HARVEY C. SNOW -- 77th INFANTRYBLOOMER SERVED THREE YEARS - In the early 1800s, John Snow, fromTavistock, Devon, England, traveled to Newfoundland and married BetseySpink who was born there. They moved to the United States with theirfirst three children and John's parents in the mid'1820s to settle inVermont and New York.Harvey C. Snow, the seventh child of John and Betsey, was born in Keene,NY, in 1833. When he was twenty-eight years old, he left his wife, SarahKingman, and three children at home in Black Brook and enlisted in the77th Infantry in Keeseville on October 27, 1861.His first few months of 1862 were spent in the field on the VirginiaPeninsula and then they were ordered to Antietam in September where theyhad 32 casualties. Their last battle of the year was at Fredericksburg.Harvey became ill in April 1863 and missed several major battles. Herejoined the regiment in August and spent the rest of the year inPennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia where the 77th had no furthercasualties.In 1864, the regiment traveled from The Wilderness and SpotsylvaniaCourt House through Virginia and into the Shenandoah Valley oftenfighting General Jubal Early's men along the way. Harvey decided not toreenlist at the end of his three years and was mustered out on December13, 1864. He arrived back in Black Brook in early 1865.Harvey took up his job as a bloomer inlocal bloomeries to support his wife and children. He and his wife wouldeventually at least ten children.The Adirondack Record January 24, 1919, contained this obituary: "Theremains of Mr. Harvey Snow, an aged resident of Au Sable Forks, werebrought here for burial beside those of his wife, who passed away nearlyfifteen years ago. Mr. Snow was for nearly all his life a resident ofJay, where he followed the occupation of "bloomer" in the forges at Jay.When the iron business stopped at Jay he sold out and brought his wifeto Clintonville where he lived until the death of his wife when he wentto Au Sable Forks to live with his sister-in-law Mrs. Ruth Snow. Theburial took place on January 16th at the Riverview Cemetery. Thus,they are being gathered home."
