Nancy Matilda Hembree

1837 - 1922  (84 years)

• Name	Nancy Matilda Hembree
  Birth	3 May 1837	Springfield, Greene County, Missouri
  Gender	Female
  Death	25 Apr 1922	Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington
  Burial	Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington
  Notes	Nancy Matilda Hembree married Harmon Hartman Snow on October 6, 1853 in Lafayette Oregon. Harmon was a dry goods merchant in Lafayette. Nancy & Harmon Snow had ten children. Only five of them were known to grown to maturity. The family moved to Renton, Washington in 1877 Harmon H. Snow was one of Renton Washington's first dry goods merchants and established what has been recorded as one of the first mercantile stores in Renton Washington. Harmon died in 1886 and in 1891 Nancy was united in marriage to Samuel J. Bogart the Town Marshall. They later moved to Tacoma Washington. Nancy was a member of the Pioneer Society. She was a well known writer and contributed to many interesting articles in local newspapers and magazines of early reminiscences of pioneer days. In " Reminiscences of a Journey Across the Plains in 1843" she wrote about her travel from Missouri to Oregon. She came West on her sixth birthday, joining the first major wave of Oregon Trial pioneers in 1843. She wrote, As she grew up, she observed that "there was not only rush for land but also for a wife. It was not a uncommon thing to see girls of thirteen or fourteen married to old men old enough to be there fathers" not to be taken to soon Nancy rebuffed several suitors until 1853, at the tender age of sixteen she married twenty-five year old Harmon Snow. Source; Renton Historical Society & Museum Quarterly, Volume 35, Number 3, Sept 2004. Information about Nancy's family is from the family file of Betty H. Reed dated Nov 2006 and posted at Ancestry.com. Betty cites a non-published book by Mabel Harvey Thornton as the source. Daughter of Absalom Jefferson and Nancy (Dodson) Hembree and according to the source cited above was born on the trip from TN or OR. Census records give her birthplace as MO. She married 2nd to S.J. Bogart. The 1900 census of Renton, King WA lists Samuel J. and Nancy M. Bogart. Samuel age 61, born May 1839 NJ, Nancy age 58, born May 1842 OH - parents from ENG and IRL. Samuel and Nancy married for nine years, so married about 1891. If that is this Nancy the age and birthplace information about her is incorrect. However it does list her as having been the mother of ten children, only three still living in 1900 - which does appear correct. In 1910 Nancy Bogart, widow, age 73 (born abt. 1837) MO, parents from TN, is listed at Tacoma, Pierce WA.
  Person ID	I44014	OurNorthernRoots
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2020

  
  

  Family	Harmon Hartman Snow,   b. 22 Feb 1828, Seneca County, Ohio d. 20 Apr 1886, Renton, King County, Washington (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	6 Oct 1853	Layfayette, Yamhill County, Oregon
  Children	1. Charles Melville Snow,   b. 26 Sep 1854, Layfayette, Yamhill County, Oregon d. 10 Nov 1854, Layfayette, Yamhill County, Oregon (Age 0 years) + 2. Algenora Snow,   b. 26 Aug 1855, Layfayette, Yamhill County, Oregon d. 15 Apr 1948, Beaverton, Washington County, Oregon (Age 92 years) + 3. Izella Snow,   b. 1 Dec 1859, Layfayette, Yamhill County, Oregon d. 18 Jul 1908, Osceola, King County, Washington (Age 48 years)   4. Harmon Hembree Snow,   b. 7 Nov 1861, Layfayette, Yamhill County, Oregon d. 1888, At Sea (Age 26 years) > 5. Lena Snow,   b. 31 Oct 1863, Layfayette, Yamhill County, Oregon d. 14 Feb 1884, King County, Washington (Age 20 years)   6. Edward Richard Snow,   b. 11 Feb 1868, Layfayette, Yamhill County, Oregon d. 27 May 1868, Layfayette, Yamhill County, Oregon (Age 0 years)   7. Frank Elba Pliny Snow,   b. 20 Dec 1869, Layfayette, Yamhill County, Oregon d. 1 May 1872, Layfayette, Yamhill County, Oregon (Age 2 years)   8. Willard Ray Snow,   b. 28 Apr 1872, Layfayette, Yamhill County, Oregon d. 11 Jul 1936, Walcott, Rice County, Minnesota (Age 64 years)   9. Veva Snow,   b. 28 Jun 1875, Layfayette, Yamhill County, Oregon d. 12 Jun 1877, Renton, King County, Washington (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F15971	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2020

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Birth - 3 May 1837 - Springfield, Greene County, Missouri Marriage - 6 Oct 1853 - Layfayette, Yamhill County, Oregon Death - 25 Apr 1922 - Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington Burial - - Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington  = Link to Google Earth
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