>DAVID SNELLING: This well known citizen and respected farmer of Adams >Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, is a native of Rutland township, this >county, born June 26, 1848, and is a representative of one of the pioneer >families of this locality. His parents were John and Rebecca Jane (Shaver ) >Snelling, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Ohio, where he >grew to manhood. When a young man, previous to his marriage, he came west to >Illinois, then called the frontier, and located in LaSalle County. That was >some time in the 1830's. Here he subsequently married Rebecca Shaver, a >daughter of David Shaver, one of the first settlers of Rutland township, >this county. Mrs. Snelling was born in 1821, was ten years old when brought >by her parents to Illinois and is still a resident of LaSalle county, her >home being in Serena township, where her husband settled on a farm a number >of years ago. He died there in 1884, at the age of seventy-four years. >They were the parents of seven children, viz.: Nancy, Elizabeth (deceased), >James, Olive (deceased), David, Annis and George. >David Snelling received his early education in the country schools of his >native county and then for two years as a student in Lombard University, >Galesburg, Illinois. On his return home from college he was for a short >time engaged in teaching school. Farming, however, has been his life >pursuit. After his marriage, which event occurred in 1879, he settled on his >present farm, two hundred and sixty-seven acres, a part of which lies in the >southwest corner of Adams township and the rest across the line in Serena >township. In his farming operations he has been very successful, and is >well known as one of the leading farmers of his locality. >Mr. Snelling was married in 1879 to Miss Evaline Umphrey, and they have two >children: Claudia, the wife of William Hoadley; and Maud. Mrs. Snelling's >parents were Samuel and Sophia (Snelling) Umphrey, both natives of Ohio, who >came to LaSalle county, Illinois, some thirty years ago and settled in >Serena township; they are now residents of Earl township. Mrs. Snelling was >born in Ohio and is the oldest of four children, namely: Mrs. Snelling, Anna >(deceased), Charles, and Hattie. > > >This Obit was from a LaSalle County Newspaper. Mr. David Snelling died on >April 11, 1921. Any further information or discussion please contact: >sue@kaiconsulting.com