Hello again from Arizona where it is cooling down after a hot - hot summer. I have been looking for this HART and SNOW for a long time. Hope some of the new listers will have some information. G-grandfather Francis 'Frank' Joseph HART b Jan 1833 Ireland d Nov 8 1908 Prescott, Arizona. Shoemaker by trade. Parents unknown. He m Mildred Jane Snow Jun 8 1879 in Kinney, TX G-grandmother Mildred Jane SNOW b Oct 8 1861 TX. d Aug 23, 1940 in Bakersfield, Kern Co. CA She was the daughter of John P. SNOW and Unknown. Children were: Mary HART b May 1881 TX Bettie Hart b Jul 1882 TX mine* Katherine HART Jun 30 1884 El Paso TX dJune 30 1941 South Gate CA m Edmund Jacob Riley (1) m Charles M. Beckwith (2) Lula HART b July 1886 Joseph Francis HART b Oct 1888 Francis and Mildred were divorced before Aug 16 1893 (when Mildred remarried.) The next census was the 8 day of June, 1900 Yavapai Co. AZ. Francis was in Prescott Az with three of their children Mary and Betty and Joseph. Mildred was in Graham Co. AZ - remarried to Charles Roby- with Katherine and Lula Hart and Effie and Maude Roby (5 & 2 years old). City Directory 1903 stated: Francis 'Frank Joseph' Hart ran a shoemaker store in Prescott at 114 N. Cortez St. Frank lived at 136 N. Cortez St. for fifteen years. Joe HART, Bell Boy at the Hotel Burke and lived in Rm 120 of the Burke Hotel. Miss Mollie (Mary)HART Clerk at Goldwater's store resided at 530 Willis St. (No mention of Betty but she showed up with Mildred in Graham Co. AZ later) Francis 'Frank' Joseph Hart's obit from Journal-Miner Wed. May 11 1908: 'The remains of Frank Hart, who dided in the hospital Sunday morning at 6:00 o'clock, were interred yeaterday afternoon at 3:o'clock in the Citizens' cemetery. The funeral was held from the Catholic Church under the direction of the Kuffner undertaking establishment. He was 75 years of age and a Native of Connectieut. He was a shoemaker by occupation and had been a resident of this city fifteen years. He was admitted to the hospital a year ago suffering from general debility. He gradually sank until death came as a relief. He served in the Civil War with Wilson Zouaves and the fourth and Sixith Cavalry. Three daughters, one in Iowa and two in Graham County, and one son survive him. He leaves no immediate relatives here. He was a man of generous impulse and respected by all who knew him.' **************************************************************************** Mildred Jane Snow Hart took back her Maiden name when she was divorced. She married Charles Roby Aug 16, 1893 remarried and moved Safford, Graham County, Arizona Effie Roby b.Aug 1894 TX Bertha Roby b 1895/96 Maude Roby b Oct 1897 AZ Beulah Roby b Nov 14 1900 AZ d Jan 29 1988 in Glenville, Kern County, CAlifornia. Married a Richard Hitt and had one son-in 1925/26 They had an 80 acre farm in Safford. On Feb 3 1905 a neighbor shot and killed Charles Roby. He was from New York - his parents were from France as per the 1900 census. It seemed that water from Mr. Roby's farm ran over on to Mr. W. H. Sisson's property and caused a gully through his farm so he and his wife both hid behind a tumble weed and as Mr. Roby plowed his field Mrs. Sissions shot at Mr. Roby but missed and so Mr Sisson shot him in the back paralyzing Mr. Roby. A farm hand placed him on on a buck board and took him home then went for the Sheriff. Mr. Roby died the next afternoon. Mr. Session's was sentenced to life in the Yuma penitentiary on May 26, 1905. On May 27 1910 Mr. Session's was released on a Writ of Habeas Corpus Issued by Chief Justice Kent. After a showing of new evidence, Governor Slone commuted the sentence to ten years to be served out at the new prison in Florence. But his attorney said that Mr. Sissons never entered a plea of guilty or not guilty. This was made known to Judge Kent who held the trial irregular and nullified, and set him at liberty. Even though he confessed to the murder. The story was carried in 'The Graham Guardian' news paper of Safford Graham Co. Arizona. Does any one know who John P. SNOW was or any thing about Mildred Jane Snow or any of her children??? I have heard that two of the Roby daughters commited suicide at a later time while living in Phoenix Arizona. Neither ever married. Thanks in advance, Thelma