“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


E.G. SNELL,  farmer, Sec. 17; P.O. Oakland Center; born in Union 
Township, Allen Co., Dec. 11, 1814; born and raised on a farm, and 
received a good common-school education; taught school for three 
terms; he has followed farming all his lifetime.  Married, in East Lynn, 
Conn., Oct 15, 1837, Miss Mariette Huntley; she was born in Lynn, 
Conn., Aug. 16, 1814; they have had six children, five living – Eliza M., 
born Oct. 12, 1840; George M., Nov. 15, 1842; John A., Dec. 12, 1844; 
Joseph H., Oct. 11, 1847; Mary M., March, 1850.  They moved to Union 
Township, Oneida County, N.Y., where he engaged at farming.  In 1838, 
they came to Wisconsin, landing in Milwaukee, where they found it 
impossible to hire a team, and, therefore, walked to Fort Atkinson, a 
distance of fifty miles, a remarkable thing for a woman to do; located in 
Fort Atkinson; they bought 99 acres of land; since then, they have added 
189 acres, and now own 288 acres well improved; he raises a variety of 
crops.  Mrs. Snell, for years, kept a hotel; she is a smart business woman, 
and owns, herself, individually, 160 acres of land, which is handsomely 
improved; she also owns 40 acres of land in Iowa.  They are members of 
the Oakland Free-Will Baptist Church.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel