Arthur Taft Snow

1882 - 1959  (77 years)

• Name	Arthur Taft Snow
  Born	12 Jun 1882	Caroline Center, Tompkins Co, New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Oct 1959	Covert Twp, Seneca Co, New York, USA
  Buried	Trumansburg, Tompkins Co, New York, USA (Grove Cemetery)
  Person ID	I17156	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2011

  
  

  Father	Francis Arthur Snow,   b. 26 Jun 1848, Caroline Center, Tompkins Co, New York, USA ,   d. 3 Dec 1938, Caroline Center, Tompkins Co, New York, USA  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Anna Sophia Clark,   b. 8 Jan 1846, Caroline Center, Tompkins Co, New York, USA ,   d. 27 Nov 1936, Caroline Center, Tompkins Co, New York, USA  (Age 90 years)
  Married	1 Feb 1872	Caroline Center, Tompkins Co, New York, USA
  Family ID	F7565	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edith Whittaker
  Married	29 Dec 1908	Caroline Center, Tompkins Co, New York, USA
  Last Modified	23 Sep 2011
  Family ID	F14232	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Marriage: Ithaca NY Daily News 1909 Grayscale - 0021.pdf http://www.fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2012/Ithaca%20NY%20Daily%20%20News/Ithaca%20NY%20Daily%20News%201909%20Grayscale/Ithaca%20NY%20Daily%20News%201909%20Grayscale%20-%200021.pdf?xml=http://www.fultonhistory.com/dtSearch/dtisapi6.dll?cmd=getpdfhits&u=ffffffff9c5bff7a&DocId=6871391&Index=Z%3a%2fFulton%20Historical&HitCount=3&hits=68e+68f+690+&SearchForm=C%3a%5cinetpub%5cwwwroot%5cFulton%5fnew%5fForm%2ehtml&.pdf [[ Arthur T. Snow, Sr. and Edith Whittaker Snow grew up in Caroline Center,Tompkins County, NY and were married there, at the Whittaker family home,on December 29, 1908. Arthur attended Cornell University, and he managed a farm in Canajoharie, NY from the time of their marriage in 1908 until 1910. They lived in Fairfield, NJ until 1912, where A. T. Snow managed a large dairy farm. They then moved to Waverly, PA where he managed the farm of Professor John L. Stone , then Dean of the College of Agricultureat Cornell University. In the spring of 1923 they m oved to Trumansburg, NY and lived on Kingtown Road, where he worked as farm manager for the King family. In the spring of 1928 they purchased the Traphagen farm,called Maple Grove Farm, on Townline Road (later called Seneca Road).The family house and most of the property was located in Covert Twp., Seneca County, NY, though some of the farm property was located across the street, in Trumansburg, Ulysses Twp., Tompkins County. On September9, 1932, their barn burned to the ground, taking with it their car, chickens, and most of their tools. The horses were saved. It was probably the work of an arson, as all the barns within several miles had burned down over the previous few years, but the suspect was never caught red-handed. Arthur was almost ready to give up after this terrible loss,but the owner of the local lumber mill offered to provide materials for a new barn and was willing to receive payment at a later time . Arthur and son Bob built the new barn, which was completed in 1933. They had an excellent crop of red beans that year, and were able to pay off their loan for the barn. Their 150-acre farm included a large apple orchard, smaller numbers ofcherries, pears, peache s and plums, barns with a small number of cows anda modest-sized chicken coup, and land on wh ich they raised corn, wheat,hay and other crops. They sold farm produce (fruit, eggs, milk , and somefresh vegetables) from their home and from a special packing barn(apples). Their ol der son, Robert Clark Snow, obtained the farm houseacross the street from his parents and hel ped them farm their propertyuntil their deaths. Upon the death of Edith W. Snow, the farm pr opertywas left to Robert Snow, and the farm house was willed to Arthur T. Snow,Jr. After th e death of Arthur T. Snow, Jr. in 1974, the farmhouse andassociated property was sold to Doug las Paine. Arthur T. Snow graduated from a special agriculture program at CornellUniversity in 1906, an d made farming his career. He was a hard-workingand successful man, and served his church an d community in many ways. Hewas a member and elder of the First Presbyterian Church; a membe r andPast Master of Trumansburg Lodge 157, F&A Masons; a member of the CovertGrange; and a co uncilman of the Town of Covert. He suffered a stroke in1958, was cared for by his wife, Edit h W. Snow, and died at home in1959. His remains were buried at the Grove Cemetery in Trumans burg, New York [May 2004 Bill Gawne gedcom.FTW]