150 Years 1887-1901 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY PART THREE OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE'S TEN-PART SERIES. April 27, 2007 Page 5 MARTHA SNIPES DEAD FROM TYPHOID PNEUMONIA ANOTHER PIONEER GONE - Martha, the beloved wife of George R. Snipes, died yesterday, October 24, 1901, at her home just west of town, of typhoid pneumonia, after an illness of about ten days. The deceased was a native of Kentucky, where she was born February 23, 1835. Her maiden name was Imbier, and with her parents she crossed the plains by ox team arriving in The Dalles in 1853. Mr. Snipes was one of the party, as was the Luce family, which settled subsequently in the John Day country, and on September 18th, shortly after their arrival here the young couple were united in marriage by Rev. H.K. Hines. Theirs was the second marriage celebrated in Oregon, east of the Cascade mountains, that of a Frenchman named De Buchalier and a Miss Tomkins being the first. Fourteen children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Snipes. One son died in infancy, one was drowned in the Columbia river and one was killed in Yakima country by a fall from a horse. Of the eleven surviving children seven are residents of Wasco county. These are Leicester, James, Henry, Charles, Fred, Mary and Mrs. Lily Waterman, of Umatilla county, Mrs. Susie Adams, of Illinois, and Leander and Frank, of Yakima county, Washington. Mrs. Snipes was a member of the M.E. church since 1852. She was one of the very noblest of the sturdy pioneer wives and mother who braved so many hardships and sacrificed so many comforts in the settlement of the Oregon wilderness. No woman ever stood higher in the esteem of those who knew her best for all the womanly virtues that are the ornament and glory of her sex. Among the older settlers of this community her death is regarded in the light of a bitter personal loss. The funeral will take place from the house at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. October 25, 1901. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program