Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Rachel Fuller for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Portrait and Biographical Album of Huron County, Michigan Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884 [258] ALEXANDER SNOWDEN, farmer, section 19, Sand Beach Township, is a son of STEWART and MARY A. (TAYLOR) SNOWDEN, natives of Ireland, who emigrated to Canada in 1841, where MR. S. died; his widow survives. The subject of this record was born in Ireland, March 28, 1838; was three years old when he came with his parents to Canada; remained a citizen of the Dominion until the spring of 1879, when he sold his farm there and came to Huron County, purchasing 185 acres of land in Sand Beach and Sherman Townships. Of this tract he now has 115 acres in good cultivation, and his farm is a specially valuable one. In political matters MR. S. counts himself in the Republican party, and both himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. MR. SNOWDEN was married in Canada, Dec. 21, 1869, to ADALINE HODGSON, whose father was a native of England, and mother, of the State of New York. She was bom in Canada, July 22, 1850. The four children of Mr. and Mrs. SNOWDEN are GERTRUDE L. M., SARAH M. A., ALBERT A. and G. ADDISON. =========================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access more of our growing collection of FREE online information by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/ ===========================================================================