Dale County AlArchives Biographies.....Snell, Lewis Daniel January 19 1852 - living in 1893 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson alabammygrammy@aol.com May 19, 2004, 11:30 am Author: Brant & Fuller (1893) LEWIS DANIEL SNELL, farmer and hotel keeper at Daleville, was born in Honeytown, Dale county, Ala., January 19, 1852, and is a son of John C. and Angelina (Rouse) Snell. John C. Snell was a native of Georgia, born in Emanuel county, in 1815; was reared a farmer, and married in Emanuel county in 1839; later he came to Alabama and located in Dale county, on the Little Choctawhatchee river, below Newton; subsequently he bought a farm near Daleville, which he has brought to a high state of cultivation, and which is looked upon as a model farm. Although now a democrat, he cast his first presidential vote for William Henry Harrison. He has lived on his present home place thirty-six years. His possessions comprise about 1,000 acres, and other business interests. Mrs. Angelina Snell is also a native of Georgia, and was born in 1821. She was married in her seventeenth year, and bore her husband ten children, all of whom grew to maturity, and six of whom are still living. Both are members of the Missionary Baptist church, with which she united early in life. Lewis D. Snell, at the age of nineteen years, made a trip to Texas with a view to bettering his financial condition, but, after a stay of sixteen months only, returned to Alabama, where he has since been content to live. The first two years after his return were devoted to farm work for his father on salary. He then engaged in farming on his own account, and has made a success of it. In 1891 he was appointed postmaster of Daleville, took possession of the office January 1, 1892, and still retains it. He has been the proprietor of the public hostlery, and as a landlord is most popular. A small farm is also conducted in connection with his hotel. In 1891 he opened a store in Daleville, with a miscellaneous stock of goods, valued at $2,500, but at the end of a year closed out his stock of merchandise, as he did not find store keeping suitable to his taste. The marriage of Mr. Snell was solemnized January 9, 1876, with Miss Mary I. Barnard, a daughter of Elisha Smith Barnard, who was a gun-maker of note in southeastern Alabama, and who afterward successfully engaged in the grocery business at Eufaula, Ala. At the time of his death he was part owner in a steamboat plying on the Chattahoochee river, and also-owned landed interests near Abbeville, Ala. Mrs. Snell was born in Abbeville, Henry county, and was in her eighteenth year at the time of her marriage. She is now the mother of nine children, named Nannie May, India 0la, Mary C., Anna D., John B., Georgia H., Myrtle J., Willie D., and Verlie. Mrs. Snell's mother bore the maiden name of Olive Kelley, and is a daughter of William R. Kelley, one of Alabama's pioneer settlers, and now the oldest man in Henry county; he was for many years clerk of the circuit court of Henry county, and has filled many other positions of public trust. Mrs. William R. Kelley's family is a very extensive one, and extends back to the well-known Kirklands, of Henry county. Mr. and Mrs. Snell are members of the Missionary Baptist church. Mr. Snell is a stanch democrat. Additional Comments: from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 840-841 Published by Brant & Fuller (1893) Madison, WI This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 3.7 Kb