WILLIAM B. SNEAD
Was born in Staunton, Virginia, September 1, 1836, the son of Elisha
L. and Susan A. (Thomas) Snead. His father, now deceased, was born
in Albemarle county, Virginia. When he was four years of age his
parents made their home in Lynchburg, and he attended the schools
here for a number of years. At the age of fifteen years he left school to
learn the carpenter's trade under his father, who was a contractor and
builder. Except for the time he was in military service he remained
with his father, and when the latter died in Lynchburg, in 1869, he
continued in the business, and is now head of the firm of W. B. Snead
& Co., doing a large and lucrative business as contractors and builders.
He entered the Confederate States Army April 23, 1861, in Company
G, 11th Virginia Infantry. After participation in battles of 1st
Manassas and Seven Pines, he was on special detail in the secret service,
till forced by disability to leave the army, in July, 1862. On
February 21, 1862, Rev. H. P. Mitchell officiating, he married
Susanna A. Bailey. She was born in Richmond, Virginia, the
daughter of James Bailey, born in Maryland, died in Lynchburg, and
Ann (Ophold) Bailey, born in Pennsylvania. The children of Mr. and
Mrs. Snead are six: Carrie A., W. W., John T., Henry C., Aurelia H.
and Edward Carl. All live in Lynchburg except Carrie A., who is now
the wife of E. M. Graham, of Omaha, Nebraska.
