Wade & Webb Family History

Sarah Frances Snelson1832–1883

Holmes · Georgia · Ebenezer Cemetery

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Sources
  4. Notes

Birth

  1. 15 May 1832 Meriwether, Georgia 1

Marriages

  1. 6 Aug 1855 James A Webb, at Meriwether, Georgia, U.S.A 4
  2. 6 Aug 1855 James A Webb, at Meriwether, Georgia 4
  3. 6 Aug 1855 James A Webb, at Meriwether, Georgia 4

Death and burial

  1. 9 Jun 1883 Death: Meriwether, Georgia 7
  2. Date unknown Burial: Ebenezer Cemetery, Meriwether, Georgia

Family

Parents
Not recorded
Spouse, 6 Aug 1855
James A Webb 1830–1855

Line of descent Webb line

  1. Sarah Frances Snelson
  2. Wife of James A Webb
  3. Charles David Webb
  4. James Pleasant Webb, son
  5. Hilda Webb, daughter
  6. William Albert Webb Wade, son

Wife of great-granduncle of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Sarah Frances Snelson was born in Meriwether County, Georgia, on 15 May 1832, according to the FamilySearch tree, which gives no source for the date and names no parents for her.1 The federal census of 1850 lists Sarah F. Snelson in the household of John Snelson in Meriwether County, together with Miriam Snelson, who married Joel Webb in 1851.2 Inference The two were probably sisters, and John Snelson probably their father, though the census of 1850 does not state relationships.2 The tree also attaches an entry of the same year for a Sarah Snelson in the household of William Snelson in Holmes County, Mississippi.3 Inference Since she was enumerated in Georgia, that entry is very probably another woman of the same name and is not relied on here.3 On 6 August 1855, in Meriwether County, she married James A. Webb, a son of Charles Hackett Webb and Malinda Bailey, whose surname both indexes of the marriage read as "Wells"; the tree gives his death as 17 September 1855, six weeks later.4 By 1860 she was Sarah F. Gresham, in the household of George W. Gresham, with whom the censuses of 1870 and 1880 again list her; in 1880, when the index reads the name "Greshane," the family was in District 1290 of Meriwether County.5 The Alabama death record of John A. Gresham in 1937 names his mother as "Fannie Snelson," a familiar form of Frances.6 She died in Meriwether County on 9 June 1883 and was buried in Ebenezer Cemetery there, under the name Sarah Frances Gresham.7 The tree does not yet record her marriage to George W. Gresham.8

Sources

Every FamilySearch record attached to Sarah Frances Snelson.

  1. 1850Sarah F Snelson, "United States, Census, 1850"
  2. 1850Sarah Snelson, "United States, Census, 1850"
  3. 6 Aug 1855Sarah Frances Snelson, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
  4. 6 August 1855Sarah Frances Snelson, "Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967"
  5. 1860Sarah F Gresham, "United States, Census, 1860"
  6. 1870Sarah Gresham, "United States, Census, 1870"
  7. 1880Sarah Greshane, "United States, Census, 1880"
  8. 1937Fannie Snelson, "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974"
  9. Findagrave

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L23J-SFL: birth 15 May 1832, Meriwether, Georgia, no source attached; no parents recorded back to the text
  2. "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Sarah F Snelson in entry for John Snelson, 1850. Record: Sarah F Snelson in entry for John Snelson, 1850 "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Miram Snelson in entry for John Snelson, 1850. Record: Miram Snelson in entry for John Snelson, 1850 "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950", FamilySearch, Joel Webb and Miriam Snelson, 23 Dec 1851. Record: Joel Webb and Miriam Snelson, 23 Dec 1851 back to the text
  3. "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Sarah Snelson in entry for William Snelson, 1850. Record: Sarah Snelson in entry for William Snelson, 1850 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L23J-SFL: residence 1850, Holmes County, Mississippi back to the text
  4. "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950", FamilySearch, James A. Wells and Sarah Frances Snelson, 6 Aug 1855. Record: James A. Wells and Sarah Frances Snelson, 6 Aug 1855 "Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967", FamilySearch, Sarah Frances Snelson in entry for James A. Wells, 6 August 1855. Record: Sarah Frances Snelson in entry for James A. Wells, 6 August 1855 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile MHCC-14T (their page): James A Webb, son of Charles Hackett Webb and Malinda Bailey; died 17 Sep 1855 back to the text
  5. "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch, Sarah F Gresham in entry for Geo W Gresham, 1860. Record: Sarah F Gresham in entry for Geo W Gresham, 1860 "United States, Census, 1870", FamilySearch, Sarah Gresham in entry for George Gresham, 1870. Record: Sarah Gresham in entry for George Gresham, 1870 "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, Sarah Greshane in entry for George Greshane, 1880. Record: Sarah Greshane in entry for George Greshane, 1880 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L23J-SFL: residence 1880, District 1290, Meriwether, Georgia back to the text
  6. "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, Fannie Snelson in entry for John A. Gresham, 1937. Record: Fannie Snelson in entry for John A. Gresham, Alabama Deaths, 1937 back to the text
  7. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L23J-SFL: death 9 Jun 1883, Meriwether, Georgia; burial Ebenezer Cemetery, Meriwether Findagrave Record: Find a Grave memorial 18677394, Sarah Frances Gresham back to the text
  8. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L23J-SFL: only spouse recorded: James A Webb back to the text