Person

William E. Snoddy (Louisville, Kentucky, merchant and banker)

b. 1823-08-26 d. 1893-05-24

Louisville, Kentucky, merchant and banker. Kentucky native. Married to H. Adeline Snoddy. Married to Mary Margaret Owen Snoddy in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on September 28, 1854. Father of Lucy A. Snoddy, Sally C. Snoddy, Shaphly Snoddy. Clerk in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1845. Merchant in Louisville in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Louisville in 1850. Shoe merchant in the firm Snoddy & Bransford in Louisville from 1850 to 1855. Shoe merchant in partnership with N. Gwynn and R .P. Parrish in W.E. Snoddy & Company in Louisville from 1855 to 1860. Sold one enslaved person to Alex Norton in Louisville in January 1859. Shoe merchant in partnership with N. Gwynn, R. P. Parrish, and R.C. Snoddy in Snoddy, Gwynn & Company in Louisville from 1860 to 1864. Owned four enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860. Banker in Louisville in 1862. Broker in Louisville in 1863. Merchant in partnership with R. S. Howard in Snoddy & Howard in Louisville from 1863 to 1865.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 3, p 331B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 3, p. 837.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 7, p. 525.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 7, p. 286B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 7, p. 65B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994040, Jefferson County Marriages.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Jefferson County, KY, July 1863, p. 224.

John B. Jegli’s Louisville, New Albany, Jeffersonville, Shippingport, and Portland Directory for 1845-1846, (Louisville, The Louisville Journal, 1845), 165.

Louisville City Directory and Business Mirror for 1858-9, (Louisville: Hurd & Burrows, 1859), 164.

Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 231.

J.D. Campbell's Louisville Business Directory for 1864, (Louisville: L.A. Civill, 1864), 223.

Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 541.

"Jenny Lind Kid and Morocco Buskins," The Louisville Daily Journal, (Louisville, KY), December 10, 1850, p. 4.

"Wholesale Boot and Shoe House," The Louisville Daily Journal, (Louisville, KY), August 29, 1854, p. 3.

"New Firms," The Louisville Daily Journal, (Louisville, KY), July 7, 1855, p. 3.

"Copartnership," The Louisville Daily Journal, (Louisville, KY), July 2, 1856, p. 1.

"A Bold Operator and Rascal," The Louisville Daily Journal, (Louisville, KY), January 21, 1859, p. 1.

"Copartnership," The Louisville Daily Journal, (Louisville, KY), July 9, 1860, p. 2.

"W.E. Snoddy, Banker," The Louisville Daily Journal, (Louisville, KY), December 17, 1862, p. 2.

"Snoddy & Howard," The Louisville Daily Journal, (Louisville, KY), December 11, 1863, p. 2.

"Snoddy & Howard," The Louisville Daily Journal, (Louisville, KY), January 18, 1865, p. 2.

"William Edmunds Snoddy (1823-1893)," Find A Grave, Memorial 158252478, accessed May 25, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158252478 .

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Snoddy, William E.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214740 (November 12, 2026).

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