Last Updated: January 30, 2021

Peter & Elizabeth (Cannaday) Snuffer Family

 

1. Snuffer, Peter

Parents: John & Hannah (Huff) Snuffer.

1823 Birth: abt 1823 VA.

1846 Marriage #1: Peter Snuffer m. Elizabeth Cannaday 4-6-1846 Franklin Co., VA. Daughter of Elizabeth Cannaday. Surety Isaac Y. Cannaday.

Known children of Peter & Elizabeth (Cannaday) Snuffer: as noted + 1. Susan m. Christopher Bower, Jr.

Note: (src: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/raleigh/news/1850-60.txt)

SNUFFER, Isaac and Peter - These two brothers came to Raleigh County from the Bent Mountain section of Floyd and Franklin counties in 1857.  Isaac lived just across the line in Franklin and Peter on the other side in Floyd.

The last branch of the Snuffer family to move into Raleigh, they were distantly related to George Snuffer, Jr., who came into the county in 1829. Their father, John Snuffer, who died in Franklin County in 1851, was a first cousin of George.  John and George were descendants of Hans Michael Schnauffer who migrated from Wittenburg in Germany to Berks County, Pa. in 1751.  Isaac Snuffer was a Dunkard and served on the County Court at the start of the Civil War.  He died in 1901 at Glen White, where he first  settled.  Peter died in 1893 at his original home at Crab Orchard.  They were related to the Huffs, Rakes, Canadays, Poffs, Sowders and Bowers.

1850 Floyd Co., VA, H558: Peter Snuffer, 27 yo w/m farmer, b. VA, $650, HOH.

1860 Raleigh Co., VA, Neighborhood of Shockley, H109: Peter Snuffer, 38 yo w/m farmer, b. VA, $2000/408, HOH.

1870 Raleigh Co., WVA, Marsh Fork P.O., Town Twp, H552: Peter Snuffer, 48 yo w/m farmer, b. VA, $1200/530, HOH.

…+ Snuffer, Elizabeth

Parents: Elizabeth Cannaday.

1830 Birth: abt 1830 Franklin Co., VA.

1850 Floyd Co., VA, H558: Elizabeth 20 yo w/f, b. Franklin.

1860 Raleigh Co., VA, Neighborhood of Shockley, H109: Elizabeth 30 yo w/f, b. VA, matron.

1870 Raleigh Co., WVA, Marsh Fork P.O., Town Twp, H552: Elizabeth 40 yo w/f, b. VA, keeping house.

…2. Snuffer, John

Parents: Peter & Elizabeth (Cannaday) Snuffer.

1848 Birth: abt 1848 Floyd Co., VA.

1850 Floyd Co., VA, H558: John 2 yo w/m, b. Floyd.

1860 Raleigh Co., VA, Neighborhood of Shockley, H109: John 11 yo w/m, b. VA.

1870 Raleigh Co., WVA, Marsh Fork P.O., Town Twp, H552: John 22 yo w/m, b. VA.

…2. Snuffer, William P.

Parents: Peter & Elizabeth (Cannaday) Snuffer.

1849 Birth: abt 1849 Floyd Co., VA.

1850 Floyd Co., VA, H558: William P. 8/12 w/m, b. Floyd.

1860 Raleigh Co., VA, Neighborhood of Shockley, H109: Wm P. 9 yo w/m, b. VA.

1870 Raleigh Co., WVA, Marsh Fork P.O., Town Twp, H552: Wm 29 yo w/m, b. VA.

…2. Snuffer, Isaac Z.

Parents: Peter & Elizabeth (Cannaday) Snuffer.

1852 Birth: 1852 VA.

1860 Raleigh Co., VA, Neighborhood of Shockley, H109: Isaac Z. 7 yo w/m, b. VA.

1870 Raleigh Co., WVA, Marsh Fork P.O., Town Twp, H552: Isaac 18 yo w/m, b. VA.

…2. Snuffer, Peter

Parents: Peter & Elizabeth (Cannaday) Snuffer.

1854 Birth: 1854 VA.

1860 Raleigh Co., VA, Neighborhood of Shockley, H109: Peter 5 yo w/m, b. VA.

1870 Raleigh Co., WVA, Marsh Fork P.O., Town Twp, H552: Peter 16 yo w/m, b. VA.

…2. Snuffer, Spencer K.

Parents: Peter & Elizabeth (Cannaday) Snuffer.

1857 Birth: 1857 VA.

1860 Raleigh Co., VA, Neighborhood of Shockley, H109: Spencer K. 2 yo w/m, b. VA.

1870 Raleigh Co., WVA, Marsh Fork P.O., Town Twp, H552: Spenciel K. 13 yo w/m, b. VA.

…2. Snuffer, Jacob

Parents: Peter & Elizabeth (Cannaday) Snuffer.

1859 Birth: abt 1859 VA.

(where in 1860?)

1870 Raleigh Co., WVA, Marsh Fork P.O., Town Twp, H552: Jacob 11 yo w/m, b. VA.

…2. Snuffer, Octavy I.

Parents: Peter & Elizabeth (Cannaday) Snuffer.

1865 Birth: abt 1865 WVA.

1870 Raleigh Co., WVA, Marsh Fork P.O., Town Twp, H552: Octavy I. 5 yo w/f, b. WVA.

…2. Snuffer, Martha

Parents: Peter & Elizabeth (Cannaday) Snuffer.

1869 Birth: abt 1869 WVA.

1870 Raleigh Co., WVA, Marsh Fork P.O., Town Twp, H552: Martha 1 yo w/f, b. WVA.

… Snuffer, Elizabeth

Parents: John & Hannah (Huff) Snuffer & a sister to Peter Snuffer.

1839 Birth: abt 1839 Floyd Co., VA.

Per research by Wes Poff: Elizabeth Snuffer Poff, b. 3-3-1835 FCVA, d. 1919 Raleigh Co., WV. After the death of Elizabeth's parents, her brother William became her legal guardian. However, William died in 1856, and she must have moved into the home of her brother Peter, who now lived in Raleigh County, WV. The Census of 1860 bears out this fact. Two years later she marries Joseph Poff and has two children.

1860 Raleigh Co., VA, Neighborhood of Shockley, H109: Elizabeth Snuffer, 21 yo w/f, b. VA, Peter Snuffer HOH.

i1862 Marriage #1: Elizabeth Snuffer m. Joseph A. Poff 02-28-1862 at Jacob Sowder's, Floyd Co., VA by Michael Howry. He 23 yo widowed farmer, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, s/o Henry & Sarah Poff. She single 22 yo, b. Franklin Co., VA & living in Floyd Co., VA, d/o John & Hannah Snuffer.

Joseph Andrew Poff, s/o Henry & Sarah (Sowder) Poff. [Poff_Henry_Sarah] 1st m. Emily Sumpter. [Sumpter_Richard_Catherine]

Cannaday, Mitchell

b. abt 1836 Franklin Co., VA.

1850 Floyd Co., VA, H558: Mitchell Canaday, 16 yo w/m laborer, b. Franklin, Peter Snuffer HOH.

End Peter & Elizabeth (Cannaday) Snuffer Family.