bride, brought her to Texas and cherished her the rest of his life. They had one child, Jo Ella, the age of his brother's grandchildren. NOTE: Uncle Nathan was in a nursing home and in his nineties when this granddaughter of his brother, John, began recording his memories with a tape recorder. His mind and memory were sharp and clear until shortly before his death at the age of ninety-seven. The hours of Nathan Cleburne Snider we have on tape are a touchstone of our heritage. -Blanche Keating Collie Father: Williamson H. Snider 1834-1910 (exact entry in family Bible by his father and only initial H. found in records - confused by some researchers for name of a stepson) Children: Jo Ella Snider Parker (only child)