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HAMILTON SNODGRESS, grocer, was born in Randolph county, Ind., Aug. 23, 1833, and is the son of William and Elizabeth (Gray) Snodgress. His father was a native of Jefferson county, Tenn., and his mother was born near Pittsburgh, Pa. They were married in Indiana, to which state their parents removed when they were each quite young. Mrs. Snodgress’s father, Andrew Gray, was one of the very first settlers on White River, Ind., and John Snodgress, William’s father, was an early settler of the Flat Rock River country. When they came to what is now Indiana, these were the only two eastern tiers of counties open for settlement. Hamilton Snodgress was raised and educated in the common schools of his native state and in Iowa, where his parents came in 1854, settling in Webster county, near Fort Dodge, Here he engaged in farming and teaching, and was fitting himself for a collegiate course when the war broke out and frustrated his plans. For four years he was in the mercantile business at Fort Dodge, Iowa, and in 1868 he came to Jasper county and settled on a farm five miles southwest of Carthage where he remained nine years. He then moved to Webb City in 1877 and engaged in the grocery trade, being next to the oldest merchant now in the place. He was married in Webster county, Iowa, Aug. 17, 1865, to Miss Mattie E. Karr, a native of Indiana. They have an interesting family of three children: Ida E., Dicie F., and William A. Mr. S. is not a member of any of the sectarian denominations. In politics he adheres to the principles of the Democratic party and in all things is liberal and progressive.