I have
traced the the Sneads to
Samuel Snead who was born
in Staffordshire,
England. He was given
headrights for 200 acres
for transporting his
wife, son William, (born
1629 in St Margarets,
London, Westminster,
England) and a servant
(Henry Vincent....maybe a
relative). Land patient
dated August 4, 1635 in
Kiskiackshire. which
later was known as York
Co, Virginia.
Originally,
the family name was
Sneyd. It was modernized
to Snead, Sneed, and
Sned. Now they are
scattered all over the
United States. In our
family the Sneads are
intermarried with the
Apeha family, full-blood
Choctaws, who were part
of the Trail of Tears of
the Indian Removals of
the 1830s. They were
settled in the Indian
Territory which is now
Oklahoma. There are many
White Sneads and Choctaw
Sneads.
Moses
SNEAD, born 16 Sep 1796
in Hanover, Bedford, VA,
died Jun 1855 married (1)
Melinda Caroline
CHILDRESS Bef. 1818,
Amherst, VA. (2) Martha
Marshall YATES, daughter
of John YATES and Nancy
COLEMAN.
John
Yates SNEAD, born 6 Aug
1819 in VA, died 26 Dec
1883 in Paris, Lamar, TX,
married 18 Nov 1839 in
Bedford, VA to Lemira
Jane LAMBERT.
Benjamin Meriwether
SNEAD, born 10 Mar 1847
Bedford Co. VA, died 3
Apr 1899 Indian Territory
married (1) Unknown Bef
1884 (2) Sallie (Choctaw)
born 1865 Died 1883 (3)
Amanda Apeha WILLIAMS,
both daughters of Sukie
Bohanan.
Thomas
Kendrick SNEAD, born 01
Feb 1884, Old Rose Hill,
Indian Territory, died 2
Jul 1953, Ft. Towson,
Choctaw, OK married
Louemmie Mae SMITH,
daughter of Aaron SMITH
and Rosa GEST
Henry
Doyale SNEAD, (my dad)
born 28 Mar 1917
Spencerville, OK ,died 22
Jun 1965 Eureka, CA bur.
Ft. Towson, OK married
(1)Lorene HARRINGTON
(Divorced) (2) Rosalie
Bean.
I know
very little about my
grandmother Snead's
family. Her father was
Aaron Scott SMITH, and
her mother was Rosa GEST.
They were both from
Sulphur Rock, AR. In 1897
Scott was 27 and Rosa was
21. In a letter received
from an aunt, I learned
that grandma was the only
child of Aaron Scott
SMITH and Rosa GEST. I
don't know what happened
to Rosa, but Aaron SMITH
remarried Della UNKNOWN
and had six more
children. Grandmother
SNEAD named me, Bessie, I
assume, after her
half-sisters, Bessie, one
of the twins.
The
Harrington were from
England, but I have not
been able to find when
the 1st one came to
America. I have only been
able to trace the
Harrington family tree
back to Hamilton (Hamp)
W. Harrington of
Arkansas. (from the 1800
United States Census)
Hamilton
HARRINGTON, born 5 Apr
1835 in Macon County,
died 30 Apr 1899 in
Graysonia, Clark County,
AR, married Cornelia E.
MORGAN
John
William Kimble
HARRINGTON, born 13 Mar
1860 in Columbia,
Magnolia, AR, died Mar
19, 1937 in AR, married
Cornelia SIMMS, 31 Oct
1887, Daughter of James
Simms and Elizabeth PAUGH
Johnny Carl
HARRINGTON, born Oct
25,1892 in Magnolia, AR,
died Feb 23, 1962in Casa
Grande, AZ. married
Bertha Beatrice GASTON on
21 Apr 1911, daughter of
John GASTON and Rebecca
Ann Francis (Becky)
BAGBY. She was born 07
Mar 1894 in Chickasha, OK
died 16 May 1975, Casa
Grande, AZ
The
Gaston's were from County
Antriem, Ireland. Hugh
was the first in our
lineage to arrive in this
country and was the son
of John Gaston. John was
either the son or
grandson of John
"Jean" Gaston
born Abt 1600.
They too are scattered
all over the United
States.
James GASTON, born
Abt. 1800, KY. died 1865,
Monroe Co. TN., married
Mary (Polly) SHEETS in
1820, daughter of Jacob
SHEETS and Margaret RULE.
James Russell
GASTON, born 04 Aug 1827,
Monroe Co. TN., died 01
Feb 1872, Webster Co. MO,
married Charlotte
'Lottie' DAVIS 25 Mar
1845, Monroe Co, TN.
Daughter of William DAVIS
and Susanah CLEMMER.
John B. GASTON,
born 23 Apr 1848, Monroe
Co. TN., died 26 Nov
1924, TX. married (1)
Hattie BOWLES, 27 Mar
1867, Webster Co. MO. (2)
Louisa Castell. (3)
Rebecca Ann Francis
BAGSBY, 02 Sep 1871,
Webster Co. MO. born 14
Oct 1850, died 8 Mar
1944, TX. Daughter of
John BAGBY and Sarah TODD
Clayton BAGBY, born
in 1776 in Prince Edward,
VA, married Nancy Unknown
Littleberry Mead
BAGBY, born abt. 1806 in
Charlotte Co., VA, died
aft. 1880 in Missouri.
John C. BAGBY, born
1825, VA, died Abt 1905,
Bodark Springs, Fannin,
TX, married 1848 Odin,
Wright, MO. (1) Sarah J.
TODD born 1832 in IN died
abt. 1900 Bodark Springs,
Fannin, TX (2)Mrs. Belle
LILLARD 28 Apr 1904
I was
born in Oklahoma, but
moved to Arizona when I
was five years old. You
can read About
Me here. I
named my site This and
That, because I say I am
a little bit of this and
a little bit of that,
with relatives from
different Countries. I am
English, Irish, Scottish,
American, and 1/8
Choctaw.
Surnames:
Bagby, Davis, Gaston,
Harrington, Snead, Simms,
Smith, Snead, Todd, Yates
I have
too much to put on this
site, but have them all
in books. If you are
interested in any of
these surnames, I would
love to hear from you.
Bessie
MY SURNAMES 
