Ellsworth and Frances life Together  

            Ellsworth Jefferson "Cap" Snowden was a farmer who had a coalmine on his farm. He and his wife, Frances Virginia "Hull" Snowden, and their children mined the coal with hand picks and horse drawn wagons and carried it to sales points. The farm was on Corn Hollow Road, off Beech Grove, in Rutland, OH.

          Later Ellsworth, "Cap", worked at other coalmines, where he sustained a disabling back injury that bothered him until his death in 1932.

           In 1919 Cap and Frances purchased the former Polly Jackson Grocery Store on Main Street in Rutland, OH. They also had a restaurant in the store and living quarters in the rear. In 1926 a fire, which started in the Rathburn Store, engulfed most of the downtown Rutland, OH business section, including the Snowden Store. They temporarily operated the business from the old Powers Hotel south of the Leading Creek Bridge in Rutland, OH. They rebuilt the next year and ran a general store selling shoes, hardware, medicine and food.

          After rebuilding the store and getting it established, the Snowden family lived in the Angie Mutchler white brick home on Salem Street, Rutland, OH.   Later they moved into the living quarters above the store. Frances continued to operate the store until 1952. In 1952 she would have been 86 years old!!  Their son Roy Frances Snowden continued to live in the house until 1957. Afterwards the building was leased to Pomeroy National Bank for their first Rutland Branch office. The branch was built, and still stands there today. (excerpts taken from Meigs County Book, Volume One, 1979., submission excerpts by Suzy Parker Carpenter Hysell)

Ellsworth and Frances Snowden's Children

                Ellsworth and Frances had 8 children. All were born in Ohio.

                Their first-born was Harry Snowden. He was born July 18, 1887, and he died May 1, 1941. He married Ethel Stowe. They had 5 children, Dorothy, Carlos, Robert, Lawrence, and Harry Everett.  

                Second born of Ellsworth and Frances was Will Snowden. He was born July 12, 1889 and he died February 3, 1975. He first married Lula Grover and they had 3 children, one who's name was George, the other names I do not know. He married a second time to Ada Payne. They had 5 children, Kathleen, Lucille, Floyd, Frank and Jimmy. Will lived in the Dayton, OH area.

                  Third born to Ellsworth and Frances was Clarence Snowden. He was born August 22, 1892 and died May 24, 1969. He married Ethel Chaney, she was born in 1914. They had 7 children, Imogene, Edith, Cecil, Harold, Dorothy, Bernard, and Thomas. Clarence had lived in the Jerry City, OH area later on.

                   Fourth born of Ellsworth and Frances was Earl Snowden. He was born July 20, 1897, and died April 26, 1956. He married Hilah Folden. They had two children; Ival and  Edna Mae. Hilah passed away in the 1980's and is buried in Akron Ohio. Son Ival passed away in the 1970's and is buried in Akron Ohio. Ival had a son Robert. Dont know who Daughter Edna married, but was last known to be alive in the 1980's with serious health problems..(Thanks to Vicki Horning for the update)

                 Fifth born of Ellsworth and Frances Snowden was Opal Snowden. She was born in 1900 and died in 1954. She first married Maurice Wright, they had a child Frances Evelyn "Wright" Fields. Later she married, Harry Powell.

                 Sixth born of Ellsworth and Frances Virginia Snowden was Ethel Snowden. She was born 1905, not known when she died. She married Clayton McDole. They had six children, Junior, William, Mildred, Jim, and don't know the names of the other two children. She lived in the Bradner, OH area.

                Seventh born to Ellsworth and Frances was Mildred Snowden. She was born January 25, 1908 and unknown when she died. She married George Hartenbach first, and then Lester Sheeler. No known children. She lived in Florida later on.

                Eighth born of Ellsworth and Frances was Roy Francis Snowden, he was originally named Francis Leroy Snowden. Roy was born January 30, 1907 in Rutland, OH and died January 29,1978, in Rutland, OH.   He is buried in Miles Cemetery, Rutland, OH. He married Reva Janice "Snider" Snowden. She was born September 10, 1907 in Dexter, OH,and died July 13, 1985 in Rutland, OH. Reva is also buried in Miles Cemetery Rutland Ohio.  Reva was the daughter of John Henry Snider ( born 8/1/1870 died 1936, buried at White Oak Cemetery near Harrisonville, and Emma Jane Marchington Snider, (who died in 1916) and is also buried at White Oak Cemetery near Harrisonville. Reva was eight years old when her mother died, and at that time she went to go live with her Aunt and Uncle Mr. and Mrs. Pete Nelson.

    Roy and Reva had five children. Leland Clyde "Cap" Snowden, Betty Jean "Snowden" Parker, Carroll Kaye Snowden, Joan Marie "Snowden" May, and Phyllis Irene "Snowden" Simpkins. I will talk further on about Roy and Reva  in Generation Eleven as they are my direct descendants, and Grandparents.