| "THE FRANK LEE SNODGRASS
FAMILY by Nan Lee Gay Mealy - Frank Lee Snodgrass was the son of David,
born November 4, 1829 and Elmira (Holford) Snodgrass, born December 27,
1837 (see Dr. J. G. Pope). Frank L. was a brother of Mary (Snodgrass)
Dibrell (see Joseph Burton Dibrell). He married Gussie Tate Hall,
June 27, 1862 - March 19, 1900. Her mother, Eliza Hall, died December,
1899. After his wife’s death, Frank L. married second Bertha Cameron.
Children of Frank L. and Gussie were: (1) David, April 18, 1889,
married Claybelle Leeper. Their one son, Frank Lee, died in service
in World War II. (2) Frankie, April 23, 1891, married Sig Sedwick.
Their one son, Robert, served USA World War II. (3) Irene, May 30,
1893, married Leslie Allen, had one son Frank (see George Henry Allen).
(4) Gussie, August 29, 1895, married Howard Samuel, had one son, Howard.
(5) Scott, December 6, 1897, married Marie. Children, Scott and Marie.
(7) Phillip, April 26, 1899. Frank Lee Snodgrass and his nephew,
Joseph Burton Dibrell, were both attorneys and had a law firm together
for many years in Coleman. The Little family came to Coleman with
the Snodgrass family. W. J. Little, July 9, 1845 - May 9,1919; Mattie
Little, May 15, 1873 - November 14, 1893; Elmira Little died May 1, 1900.
Her mother, Elmira Holford, was born September 19, 1817." (A
History of Coleman County and Its People, Edited by Ralph and Judia (Gaines)
Terry, and Vena Bob Gates, Vol. II, page 1091.)
"... Mary (Snodgrass) Dibrell was left a widow with seven children under twelve years of age. She lived in Seguin (Texas) until the early 1900's, when her brother, Frank L. Snodgrass, an early attorney in Coleman, built her a two story home on his land, just west of his home on Cottonwood Street. ... (A History of Coleman County and Its People, Edited by Ralph and Judia (Gaines) Terry, and Vena Bob Gates, Vol. I, page 568.) "Clay Belle Leeper) Snodgrass (born 1891 - died 1920)" (Coleman County Cemetery Inscriptions, Map Page 7, 29, lots 4 and 1.)
"In 1929, David L. Snodgrass
and his wife Ruby were residing at 802 Cottonwood Street. Their telephone
number was 550. He was the president of the Coleman Abstract Company,
Inc. Ruby was a saleslady at Hemphill - Robertson Company.
Mrs. Frankie Sedwick was rooming at this address." (Coleman
City Directory, 1929 - Hudspeth.) Alex Dickson died at his residence at 802 West Cottonwood Street on August 31, 1943. |
