- Origin: English
- Earliest Date Known: 1774 Virginia
- Religion: ?
- Arrived in America: bef 1774
Capt. Henry SNOW b.? d.? m.ELIZABETH b.? d.? Capt. Henry Snow and Elizabeth were from VA, moved to KY where Henry died 1790. Elizabeth then moved to where her dau. Averilla Seney was living in Shelby Co., IN. Elizabeth died there in 1833. Averilla and some of her children then moved ca. 1835 to Macon Co., MO.
Children of Henry Snow and Elizabeth:
- Averilla b. 1774
- George
- John
- Thomas
- Mary
Averilla SNOW b. 4 Oct 1774. d. 7 Jul 1842. married David SENEY b. 9 Apr 1762 d. 9 Aug 1817
Children of David Seney and Averilla Snow:
- Seney b. 1794
- Elizabeth b. 1795 m. William SMITH (they stayed in IN)
- Mary b. 1797 m. James B. WIGGANS
- Joshua b. 1799 m. Marcie BARTON
- Fanny b. 1801 KY m. Albert
G. SLEETH b.9 Nov 1806 OH d. 1847 MO Son of Alexander Sleeth.
Children: Fanny Seney and Albert G. Sleeth:
- Leander b. 1830 KY
- Ora b. 1832 IN
- Elevia b. 1834 IN
- Wylie b. 1835 IN d. Libby Prison, Civil War. m. Joan Parr b. 1839 d. 1904 2nd Husb. Joseph Hart, m. 1870
- Melvina b. 1837 IN
- John F. b.1839 IN
- Albert b. 1841IN
- Jane b. 8 Jul 1803 m.Jonathan West HACKER b. 15 Oct 1805 WV d.?
- Hemsley b. 15 Aug 1805 KY d. 20 Mar 1865 MO m. Cynthia Ann SLEETH b. 19 Jul 1809 OH d. 29 Jan 1897 MO. (Direct: )
Chlldren: Hemsley Seney and Cynthia Ann Sleeth:
- Andrew Jackson b. 2 Sept 1830 IN d.20 Aug 1856 MO Never married.
- Jane Eveline b.1832 IN d. 20 Sep 1895 m. Weldon Truitt
- Wesley Wylie b. 7 Dec 1833 IN d. 23 Sep 1900 MO m. Lizzie Knight
- Harriet E. b.26 Jul 1836 MO d. 6 Jan 1919 MO m.Selah Pomeroy Thayer 2nd Marriage. (Father of Selah Pomeroy Thayer II)
- Catherine H. b.4 Mar 1838 MO d.1862 MO m. Selah Pomeroy Thayer 1st Marriage: She and Baby died in childbirth.
- David Marion b.1 Jun 1843 MO d. 30 May 1922 MO m. Martha King
- John V. H. b. 1844 MO d.?
- Ira* b. 1807 m. Susannah
SLEETH
- Martha b. 1808
- Katherine b. 1810 m. Mr. HARSON
- Seney b.1811
- Seney b. 1813
- Seney b. 1814
- David b. 1817
Two of the children made Indiana their permanent homes
- 2nd child: Elizabeth b. 22 Jan 1795 m. William Smith.child: David Smith b. 1 Oct 1820 d. 16 Aug 1838.
- 10th child: Katherine b. 1810 m. Mr. Harson.
From Book: Our ancestral History 1505-1986 by Selah Pomeroy Thayer, II ©1986.
After David Seney's death in 1817 in OH:
In 1826, Averilla and her remaining nine children(of 14) who lived to be grown, moved from OH to IN, where they all settled on Big Blue River near Shelbyville, Shelby Co, IN.
In 1835, Averella once again moved westward accompanying her seven remaining children with their families to North Missouri. Traveling by ox team and covered wagon through open thinly settled country, fording the streams and crossing the Mississippi River on the ice during the extreme cold of winter, they finally reached their destination, where they all settled in a group in what later became Macon County. She passed away seven years later.
The cemetary in which the family members were buried was destroyed and there are no tombstones remaining. 14 Children born. All buried in the Valley Township Cemetary that is destroyed.
Averilla (Snow) Seney, her son, Ira Seney and his wife, Susannah (Sleeth) Seney lie buried at the break of the Chariton River hills west of where Charley Coleman now lives this date, 1981. Many of the old Macon Co. Pioneers are buried there.
Aunt Polly Ann and 'Big Jim' Seney told me many years ago that our great-great grandmother, Averilla (Snow) Seney was buried in the old cemetery at the break of the prairie and Chariton River hills west of where Charley Coleman now lives this date-1981- This burial ground is located about one quartaer mile south of the older original 'Old Chariton' Cemetery. Ira and Susannah (Sleeth) are also buried here. I recall the hallowed spot well as a teenage boy and young man. Many of the old pioneer settlers of the community are buried here. Some 40 years ago (1945) Albert Coleman (now deceased) who then owned the land surrounding the cemetery, removed the fence and all gravesstones, thus obliterating all trace of a cemetery. The ground is now in cultivation. Except for these records, perhaps no one of a future generation would know the burial place of these loved ones of long ago.