Title: Notes
Text:
Asa Blanchard Snow was fatally injured at 4 o'clock
on a Monday
afternoon when a 210 shotgun he was carrying on his tractor accident l y
discharged. The shot struck him in the breast, just above the hear t . Asa had
borrowed the shotgun from a neighbor with the intention of shooting crows which
were bothering some of his small chicks. The gun was o n the fender of his
tractor and somehow slipped.
After he was shot he walked about 200 yards, before
he fell. My father,
Gerald, was with him. He ran to a nearby barn on the Oscar Churchwell farm to
get help. When he was found he was unconscious from a lack of blood and
shock. He was taken to the hospital in Shelbina where he died 10 a.m. Tuesday.
The funeral was held at Mt. Zion Church in Macon
Country. There is a
church cemetery nearby. The service was held on a Thursday afternoon at 2:30
p.m. An Interesting note - the 1880 Census lists a farm by the name of Asa
Blanchard who lived near Rumsey. More than likely Asa Snow was named after
this man.
The Census information follows: Asa BLANCHARD Household
Male -
Other Information: Birth Year <1833> Birthplace IL Age 47 Occupation Farmer
Marital Status M <Married> Race W <White> Head of Household Asa
BLANCHARD Relation Self Father's Birthplace OH Mother's Birthplace OH Asa
BLANCHARD Self M Male W 47 IL
Farmer OH OH
Mary E. BLANCHARD Wife M Female W
40 MO Keeping Hous e M D
MD
Edmon BLANCHARD Son S Male W
17 MO Works On Farm IL MO
Asa SNOW Household Male
Other Information: Birth Year <1865> Birthplace MO Age 15 Occupation Wor k s
On Farm Marital Status S <Single> Race W <White> Head of Household Ru ms
ey SNOW Relation Son Father's Birthplace TN Mother's Birthplace VA
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