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"HON. JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN, son of Rev. Nathaniel Randolph and Sarah (Gustine) Snowden, was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, December 9, 1809, while his father was pastor of the Middletown Presbyterian Church in Chester [Delaware] county. The family moved to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, while James Ross Snowden was quite young. His education was acquired principally under the tuition of his father and he became a fine classical scholar. He studied law and was admitted to the Venango county bar in 1828, at the early age of nineteen years, and was soon after appointed assistant attorney-general of Pennsylvania. He practiced law in Franklin, Venango county, Pennsylvania, for several years, and was elected to represent that district in the Pennsylvania Legislature, and served several terms. He was speaker of the House of Representatives in 1842, and again in 1844, and distinguished himself by his clear-minded rulings. He was state treasurer for the term, 1845-46, and while filling that position instituted a number of reforms and placed the state treasury on a sound financial basis. In 1848 he was appointed treasurer and superintendent of the United States Mint at Philadelphia and removed to that city. In 1851 he was appointed solicitor for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, with offices at Pittsburgh, where he resided until 1853, when he was appointed director of all the United States mints, with offices in Philadelphia, and returned to that city. He was admitted to practice at the Philadelphia bar, May 20, 1861, and practiced for many years, achieving considerable eminence, and in the same year was appointed prothonotary of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania....
"He married, September 13, 1848, Susan Engle Patterson, born in Philadelphia, October 19, 1823, died there February 11, 1897... "
— John W. Jordan, editor, Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs, New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911, pp. 1651-1652.
"HON. JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN, son of Rev. Nathaniel Randolph and Sarah (Gustine) Snowden, was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, December 9, 1809, while his father was pastor of the Middletown Presbyterian Church in Chester [Delaware] county. The family moved to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, while James Ross Snowden was quite young. His education was acquired principally under the tuition of his father and he became a fine classical scholar. He studied law and was admitted to the Venango county bar in 1828, at the early age of nineteen years, and was soon after appointed assistant attorney-general of Pennsylvania. He practiced law in Franklin, Venango county, Pennsylvania, for several years, and was elected to represent that district in the Pennsylvania Legislature, and served several terms. He was speaker of the House of Representatives in 1842, and again in 1844, and distinguished himself by his clear-minded rulings. He was state treasurer for the term, 1845-46, and while filling that position instituted a number of reforms and placed the state treasury on a sound financial basis. In 1848 he was appointed treasurer and superintendent of the United States Mint at Philadelphia and removed to that city. In 1851 he was appointed solicitor for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, with offices at Pittsburgh, where he resided until 1853, when he was appointed director of all the United States mints, with offices in Philadelphia, and returned to that city. He was admitted to practice at the Philadelphia bar, May 20, 1861, and practiced for many years, achieving considerable eminence, and in the same year was appointed prothonotary of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania....
"He married, September 13, 1848, Susan Engle Patterson, born in Philadelphia, October 19, 1823, died there February 11, 1897... "
— John W. Jordan, editor, Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs, New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911, pp. 1651-1652.
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"HON. JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN, son of Rev. Nathaniel Randolph and Sarah (Gustine) Snowden, was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, December 9, 1809, while his father was pastor of the Middletown Presbyterian Church in Chester [Delaware] county. The family moved to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, while James Ross Snowden was quite young. His education was acquired principally under the tuition of his father and he became a fine classical scholar. He studied law and was admitted to the Venango county bar in 1828, at the early age of nineteen years, and was soon after appointed assistant attorney-general of Pennsylvania. He practiced law in Franklin, Venango county, Pennsylvania, for several years, and was elected to represent that district in the Pennsylvania Legislature, and served several terms. He was speaker of the House of Representatives in 1842, and again in 1844, and distinguished himself by his clear-minded rulings. He was state treasurer for the term, 1845-46, and while filling that position instituted a number of reforms and placed the state treasury on a sound financial basis. In 1848 he was appointed treasurer and superintendent of the United States Mint at Philadelphia and removed to that city. In 1851 he was appointed solicitor for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, with offices at Pittsburgh, where he resided until 1853, when he was appointed director of all the United States mints, with offices in Philadelphia, and returned to that city. He was admitted to practice at the Philadelphia bar, May 20, 1861, and practiced for many years, achieving considerable eminence, and in the same year was appointed prothonotary of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania....
"He married, September 13, 1848, Susan Engle Patterson, born in Philadelphia, October 19, 1823, died there February 11, 1897... "
— John W. Jordan, editor, Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs, New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911, pp. 1651-1652.
"HON. JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN, son of Rev. Nathaniel Randolph and Sarah (Gustine) Snowden, was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, December 9, 1809, while his father was pastor of the Middletown Presbyterian Church in Chester [Delaware] county. The family moved to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, while James Ross Snowden was quite young. His education was acquired principally under the tuition of his father and he became a fine classical scholar. He studied law and was admitted to the Venango county bar in 1828, at the early age of nineteen years, and was soon after appointed assistant attorney-general of Pennsylvania. He practiced law in Franklin, Venango county, Pennsylvania, for several years, and was elected to represent that district in the Pennsylvania Legislature, and served several terms. He was speaker of the House of Representatives in 1842, and again in 1844, and distinguished himself by his clear-minded rulings. He was state treasurer for the term, 1845-46, and while filling that position instituted a number of reforms and placed the state treasury on a sound financial basis. In 1848 he was appointed treasurer and superintendent of the United States Mint at Philadelphia and removed to that city. In 1851 he was appointed solicitor for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, with offices at Pittsburgh, where he resided until 1853, when he was appointed director of all the United States mints, with offices in Philadelphia, and returned to that city. He was admitted to practice at the Philadelphia bar, May 20, 1861, and practiced for many years, achieving considerable eminence, and in the same year was appointed prothonotary of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania....
"He married, September 13, 1848, Susan Engle Patterson, born in Philadelphia, October 19, 1823, died there February 11, 1897... "
— John W. Jordan, editor, Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs, New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911, pp. 1651-1652.
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