Nancy Matilda Hembree

Female 1837 - 1922  (84 years)


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  • Name Nancy Matilda Hembree 
    Birth 3 May 1837  Springfield, Greene Co., Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 25 Apr 1922  Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Co., Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1886, Renton, King Co., Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage 6 Oct 1853  Layfayette, Yamhill Co., Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Charles Melville Snow,   b. 26 Sep 1854, Layfayette, Yamhill Co., Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Nov 1854, Layfayette, Yamhill Co., Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +2. Algenora Snow,   b. 26 Aug 1855, Layfayette, Yamhill Co., Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1948, Beaverton, Washington Co., Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    +3. Izella Snow,   b. 1 Dec 1859, Layfayette, Yamhill Co., Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jul 1908, Osceola, King Co., Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
     4. Harmon Hembree Snow,   b. 7 Nov 1861, Layfayette, Yamhill Co., Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1888, Lost at Sea Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
     5. Lena Snow,   b. 31 Oct 1863, Layfayette, Yamhill Co., Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1884, King Co., Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)
     6. Edward Richard Snow,   b. 11 Feb 1868, Layfayette, Yamhill Co., Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 1868, Layfayette, Yamhill Co., Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     7. Frank Elba Pliny Snow,   b. 20 Dec 1869, Layfayette, Yamhill Co., Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 1872, Layfayette, Yamhill Co., Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
     8. Willard Ray Snow,   b. 28 Apr 1872, Layfayette, Yamhill Co., Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jul 1936, Walcott, Rice Co., Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     9. Veva Snow,   b. 28 Jun 1875, Layfayette, Yamhill Co., Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 1877, Renton, King Co., Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    Family ID F15971  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2020 

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