Ancestry of
Richard A. Snelling

76th and 78th Governor of Vermont

Walter Otheman Snelling

View famous kin of Walter Otheman Snelling

• • Father of Richard A. Snelling — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • Walter Comonfort Snelling 
  • Mother:
  • Alice Lee Hornor   
  • Birth Date:
  • 13 Dec 1880 
  • Birth Location:
  • Washington, D.C. 
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  • Death Date:
  • 10 Sep 1965 
  • Death Location:
  • Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Fogelsville Union Cemetery, Fogelsville, Lehigh, Pennsylvania 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Helen Marjorie Gahring
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  Richard Arkwright Snelling (Ahnentafel No:1 )

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  William A. Snelling

  Thomas E. Snelling

  Walter P. Snelling

  Constance S. Snelling

  Priscilla C. Snelling

  Marie Snelling

• Sources for Walter Otheman Snelling

  • ¹ Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), 10 DEC 1909, p. 4, Probate of grandmother Susan S Birdsell.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/09/2025).
  • ³ Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1972, Death certificate for Walter O Snelling.
  • ⁴ Vermont, U.S., Death Records, 1909-2008, Death certificate for son Richard A Snelling.
  • ⁵ Warren Times Mirror (Warren, Pennsylvania), 07 MAY 1962, p. 10, Obituary for mother-in-law Lena Gahring.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 789.
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "Walter O. Snelling", (accessed 03/08/2025).