Rufus Earl Snellings was born in December 1879 at
Missouri.
3 He was the son of
Sidney Snellings and
Henrietta Graves.
1,3 Rufus Earl Snellings married
Bessie Louis Pollard, daughter of
Walter Harris Pollard and
Mary Rovilla Cox, on 22 December 1901 at
Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri.
1 Rufus died on 27 February 1959 at age 79 years and 2 months at
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California.
2 The twelfth United States census was taken in 1900. Rufus was enumerated in the household of
Sidney Snellings as his son, "Rufus Snellings", at Union Township, at Monroe County, Missouri. His given age was 20, and he was said to have been born in Missouri in December 1879. He was single.
3 The fourteenth United States census was taken in 1920. Rufus was enumerated as "Rufus E. Snellings", head of a household at Sugar Creek Township, Randolph County, Missouri. His given age was 40 and his given place of birth was Missouri. He was married, and was a farmer on a general farm. Enumerated with him was his wife,
Bessie L. Snellings. Also enumerated in his household were
Walter Nelson Snellings,
Virginia Fletcher Snellings,
Rubey Pollard Snellings,
Lois Luceil Snellings,
Carl Curtis Snellings,
Earl Rufus Snellings and
Ora Belle Snellings.
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