Thornton W. Snelling

1847 - 1900  (33 years)

• Name	Thornton W. Snelling  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	1847	Bath County, Kentucky, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	29 Jul 1850	Bath County, Kentucky, USA   [1]
  Residence	21 Jul 1860	Owingsville, Bath, Kentucky, USA   [2]
  Residence	4 Aug 1870	Wyoming, Bath, Kentucky, USA   [3]
  Death	Between 1880 and 1900
  Person ID	I20439	McKelleb
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Toliver Snelling,   b. 21 Jul 1815, Bath County, Kentucky, USA d. 29 Aug 1867, Bath County, Kentucky, USA (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth D. Newland,   b. 1826, Clark County, Kentucky, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	7 Mar 1844	Bath County, Kentucky, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F918	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Ellen Gudgell
  Marriage	16 Aug 1870	Bath County, Kentucky, USA
  Family ID	F6119	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1847 - Bath County, Kentucky, USA Residence - 29 Jul 1850 - Bath County, Kentucky, USA Residence - 21 Jul 1860 - Owingsville, Bath, Kentucky, USA Residence - 4 Aug 1870 - Wyoming, Bath, Kentucky, USA Marriage - 16 Aug 1870 - Bath County, Kentucky, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  The 1860 Census has Thornton being born in 1845. The 1870 Census has Thornton listed as Thornton N. However, his marriage record to Sarah states Thornton W. Due to the fact that the marriage record is more reliable in most instances, I am choosing to go with the Thornton W.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 1, Bath, Kentucky; Roll: 191; Page: 66b. [S3] 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Bath, Kentucky; Roll: M653_355; Page: 121; Family History Library Film: 803355. [S5] 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Wyoming, Bath, Kentucky; Roll: M593_446; Page: 113A. [S12] Kentucky County Marriages, 1797-1954, (Name: Family Search; Location: Salt Lake City, Utah; Date: 2024;), Kentucky County Marriages, 1797 - 1954. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QD-3115