From "The History of North Washington" Published 1904

Transcribed by: Candy Grubb (candyg@theofficenet.com)
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EUGENE O. SNODGRASS
	Eugene O. Snodgrass.  The efficient superintendent of the county 
hospital of Stevens county resides at Colville and is one of the well 
known and highly respected men of the county.  He was born in Bates county,
Missouri, July 13, 1854, the son of Isaac and Susan (Meyers) Snodgrass,
natives of Tennessee and Indiana, respectively.  They were pioneers to
Missouri, in 1881 moved to Spokane, where they farmed until 1900, and now 
reside in the city of Spokane.  They were the parents of six children,
Eugene O., Oscar F., Sherman E., John D. Ernest C., and Emma M., widow of
George Thayer.  Our subject received his education in those great instit-
utions of the American commonwealth, the public schools, and spent the 
first twenty years of his life with his parents.  Then he went to Texas and
did farming, after which he clerked in a general merchandise establishement.
During this latter occupation Mr. Snodgrass augmented his educational 
training by a thorough course in the correspondence schools.  In 1887 he 
came to Spokane county, Washington, operated a saw mill and farmed on 
Hangman creek for several years.  In 1892 he located on the Columbia river 
in Stevens county and did general farming and stock raising.  Th next
occupation was conducting a fruit drier in Kettle Falls and in 1893 he was 
appointed to take charge of the county hospital, which he is still conducting
to the satisfaction of all.  Mr. Snodgrass has property in various sections
of the country and is a prosperous business man.
	On October 3, 1879, Mr. Snodgrass married Miss Missouri, daughter of
Shepherd and Mary (Robison) McNabb, natives of Tennessee and Missouri,
respectively.  The father was a preacher and removed to Texas, where he died
in 1901.  The mother is living with a son in Oklahoma.  They were the 
parents of six children.  To Mr. and Mrs. Snodgrass five children have been
born, Ernest G., Mary S., Grace M., Herbert H., and John A.  Mr. Snodgrass
is a very active and prominent Republican and has been a delegate to every
convention since settling in this county.  He has been road supervisor and 
school director and while in Kettle Falls, was two years police judge and 
one year councilman.  Fraternally he is affiliated with the I.O.O.F., A.F.
& A.M., W.W., and the Rebekahs.  Mrs. Snodgrass is a member of the Rebekahs
and also of the Grand Lodge.  They are both adherents of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church.
	In 1884, while in Marceling precinct, Wilson county, Texas, Mr.
Snodgrass casted the only Republican vote out of one hundred and fifty two
votes in the precinct.  One hundred and fifty one went Democratic, while 
this one went Republican straight.  No ballots had been provided for the 
Republican ticket, and Mr. Snodgrass had to make out his ticket on blank
paper, copying the electors' names from the Toledo Blade.
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