Joseph Walker Snoddy Sr. (1793-1853)

Joseph Walker Snoddy Sr.

Birth

29 Jun 1793

Madison County, Kentucky, USA

Death

3 Oct 1853 (aged 60)

Howard County, Missouri, USA

Burial

Snoddy-Garner Cemetery

Armstrong, Howard County, Missouri, USA Add to Map

Plot

Old homestead family Cem. on Willard Sanders farm

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Son of Captain John Snoddy who served in the Virginia Militia during the Revolutionary War and Margaret Houston Walker. Husband of Narcissa Hannah Foster Snoddy. Both of Joseph`s parents originally came from Virginia through the Cumberland Gap to Crab Orchard and then to what became Madison County, Kentucky. Captain John Snoddy was a company commander during the Revolution and helped guard Daniel Boone`s progress on the original "Wilderness Road". His company served in Clark`s Illinois Regiment of the Virginia Militia and did service all over the Clinch River Valley, southwest Virginia, and small parts of Kentucky and Tennessee. Later, son, Joseph migrated from Madison County, Kentucky to homestead in, what was to become, Howard County., Missouri in 1815 shortly after his father died and his war of 1812 service ended. Joseph served in the Kentucky Mounted Militia in Captain Elliot`s company for the War of 1812. Served with Gen. Harrison`s Army and was an Ensign. This militia unit had a fancy uniform in the beginning of the war and was well fitted. He had an interesting career and may have escaped the Raison River massacre in Michigan? He was married in March of 1819 in Missouri to Narcissa Foster.
Several of his Snoddy siblings came to Howard Co., Mo. to settle after their father, John, passed away in Kentucky in 1814.
Joseph and Narcissa had eleven known children nine of which became adults. Foster, Nancy, Samuel Walker, Robert M., John, Jefferson Henry, Mary Ann, Margaret Elizabeth, Joseph W., Narcissa, and an unnamed infant.
Joseph served as a Justice of the Peace in Howard County, Missouri for many years. He was a farmer and livestock raiser and trader and was a slave owner. The 1850 Slave Schedule shows that he owned 17 slaves ages from 44 to 1 years old. After his death in 1853 the family farm was run by his sons John and Robert M. Snoddy eventually being taken over by Robert by 1876. The farm lies outside Armstrong, Missouri where this Cemetery is located. Narcissa, Joseph`s wife and mother of Robert lived on the farm until her death in 1889.

Inscription

JOSEPH W. SNODDY DIED Oct. 3, 1853 AGED
60 y`s 3 m`s 4 d`s
Dearest Parent`s thou hast left us
Here thy loss we deeply feel
But` tis God who has bereft us
He can all our sorrows heal