S. G. SNUGGS
The
title of self-made man has been well earned by S. G. Snuggs,
who began his career empty-handed with no particular
advantages and has attained to a position of affluence as a
prosperous owner of three hundred and forty acres of valuable
land in Otter Creek township and sixty acres in Jackson
township, Lucas county.
A native of England, Mr. Snuggs was born near London,
March 2, 1845, a son of Joseph and Harriet (Stent) Snuggs,
natives of England. The
father was born in 1808, and the mother in 1809, the former
passing away on January 6, 1889, and the latter in Lucas
county, Iowa, on July 31, 1898.
When five years of age S. G. Snuggs came with his
mother to the United States, landing here in 1850 and settling
in Henry county, Illinois, where they remained until the
spring of 1862, when removal was made to Lucas county, Iowa,
of which he has been a resident since that time. He had two
brothers, James and John, both of whom are deceased, and one
sister who is still living, Mrs. Martha Preston, a resident of
Tuskeege, Iowa.
As
soon as old enough Mr. Snuggs engaged in agricultural
pursuits, following mixed methods and specializing in
stock-raising, and as the years have passed he has gained a
success worthy of notice.
As his means permitted he acquired land, owning today
three hundred and forty acres in Otter Creek township and
sixty acres in Jackson township, equipped with two sets of
good improvements. For
the past twenty-three years he has raised Aberdeen Angus
cattle and is the owner of an excellent herd of this breed. He also raises
Clyde horses and driving horses and has been successful in
breeding graded hogs. Attention
to detail, industry and perseverance have been the salient
qualities that have made his success possible and while Mr.
Snuggs has become financially independent his attainments are
also of a general interest, as they have largely contributed
to the development and advancement of this section.
In
1866 Mr. Snuggs was married to Miss Adaline Jenkins, a native
of Brown county, Indiana, where she was born October 27, 1848. When a child of
only three years she was brought by her parents to Lucas
county in 1851, her father being Alexander Jenkins, a native
of Ohio, who died in White Breast township, and her mother
Elizabeth Jenkins, a native of Kentucky, who still resides in
Hamburg, Iowa. Mr.
and Mrs. Jenkins have three children: John, who died at
the age of two years; Nancy, who passed away when only seven
months olds; and Mrs. Snuggs, the wife of our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Snuggs
became the parents of ten children, all of whom are living
with the exception of John, the second in order of birth. The others are: Mrs. Effie Gray, of
Jackson township; James, of Chariton, Iowa; Fannie, living in
Rocky Ford, Colorado; Charles, at home; Mrs. Amanda Roberts,
of White Breast township; Jacob, of Otter Creek township; Mrs.
Estella Ruble, living in Liberty township; and Ethel and Earl,
both at home. All
of these children were born and reared in Otter Creek township
and received a good common-school education. Fannie in addition
attended college at Indianola and Amanda a high school in
Lucas.
In his political affiliations Mr. Snuggs is a democrat and keeps well informed on all government issues, although he does not care for office. All movements and measures undertaken to benefit his locality receive his warm support and he is readily recognized as a public-spirited man and good citizen, who can always be found in the front ranks of those who seek expansion and promotion along moral, intellectual and material lines.