Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887,
Henry Co.

VAN BUREN SNOOK, a native of Franklin County, Ky., was born on March 1,
1835.  His parents, Martin and Jane (White) Snook, were born respectively
in Ohio and Virginia, and were of German and English descent.  Martin
Snook was born in 1780, served in the war of 1812, came from New York
to Franklin County, Ky., in 1820, was a substantial farmer, and died in
1845.  He was married three times.  His first wife bore no children.  His
second wife bore him eight children, of whom seven lived to be grown; she
was the widow of Geipeth Onan.  George White, the maternal grandfather of
Van Buren Snook, and a native of Virginia, settled on Benson Creek, Shelby
County, Ky., about the beginning of the present century.  His daughter,
Mrs. Jane Snook, was born in 1811, and is still living.  Van Buren Snook
was reared on the home farm in Franklin County, and removed to his present
farm of 308 acres, four miles northwest of Eminence, Shelby County, in
1857.  He raises stock extensively, is a successful farmer, and is a
member of the Masonic fraternity, and the Baptist Church at Eminence.
March 19, 1857, he married Miss Sarah Duncan, of Franklin County, and
there have been born to him six children: Walker, Winifred, Sydney,
Jennie, Marion and Duncan.

Snook White Onan Duncan
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Shelby-KY Franklin-KY NY OH VA

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