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Henshaw-Snodgrass family of West Virginia

Note: This is just one of 1,325 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

This specific family group is a subset of the much larger Four Thousand Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.

These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

  John Fryatt Snodgrass (1804-1854) — also known as John F. Snodgrass — of Parkersburg, Wood County, Va. (now W.Va.). Born in Berkeley County, Va. (now W.Va.), March 2, 1804. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S. Representative from Virginia 11th District, 1853-54; died in office 1854. Slaveowner. Died suddenly, while arguing a case in court, in Parkersburg, Wood County, Va (now W.Va.), June 5, 1854 (age 50 years, 95 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of William Snodgrass and Ann (Fryatt) Snodgrass; married to Louisa Kinnaird; uncle of Isaac Breathed Snodgrass; granduncle of William Thornton Henshaw and John Snodgrass Henshaw; first cousin twice removed of Edgar Craven Henshaw.
  Political family: Henshaw-Snodgrass family of West Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Isaac Breathed Snodgrass (1841-1890) — also known as Isaac B. Snodgrass — of Berkeley County, W.Va. Born in Berkeley County, Va. (now W.Va.), December 24, 1841. Member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Berkeley County, 1885. Episcopalian. Died in Berkeley County, W.Va., October 3, 1890 (age 48 years, 283 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Stephen Rawlings Snodgrass and Elizabeth (Breathed) Snodgrass; nephew of John Fryatt Snodgrass; first cousin once removed of John Breathitt, William Thornton Henshaw and John Snodgrass Henshaw; second cousin of Lavinia Sappington (who married Meredith Miles Marmaduke); second cousin once removed of John Sappington Marmaduke, James Breathitt and Edgar Craven Henshaw; second cousin twice removed of Erasmus L. Pearson and James Breathitt Jr.; second cousin thrice removed of Edward Thompson Breathitt Jr..
  Political families: Breathitt-Sappington-Jackson family of Kentucky and Missouri; Henshaw-Snodgrass family of West Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Marion Lee Henshaw (1845-1929) — also known as Marion L. Henshaw — of Berkeley County, W.Va. Born in Berkeley County, Va. (now W.Va.), June 25, 1845. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Berkeley County, 1883. Died in Kansas, November 13, 1929 (age 84 years, 141 days). Interment at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Goddard, Kan.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Preston Henshaw and Julia Ann Margaret (Hunsicker) Henshaw; married 1870 to Emily Polk Payne; uncle of Harry Preston Henshaw; second cousin of Edgar Craven Henshaw; second cousin once removed of William Thornton Henshaw and John Snodgrass Henshaw.
  Political family: Henshaw-Snodgrass family of West Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edgar Craven Henshaw (1859-1924) — also known as Edgar C. Henshaw — of Martinsburg, Berkeley County, W.Va. Born near Bunker Hill, Berkeley County, W.Va., November 9, 1859. Republican. Fruit farmer; postmaster at Martinsburg, W.Va., 1910-14. Member, Freemasons. Died, from Bright's disease, in City Hospital, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, W.Va., August 17, 1924 (age 64 years, 282 days). Interment at Hedgesville Cemetery, Hedgesville, W.Va.
  Relatives: Son of Levi Henshaw and Sarah Ann (Snodgrass) Henshaw; married, December 16, 1886, to Sarah Mason 'Sallie' Lingamfelter; first cousin once removed of William Thornton Henshaw and John Snodgrass Henshaw; first cousin twice removed of John Fryatt Snodgrass; second cousin of Marion Lee Henshaw; second cousin once removed of Isaac Breathed Snodgrass and Harry Preston Henshaw.
  Political family: Henshaw-Snodgrass family of West Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
William T. Henshaw William Thornton Henshaw (1868-1949) — of Martinsburg, Berkeley County, W.Va.; South Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley County, W.Va., March 20, 1868. Physician; mayor of Martinsburg, W.Va., 1896-1902; major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Berkeley County, 1901-02; West Virginia State Health Commissioner, 1921. Member, Kappa Sigma. Died, from colon cancer, in St. Francis Hospital, Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., April 13, 1949 (age 81 years, 24 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Norborne Parish Cemetery, Martinsburg, W.Va.
  Relatives: Son of William Snodgrass Henshaw and Nannie Bell (Snodgrass) Henshaw; brother of John Snodgrass Henshaw; married 1897 to Georgia Ingraham Burns; grandnephew of John Fryatt Snodgrass; first cousin once removed of Isaac Breathed Snodgrass and Edgar Craven Henshaw; second cousin once removed of Marion Lee Henshaw; third cousin of Harry Preston Henshaw.
  Political family: Henshaw-Snodgrass family of West Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1929
  John Snodgrass Henshaw (1869-1957) — also known as John Henshaw — of Berkeley County, W.Va. Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley County, W.Va., October 8, 1869. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Berkeley County, 1897-98. Died in Fairmont, Marion County, W.Va., January 29, 1957 (age 87 years, 113 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, W.Va.
  Relatives: Son of William Snodgrass Henshaw and Nannie Bell (Snodgrass) Henshaw; brother of William Thornton Henshaw; married to Sue Lewis; grandnephew of John Fryatt Snodgrass; first cousin once removed of Isaac Breathed Snodgrass and Edgar Craven Henshaw; second cousin once removed of Marion Lee Henshaw; third cousin of Harry Preston Henshaw.
  Political family: Henshaw-Snodgrass family of West Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Harry P. Henshaw Harry Preston Henshaw (1886-1961) — also known as Harry P. Henshaw — of Inwood, Berkeley County, W.Va.; Bunker Hill, Berkeley County, W.Va.; Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va. Born in Bunker Hill, Berkeley County, W.Va., December 21, 1886. Democrat. Fruit grower; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Berkeley County, 1917-18; member of West Virginia state senate 15th District, 1921-31; resigned 1931. Died in Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va., February 4, 1961 (age 74 years, 45 days). Interment at Gerrardstown Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Gerrardstown, W.Va.
  Relatives: Son of Edwin Smith Henshaw and Mary Elliott 'Mazie' (Campbell) Henshaw; married to Mabel Virginia Bowen; nephew of Marion Lee Henshaw; second cousin once removed of Edgar Craven Henshaw; third cousin of William Thornton Henshaw and John Snodgrass Henshaw.
  Political family: Henshaw-Snodgrass family of West Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1929

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