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from the Adamsville
(OH) Register, July 13, 1909:
"J.A. SNOOTS DEAD
Former Prominent Business Man of Adamsville Died at His Home in
Zanesville
J.A. Snoots died early Monday morning at his home in Zanesville
of a complication of diseases due to his advanced age. He has
been in poor health for several years and at a number of times
within the past year had been seriously sick. Notwithstanding
this fact his death came as a severe shock to his many relatives
and friends here.
J.A. Snoots was the son of Henry Snoots and was born in Loudoun
county, Virginia, February 26, 1829. When a small boy his parents
moved to Zanesville and soon afterward to a farm in Adams
township. Upon reaching manhood he learned the blacksmith trade
and in 1851 opened a shop in Adamsville. In 1864 he enlisted in
the Civil War and went to the front in service of his country in
the 160th regiment. Upon returning from the war Mr. Snoots again
resumed the blacksmithing business in this village and continued
at that work until about the year 1892 when he retired from
active work and moved to Zanesville.
Ad. Snoots was one of the best known business men that ever lived
in Adamsville. He was kind, accommodating and a good workman, and
he had the confidence and good will of a very large patronage.
Winning in his manner, pleasing in conversation, open hearted and
kind to all who came in contact with him, gave him a high social
standing that few men ever possess. However, unforeseen,
unfortunate events rendered his last few years here less active
than they would have otherwise been, nevertheless, his removal
from Adamsville was deeply regretted, and his active business
career here is still fresh and green in the memory of the many
who a quarter of a century ago were his faithful patrons.
The deceased is survived by a wife, four sons and two daughters,
also by three brothers and two sisters. G.W. Snoots and Mrs.
Sarah L. Harress, of this village, are a brother and sister of
the deceased.
The remains will be brought to this village on Wednesday and
interment will take place in the Adamsville cemetery.
The funeral cortege will leave the family residence in Zanesville
at 8 o'clock a.m. Funeral sermon will be preached by Rev.
Orndorff in the Baptist church at this place."
from the Linton
Obituary Collection at the Frederick, MD Historical Society
Library:
"Funeral services were held on Thursday, September 7 at 2
o'clock for Charles Arthur Snoots, aged 62. He died suddenly in
the garage of C.F. Shumaker, Lovettsville, where he had gone to
rest after completing a day's work for Mr. Shumaker. Coronary
thrombosis was given as the cause of death. Mr. Snoots was the
son of the late William and Margaret (Mundy) Snoots,
Lovettsville, Va. district. He had lived in the community all his
life. He was twice married. His first wife, Mrs. Bertie (Shumaker)
Snoots died more than 30 years ago. Two children survive this
union, Mrs. Edith McGaha and Ralph Snoots. His second wife, Mrs.
Pearl Fry Snoots survives with two children, Mrs. Ernie Graham
and George Snoots.
Services were conducted by Rev. A.F. Tobler, New Jerusalem
Lutheran church, assisted by Rev. K.B. Shoffner of St. James
Reformed church. Interment was in Union cemetery, near
Lovettsville. Pallbearers were Harry, Elmer, Chester and Raymond
Fry, Dewey and Wheeler Case."
Obituary from the
scrapbook of his granddaughter Ruth (Snoots) Hope:
"SAMUEL L. SNOOTS DIES NEAR BURKITTSVILLE
Former Resident of Lovettsville Community Buried Wednesday
Samuel L. Snoots, aged 67 years, a highly esteemed retired farmer
of near Burkittsville, Md., who spent many years of his life in
the Lovettsville community died at his home April 29 after a long
illness. He was the son of the late Samuel and Sarah Ellen Snoots
of Taylorstown.
He is survived by his wife, one son, Dariol and two daughters,
Edna and Alma Snoots at home. Other survivors are Mrs. J.A.
Snoots, Mrs. R.S. English, Lovettsville; Mrs. N.S. Shumaker, Mrs.
Anna Orrison and Lilburn Snoots of Hyattsville, Md., and Mrs.
Stanley Taylor of Brunswick, Md. He also leaves many friends in
the Lovettsville and Burkittsville communities who mourn his
passing.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon from the Lutheran
church in Burkittsville, Rev. H.C. Erdman officiating. Interment
was in the reformed cemetery at Knoxville, Md."
from the Frederick
(MD) Post, May 10, 1934:
"Stephen T. Snoots
Stephen T. Snoots, Brunswick, 79 years of age, died suddenly at
the home of his son William Snoots, of heart trouble, Wednesday
morning at 6 o'clock. He was a son of the late Samuel and
Margaret E. Snoots near Lovettsville, Va. and was a retired
farmer. He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Nina Clarke,
Petersville, Mrs. James Looker, Mrs. Ella Dixon and Mrs. Bertha
Phillips, Brunswick, and two sons, William and Chester Snoots,
Brunswick. Four brothers, Burr and Thomas Snoots, Alexandria, Va.,
Washington Snoots, Akron, Ohio, and Luther Snoots, Burkittsville,
and two sisters, Mrs. Esther Springs, Point of Rocks, and Mrs.
Ella Compher, Washington also survive. The funeral will take
place from his late home Saturday morning at 11 o'clock with
services by Rev. John Daniels, assisted by Rev. John C. Stuff.
Interment in Union cemetery, Lovettsville. C.H. Feete and Son,
funeral directors."
obituary in the
Frederick, MD newspaper:
"Alonzo L. Snoots, prominent Frederick County farmer, died
at his home near Brunswick, at 3:15 Thursday afternoon [Aug. 11,
1927] after a short illness. The funeral will be held Sunday
afternoon at the Brunswick Baptist Church.
Mr. Snoots is survived by his wife, Mrs. Kate Snoots, and twelve
children; two brothers, Harry Snoots, Petersville, and John
Snoots, Washington, and one sister, Mrs. Nan Wilson,
Lovettsville, VA.
Mr. Snoots was a native of Loudoun County, VA, but had spent the
greater part of his life in this county in the vicinity of
Brunswick and Petersville. He was 61 years old. He was widely
known throughout the county and was respected for his sterling
character and uprightness."
obit from the
Frederick (MD) newspaper:
"Harry Calvin Snoots, Petersville, was striken with a heart
attack Tuesday [Dec. 13, 1949] morning, while loading a Boyer
Transportation Co. milk truck near Lovettsville, VA. He died
seated in the cab of his truck, stopped alongside the road.
A son of Mrs. Katie B. Jenkins Snoots and the late Alonzo Snoots,
he is survived by his widow, Mrs. Daisy Myrtle Virts Snoots;
these children, Wilbur Calvin Snoots, Mrs. Helen Virginia
Jenkins, Mrs. Delores Woods, Miss Patsy Snoots; also two
grandchildren.
Brothers and sisters of the deceased are: Jonas Snoots, Lucketts,
VA; Mrs. Gertrude Fry, Mrs. Minnie Caniford, both of Petersville;
Mrs. Lettie Wetzell, Strasburg, VA; Miss Janie Snoots, Fred
Snoots, John Snoots, Petersville; Charles Snoots, Stephens City,
VA; Alonza Snoots, Petersville; and Arthur Snoots, a patient at
Newton D. Baker Hospital, Martinsburg, WV.
The body rests at the funeral home in Brunswick. Funeral services
will be conducted there, Friday, 2 P.M. Rev. Andrew B. Jones will
officiate. Interment in the Petersville Lutheran Cemetery. C.H.
Feete and Bro., funeral directors."
obit from the
Brunswick (MD) Blade-Times:
"It is with deep regret that we chronicle the death of Mr.
John Snoots, of near Lovettsville, which occurred last Sunday
evening. [Nov. 6, 1921]
Mr. Snoots was in his 56th year, a member of the Methodist Church
and also a member of the I.O.R.M. He leaves a wife and several
relations whose names we were unable to secure at this writing.
It can be most fittingly said of Mr. Snoots that he was a
splendid citizen, a man for whom his friends held the greatest
esteem and in whom they had perfect confidence.
The funeral ceremonies were conducted Tuesday afternoon at his
home by the Methodist and Reformed ministers of Lovettsville,
assisted by the Rev. E.E. Burgess, of this place.
The burial ceremonies were conducted at Mt. Olivet cemetery,
where his remains were laid to rest. We deeply sympathize with
the bereft ones and especially to the wife. The couple were
without children."