Sneathen
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Sneathen - 1948
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Sneathen, 93 years and 6 months of age, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Betty Kerr, in McKinney Thursday morning, were held at the Frisco Methodist Church Friday afternoon. Services were conducted by Rev. C. E. Dodge of McKinney, assisted by Rev. J. B. Kerr, also of McKinney Rev. C. H. Wray, Prosper, and Rev. T. H. Minga, pastor of the church. Burial was made in Bethel Cemetery beside her husband G. W. Sneathen, who died 31 years ago.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Nickler near Jefferson City, Mo., December 5, 1845, she was married there to G. W. Sneathen in 1861. They came to Texas in a wagon train in 1868 and settled at what is now known as Little Elm. Mr. Sneathen hauled lumber from Jefferson to build their house, a part of which still stands. The trips which were made in hauling the lumber took six weeks' time. He opened a blacksmith shop which he operated there for several years, later moving to a site near the old Bethel church. Later they bought the farm where Mrs. E. D. Roach how lives and this was the family home for a long number of years. After the death of the father, the home was owned and occupied for many years by a son, Will Sneathen, now deceased.
Of a family of eight children, only three survive. They are: Mrs. W. W. Kerr, McKinney; G. S. Sneathen and Mrs. Verna Cantrell, both of Frisco.
A pioneer woman of the highest type, Mrs. Sneathen experienced hardships and met life bravely and successfully. She was known for many miles for her skill in nursing the sick. Many times she was called in the night and rode horseback for miles, often in stormy weather, to the sick bed for some friend, neighbor or unfortunate, who needed her services. It seems a fitting climax to a life that was so much given to serving other, that he should be ministered to so tenderly for so any years in her declining years of life. Eight years were spent near Amarillo with her son, George, and wife, who gave her such loving care. The last three years were in the home of her daughter and the splendid traits of this noble mother were exemplified in the daughter as she cared for her mother with such devotion and skill as had been her mother's in earlier years. Nothing was left undone to make her comfortable, but the frail tired body gave away as stated above and the spirit returned to God who has an eternal home prepared for all who love him.
They had 7 children: John William, Isaac, Hallie Melissa, Fannie, Iverna, George, and Elizabeth.
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Sneathen, 93 years and 6 months of age, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Betty Kerr, in McKinney Thursday morning, were held at the Frisco Methodist Church Friday afternoon. Services were conducted by Rev. C. E. Dodge of McKinney, assisted by Rev. J. B. Kerr, also of McKinney Rev. C. H. Wray, Prosper, and Rev. T. H. Minga, pastor of the church. Burial was made in Bethel Cemetery beside her husband G. W. Sneathen, who died 31 years ago.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Nickler near Jefferson City, Mo., December 5, 1845, she was married there to G. W. Sneathen in 1861. They came to Texas in a wagon train in 1868 and settled at what is now known as Little Elm. Mr. Sneathen hauled lumber from Jefferson to build their house, a part of which still stands. The trips which were made in hauling the lumber took six weeks' time. He opened a blacksmith shop which he operated there for several years, later moving to a site near the old Bethel church. Later they bought the farm where Mrs. E. D. Roach how lives and this was the family home for a long number of years. After the death of the father, the home was owned and occupied for many years by a son, Will Sneathen, now deceased.
Of a family of eight children, only three survive. They are: Mrs. W. W. Kerr, McKinney; G. S. Sneathen and Mrs. Verna Cantrell, both of Frisco.
A pioneer woman of the highest type, Mrs. Sneathen experienced hardships and met life bravely and successfully. She was known for many miles for her skill in nursing the sick. Many times she was called in the night and rode horseback for miles, often in stormy weather, to the sick bed for some friend, neighbor or unfortunate, who needed her services. It seems a fitting climax to a life that was so much given to serving other, that he should be ministered to so tenderly for so any years in her declining years of life. Eight years were spent near Amarillo with her son, George, and wife, who gave her such loving care. The last three years were in the home of her daughter and the splendid traits of this noble mother were exemplified in the daughter as she cared for her mother with such devotion and skill as had been her mother's in earlier years. Nothing was left undone to make her comfortable, but the frail tired body gave away as stated above and the spirit returned to God who has an eternal home prepared for all who love him.
They had 7 children: John William, Isaac, Hallie Melissa, Fannie, Iverna, George, and Elizabeth.
