Cumberland Snell was the son of John (Sr.) Snell
and Nancy Elizabeth "Betsy" WATTS.
He was married to Elizabeth Emison on 1806 in
Scott County, Kentucky.

Their children were:(1) Mary Snell, born February 13, 1805; m. Priestly H. McBride (later a judge of the Missouri Supreme Court), February 7, 1827; in Boone County;

(2) John Ashby Snell, b. November 4, 1806, lived in Paris, Monroe Co., Mo.; m. Susan Woods, Paris, 1833 (children Amanda M. Snell, 1837, and Eliza W. Snell; listed in 1840 census, Monroe Co., Mo., Union Township, p. 128);

(3) Julia Ann (Juliann) Snell, m. Ebenezer W. McBride, December 16, 1830, in Boone County;

(4) Eliza Snell, b. 1808, m. Clifton Wood in Boone Co., December 12, 1833;

(5) Lucinda Jane Snell, b. 1810, m. Watson Wood, Boone Co., June 17, 1833;

(6) Granville Snell, b. June 11, 1813, m. Emily Poage, Monroe Co., January 6, 1836;

(7) Willis Snell, b. 1815, m. Martha Woods, Middle Grove, Mo. (marriage took place February 1, 1848, in Monroe County; listed in Woodruff, Monroe County Marriages, from Book "A", p. 250);

(8) Amanda Snell, b. 1819 or 1820,m. Judge Hampton Gray, lived in Pettis Co., Mo.;
(9) Albina Snell, b. April 29, 1821, m. William W. Hudson, February 25, 1841, in Boone County; he was later president of the University of Missouri; her twin,

(10) Almeda Snell, b. April 29, 1821, m. Samuel Hosk (Hoss) 1843 in Boone Co., Mo.; lived in Pettis Co., Mo.;

(11) America Snell, b. 1823, m. Clifton Wood, November 1, 1849, in Pettis Co., lived in Pettis Co., Mo.;

(12) Frances Snell, b. August 27, 1825, m. William L. Victor, Hannibal, Mo. (marriage took place in Monroe County on February 19, 1845; listed in Woodruff, Monroe County Marriages, from Marriage Book "A", p. 195);

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