HISTORY OF KANE COUNTY.
he followed in New York until 1878, then came to Illinois, and for thirteen years was engaged as traveling salesman for the jewelry house of Trask & Plain, of Aurora. In 1891 he established a jewelry house in Geneva, and has since been in business in that city. Mr. Smith has been a member of the Mason fraternity since 1863, and with his wife belongs to the Eastern Star, and also to the Episcopal church. Mr. Smith was married Nov. 27, 1898, to Miss Dema Reser, whose parents were pioneer settlers in Plato Township, Kane County.
EPHRAIM SNOOKS, merchant, Carpentersville, Kane County, Ill., born at Algonquin, Ill., July 26, 1861, son of Judson and Martha (Seymour) Snooks; obtained his education in the public schools of Algonquin; established a hardware and grocery store at Carpentersville in 1883, and has conducted a successful business to the present time (1903). He is a member of the Masonic Order and affiliated with Dundee Lodge No. 190; married in 1896 Miss Annie Schwable, of Carpentersville.
CHAUNCEY SNOW (deceased), pioneer settler, born in Keene, N. H., in 1812, and died in .Sugar Grove, Kane County, Ill., Dec. 28, 1861; came west in early manhood and located on a farm in Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, where he spent the remainder of his life; married in 1851 Miss Ruth Thompson, who survived him until 1887. Mrs. Snow was one of the noted pioneer women of Sugar Grove Township, and aided materially in founding the Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial Institute, and took an active part in charitable and benevolent work.
FRANK W. SNOW, Sugar Grove, Ill., born in the town where he now resides, Jan 18, 1854; began his business career in the village of Sugar Grove in 1884 and has since operated a general repair shop in that village, also being interested to some extent in the carriage and wagon trade. He was married in 1891 to Miss Elizabeth Petty, who was well known in this portion of Kane County as an educator prior to her marriage, being at one time principal of Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial Institute.
FRANCIS C. SNOW, pioneer settler, Batavia. Ill., born in Devonshire, Eng., June 25, 1826; came to the United States in 1853, locating in Batavia in 1854, which has since been his home; engaged in contracting and building for several years, and then became interested in manufacturing; since 1870 he has given his attention to investments; has been a member of the Baptist church of Batavia for over forty years; married in 1850 Miss Eliza D^/ie, who died in 1853, their only living child being Thomas Snow, one of the leading manufacturers of the Fox River Valley.
GILBERT B. SNOW, manufacturer, Elgin, Ill., born at Sugar Grove, Ill., March 5, 1856, educated in the Aurora schools, and obtained his first business experience with the Deering Harvester Company, Chicago, where he was employed for some time in the experimental department. Returning to Sugar Grove in 1887, he devoted five years to experimental work of a mechanical nature, and in 1892 became Superintendent of the Elgin Wind Power & Pump Company, and in 1897 was made Secretary and Treasurer of that enterprise, a position he still holds. Mr. Snow is the inventor of all the patents issued to the latter company. He was married in 1893 to Mrs. Mae (Hunter) Yarwood, of Elgin.
PERLEY B. SNOW (deceased), pioneer of Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, born in Keene, N. H., Dec. 31, 1800, son of Deacon John and Esther (Balch) Snow, was reared and educated in his native place. Having given his attention chiefly to farming, in 1839 he came west, and purchasing Government land in Sugar Grove Township, became one of the very early settlers in that region. His farming operations were successfully carried on. A Democrat in early life, he became a Free-Soiler, and later a Republican. After retiring from active farming in 1868, for two years he lived in Aurora, when he removed to DeKalb, where he died in 1876. In 1832 he married Lois H. Gurler, in Keene, N. H., and their children were: Mrs. Esther Peirce, Grinnell, Iowa; Cynthia 0., DeKalb, Ill.; Mrs. G. Terwilliger, DeKalb, Ill.; and Mrs. Melissa Hatch, Aurora, Ill. Their only son, Byron, served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and died in DeKalb, in 1897.
THOMAS SNOW (deceased), manufacturer, Batavia, Ill., was born in Devonshire, England, Jan. 19, 1851, the son of F. C. Snow, who sailed for the United States with his family in 1853.
