VII. Moses Moran Snow md: 10 Oct 1855 Ala Pruit
b: 1930 pl:
Hopkins Co., Texas b: 27 Feb 1835
pl: Missouri pl:
Missouri
d: 16 Jan1864 d: 5
Feb 1924
pl: Sandy, Blanco Co. Tx pl: Sixteen Springs, NM
f: Jesse Snow f: Calvin Pruit
m: Sarah
Standard m: Aley Chris Prook
Soon after their marriage in Hopkins County,
Moses and Ala migrated to Sandy Community in Blanco County, and it was there
that their four children were born.
Moses Moran Snow served in the Army for the Confederate
States of America. He enrolled the 7th
of September 1861 under the leadership of Captain George Freeman in the
Pedernales Home Guard Calvary Company.
His military rank is shown as 4th Sargent. While searching for Bushwakers, Moses Moran
Snow was killed in his own home, presumably reaching for his rifle; he was
killed in front of his wife. A squad of
Captain Dorbandt’s Militia had tracked him down as a Confederate deserter. He died at the age of 34 years old. He rather protect his own family on the
Indian frontier in Texas instead of being a pawn in the Slavery issue.
Moses Moran and
Ala Snow were the parents of the following four children:
1.) Jesses Moran
Snow
2.) Sarah
Christopher Snow
3.) Mary Jane
Snow
4.) Moses Moran
Snow {female}