Nancy Mahala, first daughter of Howard and Eleanor (Lyon) Carter (son of Isaac G. Carter, son of Isaac P. Carter), was born Jan. 24, 1852, Matthews, Grant county, Indiana; died 19 .
Her childhood days were spent on the farm where she was born with plenty of work to do. As she was the oldest of the family the housework and the care of the children fell heavily on her. There was a school house close by, where she attended school. In the fourteenth year of her age, she went with her parents to Henry county, Iowa, a nice prairie country, where they soon had a good farm and a comfortable home in good society, with good school and church privileges.
Her mother had a loom and she became an expert carpet weaver. The weaving of other goods had passed away and the time had come that most parents thought girls ought to have a good education which she got in the common schools, but her school days were cut short by the death of her mother in 1870, when it fell to her lot to take care of the house and younger children, the youngest being three years old. This she faithfully
did until others got large enough to take charge of the house and let her go to Howe's Normal school at Mt. Pleasant and prepare herself for teaching in the public schools, in which business she was engaged the most of the time until she was married. Boarding most of the time at home, she had the oversight of the other children all the time.
William Henry Snell, son of Henry and Emmeline Clark Snell, was born January 10, 1840, Dearborn county, Indiana; died 19
His parents were natives of the United States. His early life was spent where he was born until 1843, when his parents moved to Bureau county, Illinois, where he grew to manhood, going to school and working on a farm. He also learned the wagon maker trade and worked at it several years. In 1861 he was married to Clarissa Atwood. Three children were born to them:
Timothy Eugene, September 29, 1863, Bureau county, Ills.; died Feb. 21, 1865, Bureau county. Ills.
Clara Augusta. August 31, 1866, Bureau county. Ills.; died Jan. 18, 1882 Henry county, Iowa.
Austin Henry, June 24, 1871, Bureau county, Illinois; died 19 .
He moved his family to Henry county, Iowa, in 1875 and settled on a farm near Swedesburg. Here the wife and mother died. He took her back to Illinois for burial and left the children there to be taken care of and came back and worked on the farm.
Nancy Mahala Carter and William Henry Snell were married November 20. 1879, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. To them one child was born : ,
Ralph Howard, October 8 1892, Stuttgart, Arkansas; died 19
She taught school in Washington county the winter after they were married and he went back to Illinois and stayed until the next March, when he came back to Iowa and they went to housekeeping on his farm east of Swedesburg. They improved the farm by putting in tile and erecting a good barn. Prosperity followed their labors and they soon had plenty about them ; but he thought he would like to live in a warmer climate, so late in the fall he and his brother-in-law, George H. Carter, started with a team and carriage to go to St. Charles, Louisiana. When they arrived at Keokuk they got all on a steamboat and went to Memphis, Tenn., getting off on the west side of the river they drove to Stuttgart, Arkansas, where he traded the team for a farm and came back to Iowa. The next winter he made a trip to St. Charles and another to Arkansas and came home satisfied that Arkansas was the place to go and they moved there in January, 1890. The moving was done by loading a car with horses, farming utensils and household goods, a man going along to take care of the horses. Five years residence satisfied them that this was a poor country for farming and they traded their place for land in Nebraska and July 27, 1897, they started with two mule teams to move to Holt county, Nebraska. One of the mules died a few days after they started; they got shafts for the buggy and went on, camping out by the way. The trip occupied forty-five days. They arrived at their new home among entire strangers and moved into a house that for sometime had been occupied by a very trifling lot of renters that had but few neighbors. Nothing better was expected from Arkansas, so the neighbors still kept away. His hand got sore with what the doctors called a frog felon and was so bad that she had to dress it every hour for several weeks. It laid him up all winter and when farming time came, she had to help him about hitching up the team and to do other work. During the spring and summer they went to church and became acquainted with a better class of people and soon had plenty of good neighbors.
He was raised by a devoted Christian mother who instructed her children in the way of life and salvation. Her parents were Methodists and early In life she united with that church and was a devoted Christian girl. When twenty years old she heard the coming of the Lord preached by the First Day Adventists and, being convinced that it was Bible truth, she accepted it with all her heart. This led her to study the Bible for more light, which led to a deeper work of grace in the heart and a better knowledge of His Word, which she could readily communicate to others.
In the Sunday school she is an exceptionally good teacher for the little children. In all her life she has been an earnest teacher in the Sunday school whenever she could attend. She is now a member of the Christian Advent church and doing good work for the Master and many thank the Lord for the good instruction they received from her.
"History of Isaac P. Carter Family and their Descendants" published in Washington, Iowa in 1905.
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Mrs. Nancy M. Snell, residing at the home of her son, R. H. Snell, 122 West Twelfth street, passed away at the General hospital at 9:35 am Friday, following a paralytic stroke which she sustained about a week previously. She was 73 years of age and she survived by one son, R. H. Snell. Funeral services were held from the home of her son. The remains were taken to her former home at Mt. Pleasant, Ia. for burial on Saturday, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Snell.
Grand Island Herald, Grand Island Nebraska, May 28, 1925, Page 5
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A descendant of Isaac P. Carter.
Her childhood days were spent on the farm where she was born with plenty of work to do. As she was the oldest of the family the housework and the care of the children fell heavily on her. There was a school house close by, where she attended school. In the fourteenth year of her age, she went with her parents to Henry county, Iowa, a nice prairie country, where they soon had a good farm and a comfortable home in good society, with good school and church privileges.
Her mother had a loom and she became an expert carpet weaver. The weaving of other goods had passed away and the time had come that most parents thought girls ought to have a good education which she got in the common schools, but her school days were cut short by the death of her mother in 1870, when it fell to her lot to take care of the house and younger children, the youngest being three years old. This she faithfully
did until others got large enough to take charge of the house and let her go to Howe's Normal school at Mt. Pleasant and prepare herself for teaching in the public schools, in which business she was engaged the most of the time until she was married. Boarding most of the time at home, she had the oversight of the other children all the time.
William Henry Snell, son of Henry and Emmeline Clark Snell, was born January 10, 1840, Dearborn county, Indiana; died 19
His parents were natives of the United States. His early life was spent where he was born until 1843, when his parents moved to Bureau county, Illinois, where he grew to manhood, going to school and working on a farm. He also learned the wagon maker trade and worked at it several years. In 1861 he was married to Clarissa Atwood. Three children were born to them:
Timothy Eugene, September 29, 1863, Bureau county, Ills.; died Feb. 21, 1865, Bureau county. Ills.
Clara Augusta. August 31, 1866, Bureau county. Ills.; died Jan. 18, 1882 Henry county, Iowa.
Austin Henry, June 24, 1871, Bureau county, Illinois; died 19 .
He moved his family to Henry county, Iowa, in 1875 and settled on a farm near Swedesburg. Here the wife and mother died. He took her back to Illinois for burial and left the children there to be taken care of and came back and worked on the farm.
Nancy Mahala Carter and William Henry Snell were married November 20. 1879, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. To them one child was born : ,
Ralph Howard, October 8 1892, Stuttgart, Arkansas; died 19
She taught school in Washington county the winter after they were married and he went back to Illinois and stayed until the next March, when he came back to Iowa and they went to housekeeping on his farm east of Swedesburg. They improved the farm by putting in tile and erecting a good barn. Prosperity followed their labors and they soon had plenty about them ; but he thought he would like to live in a warmer climate, so late in the fall he and his brother-in-law, George H. Carter, started with a team and carriage to go to St. Charles, Louisiana. When they arrived at Keokuk they got all on a steamboat and went to Memphis, Tenn., getting off on the west side of the river they drove to Stuttgart, Arkansas, where he traded the team for a farm and came back to Iowa. The next winter he made a trip to St. Charles and another to Arkansas and came home satisfied that Arkansas was the place to go and they moved there in January, 1890. The moving was done by loading a car with horses, farming utensils and household goods, a man going along to take care of the horses. Five years residence satisfied them that this was a poor country for farming and they traded their place for land in Nebraska and July 27, 1897, they started with two mule teams to move to Holt county, Nebraska. One of the mules died a few days after they started; they got shafts for the buggy and went on, camping out by the way. The trip occupied forty-five days. They arrived at their new home among entire strangers and moved into a house that for sometime had been occupied by a very trifling lot of renters that had but few neighbors. Nothing better was expected from Arkansas, so the neighbors still kept away. His hand got sore with what the doctors called a frog felon and was so bad that she had to dress it every hour for several weeks. It laid him up all winter and when farming time came, she had to help him about hitching up the team and to do other work. During the spring and summer they went to church and became acquainted with a better class of people and soon had plenty of good neighbors.
He was raised by a devoted Christian mother who instructed her children in the way of life and salvation. Her parents were Methodists and early In life she united with that church and was a devoted Christian girl. When twenty years old she heard the coming of the Lord preached by the First Day Adventists and, being convinced that it was Bible truth, she accepted it with all her heart. This led her to study the Bible for more light, which led to a deeper work of grace in the heart and a better knowledge of His Word, which she could readily communicate to others.
In the Sunday school she is an exceptionally good teacher for the little children. In all her life she has been an earnest teacher in the Sunday school whenever she could attend. She is now a member of the Christian Advent church and doing good work for the Master and many thank the Lord for the good instruction they received from her.
"History of Isaac P. Carter Family and their Descendants" published in Washington, Iowa in 1905.
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Mrs. Nancy M. Snell, residing at the home of her son, R. H. Snell, 122 West Twelfth street, passed away at the General hospital at 9:35 am Friday, following a paralytic stroke which she sustained about a week previously. She was 73 years of age and she survived by one son, R. H. Snell. Funeral services were held from the home of her son. The remains were taken to her former home at Mt. Pleasant, Ia. for burial on Saturday, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Snell.
Grand Island Herald, Grand Island Nebraska, May 28, 1925, Page 5
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A descendant of Isaac P. Carter.
Nancy Mahala, first daughter of Howard and Eleanor (Lyon) Carter (son of Isaac G. Carter, son of Isaac P. Carter), was born Jan. 24, 1852, Matthews, Grant county, Indiana; died 19 .
Her childhood days were spent on the farm where she was born with plenty of work to do. As she was the oldest of the family the housework and the care of the children fell heavily on her. There was a school house close by, where she attended school. In the fourteenth year of her age, she went with her parents to Henry county, Iowa, a nice prairie country, where they soon had a good farm and a comfortable home in good society, with good school and church privileges.
Her mother had a loom and she became an expert carpet weaver. The weaving of other goods had passed away and the time had come that most parents thought girls ought to have a good education which she got in the common schools, but her school days were cut short by the death of her mother in 1870, when it fell to her lot to take care of the house and younger children, the youngest being three years old. This she faithfully
did until others got large enough to take charge of the house and let her go to Howe's Normal school at Mt. Pleasant and prepare herself for teaching in the public schools, in which business she was engaged the most of the time until she was married. Boarding most of the time at home, she had the oversight of the other children all the time.
William Henry Snell, son of Henry and Emmeline Clark Snell, was born January 10, 1840, Dearborn county, Indiana; died 19
His parents were natives of the United States. His early life was spent where he was born until 1843, when his parents moved to Bureau county, Illinois, where he grew to manhood, going to school and working on a farm. He also learned the wagon maker trade and worked at it several years. In 1861 he was married to Clarissa Atwood. Three children were born to them:
Timothy Eugene, September 29, 1863, Bureau county, Ills.; died Feb. 21, 1865, Bureau county. Ills.
Clara Augusta. August 31, 1866, Bureau county. Ills.; died Jan. 18, 1882 Henry county, Iowa.
Austin Henry, June 24, 1871, Bureau county, Illinois; died 19 .
He moved his family to Henry county, Iowa, in 1875 and settled on a farm near Swedesburg. Here the wife and mother died. He took her back to Illinois for burial and left the children there to be taken care of and came back and worked on the farm.
Nancy Mahala Carter and William Henry Snell were married November 20. 1879, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. To them one child was born : ,
Ralph Howard, October 8 1892, Stuttgart, Arkansas; died 19
She taught school in Washington county the winter after they were married and he went back to Illinois and stayed until the next March, when he came back to Iowa and they went to housekeeping on his farm east of Swedesburg. They improved the farm by putting in tile and erecting a good barn. Prosperity followed their labors and they soon had plenty about them ; but he thought he would like to live in a warmer climate, so late in the fall he and his brother-in-law, George H. Carter, started with a team and carriage to go to St. Charles, Louisiana. When they arrived at Keokuk they got all on a steamboat and went to Memphis, Tenn., getting off on the west side of the river they drove to Stuttgart, Arkansas, where he traded the team for a farm and came back to Iowa. The next winter he made a trip to St. Charles and another to Arkansas and came home satisfied that Arkansas was the place to go and they moved there in January, 1890. The moving was done by loading a car with horses, farming utensils and household goods, a man going along to take care of the horses. Five years residence satisfied them that this was a poor country for farming and they traded their place for land in Nebraska and July 27, 1897, they started with two mule teams to move to Holt county, Nebraska. One of the mules died a few days after they started; they got shafts for the buggy and went on, camping out by the way. The trip occupied forty-five days. They arrived at their new home among entire strangers and moved into a house that for sometime had been occupied by a very trifling lot of renters that had but few neighbors. Nothing better was expected from Arkansas, so the neighbors still kept away. His hand got sore with what the doctors called a frog felon and was so bad that she had to dress it every hour for several weeks. It laid him up all winter and when farming time came, she had to help him about hitching up the team and to do other work. During the spring and summer they went to church and became acquainted with a better class of people and soon had plenty of good neighbors.
He was raised by a devoted Christian mother who instructed her children in the way of life and salvation. Her parents were Methodists and early In life she united with that church and was a devoted Christian girl. When twenty years old she heard the coming of the Lord preached by the First Day Adventists and, being convinced that it was Bible truth, she accepted it with all her heart. This led her to study the Bible for more light, which led to a deeper work of grace in the heart and a better knowledge of His Word, which she could readily communicate to others.
In the Sunday school she is an exceptionally good teacher for the little children. In all her life she has been an earnest teacher in the Sunday school whenever she could attend. She is now a member of the Christian Advent church and doing good work for the Master and many thank the Lord for the good instruction they received from her.
"History of Isaac P. Carter Family and their Descendants" published in Washington, Iowa in 1905.
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Mrs. Nancy M. Snell, residing at the home of her son, R. H. Snell, 122 West Twelfth street, passed away at the General hospital at 9:35 am Friday, following a paralytic stroke which she sustained about a week previously. She was 73 years of age and she survived by one son, R. H. Snell. Funeral services were held from the home of her son. The remains were taken to her former home at Mt. Pleasant, Ia. for burial on Saturday, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Snell.
Grand Island Herald, Grand Island Nebraska, May 28, 1925, Page 5
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A descendant of Isaac P. Carter.
Her childhood days were spent on the farm where she was born with plenty of work to do. As she was the oldest of the family the housework and the care of the children fell heavily on her. There was a school house close by, where she attended school. In the fourteenth year of her age, she went with her parents to Henry county, Iowa, a nice prairie country, where they soon had a good farm and a comfortable home in good society, with good school and church privileges.
Her mother had a loom and she became an expert carpet weaver. The weaving of other goods had passed away and the time had come that most parents thought girls ought to have a good education which she got in the common schools, but her school days were cut short by the death of her mother in 1870, when it fell to her lot to take care of the house and younger children, the youngest being three years old. This she faithfully
did until others got large enough to take charge of the house and let her go to Howe's Normal school at Mt. Pleasant and prepare herself for teaching in the public schools, in which business she was engaged the most of the time until she was married. Boarding most of the time at home, she had the oversight of the other children all the time.
William Henry Snell, son of Henry and Emmeline Clark Snell, was born January 10, 1840, Dearborn county, Indiana; died 19
His parents were natives of the United States. His early life was spent where he was born until 1843, when his parents moved to Bureau county, Illinois, where he grew to manhood, going to school and working on a farm. He also learned the wagon maker trade and worked at it several years. In 1861 he was married to Clarissa Atwood. Three children were born to them:
Timothy Eugene, September 29, 1863, Bureau county, Ills.; died Feb. 21, 1865, Bureau county. Ills.
Clara Augusta. August 31, 1866, Bureau county. Ills.; died Jan. 18, 1882 Henry county, Iowa.
Austin Henry, June 24, 1871, Bureau county, Illinois; died 19 .
He moved his family to Henry county, Iowa, in 1875 and settled on a farm near Swedesburg. Here the wife and mother died. He took her back to Illinois for burial and left the children there to be taken care of and came back and worked on the farm.
Nancy Mahala Carter and William Henry Snell were married November 20. 1879, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. To them one child was born : ,
Ralph Howard, October 8 1892, Stuttgart, Arkansas; died 19
She taught school in Washington county the winter after they were married and he went back to Illinois and stayed until the next March, when he came back to Iowa and they went to housekeeping on his farm east of Swedesburg. They improved the farm by putting in tile and erecting a good barn. Prosperity followed their labors and they soon had plenty about them ; but he thought he would like to live in a warmer climate, so late in the fall he and his brother-in-law, George H. Carter, started with a team and carriage to go to St. Charles, Louisiana. When they arrived at Keokuk they got all on a steamboat and went to Memphis, Tenn., getting off on the west side of the river they drove to Stuttgart, Arkansas, where he traded the team for a farm and came back to Iowa. The next winter he made a trip to St. Charles and another to Arkansas and came home satisfied that Arkansas was the place to go and they moved there in January, 1890. The moving was done by loading a car with horses, farming utensils and household goods, a man going along to take care of the horses. Five years residence satisfied them that this was a poor country for farming and they traded their place for land in Nebraska and July 27, 1897, they started with two mule teams to move to Holt county, Nebraska. One of the mules died a few days after they started; they got shafts for the buggy and went on, camping out by the way. The trip occupied forty-five days. They arrived at their new home among entire strangers and moved into a house that for sometime had been occupied by a very trifling lot of renters that had but few neighbors. Nothing better was expected from Arkansas, so the neighbors still kept away. His hand got sore with what the doctors called a frog felon and was so bad that she had to dress it every hour for several weeks. It laid him up all winter and when farming time came, she had to help him about hitching up the team and to do other work. During the spring and summer they went to church and became acquainted with a better class of people and soon had plenty of good neighbors.
He was raised by a devoted Christian mother who instructed her children in the way of life and salvation. Her parents were Methodists and early In life she united with that church and was a devoted Christian girl. When twenty years old she heard the coming of the Lord preached by the First Day Adventists and, being convinced that it was Bible truth, she accepted it with all her heart. This led her to study the Bible for more light, which led to a deeper work of grace in the heart and a better knowledge of His Word, which she could readily communicate to others.
In the Sunday school she is an exceptionally good teacher for the little children. In all her life she has been an earnest teacher in the Sunday school whenever she could attend. She is now a member of the Christian Advent church and doing good work for the Master and many thank the Lord for the good instruction they received from her.
"History of Isaac P. Carter Family and their Descendants" published in Washington, Iowa in 1905.
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Mrs. Nancy M. Snell, residing at the home of her son, R. H. Snell, 122 West Twelfth street, passed away at the General hospital at 9:35 am Friday, following a paralytic stroke which she sustained about a week previously. She was 73 years of age and she survived by one son, R. H. Snell. Funeral services were held from the home of her son. The remains were taken to her former home at Mt. Pleasant, Ia. for burial on Saturday, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Snell.
Grand Island Herald, Grand Island Nebraska, May 28, 1925, Page 5
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A descendant of Isaac P. Carter.
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