JOSIAH SNIVELY
Josiah Snively was born in Washington county, Maryland, February 11, 1811. His early life was spent in his native State. On attaining his majority, he went to Ogle county, Illinois, where he was married, June 1, 1857, to Phoebe Hurd, who was born in New Hampshire, September 1, 1833. In 1870 they removed to Linn county, Kansas, where he engaged in buying and selling stock. He came to Cass county in 1874, and purchased the northwest quarter of section 11, Union township. This land he improved, and the family has resided there since that time. Josiah Snively died, May 31, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Snively had four children born to them--Edward, born in March, 1855, now living in Vermilion county, Illinois; Laura, born in May, 1858, now a teacher in the public schools of Atlantic, Charles, born in June, 1863, and Hattie, born in November, 1864.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 746-747.
