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William Snowden

Birth
Madison County, Kentucky, USA
Death
27 Aug 1898 (aged 21–22)
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Bybee, Madison County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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William was the son of Charles Christopher Snowden & Minerva Portwood Snowden. He married Spicey Freeman, the daughter of Efford & Josephine Isaacs Freeman, on February 16, 1897. Mr. Snowden was a patient, at the EKLA, when he met with an accident and passed away from the effects of his injuries. His remains were sent to Madison County for funeral services and interment in the family cemetery.

•William Snowden, of Waco, a bridgegroom of only four months, was adjudged insane, and ordered to an asylum Wednesday. He claimed his wife had thrown a spell over him.

•Deaths-SNOWDEN-A telegram to H.H. Colyer, stating that Wm. Snowden, of Waco, who was sent to the Lexington asylum several months ago, died suddenly at that institution Saturday morning.

1-Newspaper: Bourbon News.
ED: 06-04-1897, pg 5, col 4.
2-Newspaper: Richmond Climax.
ED: 08-31-1898, pg 2, col 6.
William was the son of Charles Christopher Snowden & Minerva Portwood Snowden. He married Spicey Freeman, the daughter of Efford & Josephine Isaacs Freeman, on February 16, 1897. Mr. Snowden was a patient, at the EKLA, when he met with an accident and passed away from the effects of his injuries. His remains were sent to Madison County for funeral services and interment in the family cemetery.

•William Snowden, of Waco, a bridgegroom of only four months, was adjudged insane, and ordered to an asylum Wednesday. He claimed his wife had thrown a spell over him.

•Deaths-SNOWDEN-A telegram to H.H. Colyer, stating that Wm. Snowden, of Waco, who was sent to the Lexington asylum several months ago, died suddenly at that institution Saturday morning.

1-Newspaper: Bourbon News.
ED: 06-04-1897, pg 5, col 4.
2-Newspaper: Richmond Climax.
ED: 08-31-1898, pg 2, col 6.

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Locally Known as the Portwood-Snowden Cemetery

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