Dade County, Missouri Biographies-Fergus C. SNODDY History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, Missouri, 1889; Published by Goodspeed, Pg. 841 Fergus C. Snoddy, stock-raiser and farmer, of Rock Prairie Township, was born in Clay County, Ind., in 1847, the son of Josiah and Margaret (Clough) Snoddy, born in Kentucky, in 1801, and Virginia, in 1809, respectively. The parents, in an early day, settled in Clay County, Ind., where the father died in 1848 or 1849; the mother is still living in Greene County, Mo. The subject of this sketch, the youngest of seven children, attended the country schools about nine months, and, when fifteen years of age, joined Company D, One Hundred and Fifteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was for six months in the Army of the Cumberland. After the close of the war he joined Company G, Eighteenth United States Infantry, and served three years on the Western frontier, having been with Gen. Carrington's expedition against the Sioux Indians, as soldier and teamster, and traveling over Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and nearly all the rocky Mountain country, experiencing many hardships. Coming to Dade County in 1869, in 1872 he married Martha, daughter of William B. and Nancy Landers, a native of Dade County, where her parents have lived for many years, her father having been in the Federal Army, and having served as justice of the peace for some years. They have six children, four sons and two daughters. He has lived on his farm of 312 acres about nine years. When a young man he learned the harness trade, which he followed for five years, at Dadeville, just before removing to the farm. In politics he is a Republican, is a member of Everton Lodge No. 405, A.F. & A.M., and of Everton Post No. 369, G.A.R. Mrs. Snoddy is a Cumberland Presbyterian. Mr. Snoddy spares no pains to educate his children, and is a successful farmer and stock-raiser. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Kay Griffin Snow ====================================================================