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William Howard Snider

Birth	:	1902 Davidson County, North Carolina, USA
Death	:	16 May 1938 Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Burial	:	Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Grafton, Taylor County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.3492012, -80.0171967
Description	:	William, who was a hosiery salesman in High Point, NC, was separated or divorced from his wife Beulah. William and his son Robert, who was 14 and had just completed his school year in nearby Greensboro, took a trip to Atlanta, Georgia and booked a room in the Atlanta Terminal Hotel. Both perished in a fire at the hotel. 27 HOTEL GUESTS PERISH IN A FIRE AT ATLANTA, GA. Early Morning Blaze Claims Victims in Sleep, Scores Missing or Injured. ATLANTA. (AP). A pre-dawn fire that turned the 30 year old Terminal hotel into a flaming horror in ten minutes... Read More	William, who was a hosiery salesman in High Point, NC, was separated or divorced from his wife Beulah. William and his son Robert, who was 14 and had just completed his school year in nearby Greensboro, took a trip to Atlanta, Georgia and booked a room in the Atlanta Terminal Hotel. Both perished in a fire at the hotel. 27 HOTEL GUESTS PERISH IN A FIRE AT ATLANTA, GA. Early Morning Blaze Claims Victims in Sleep, Scores Missing or Injured. ATLANTA. (AP). A pre-dawn fire that turned the 30 year old Terminal hotel into a flaming horror in ten minutes killed 27 persons and left a score more missing or injured. Engineers estimated it might be two days before the wreckage was cleared and the full toll determined. The hotel register was lost. The blaze broke out in the basement of the five story brick and frame building about 3 a. m., when most of its guests were asleep. Flames and smoke shot skyward and in a moment every floor was ablaze. Home to many railroad men, the $1 and up a day hotel was situated opposite the terminal station on Spring st., in downtown Atlanta. Traffic for blocks around was jammed as police roped off the area against danger of falling walls. Thousands, some of them relatives, pressed against the fire lines, thruout [sic] the day. Bellhop Charlie Labon, a veteran of 20 years service, was in the lobby when the blaze caught. He said he heard a kitchen messboy scream: "Oh lawdy, fire" then there was a muffled blast below and flamed puffed upward. Labon dived for the elevator and Ben L. Berry, 78 year old clerk turned to the switchboard to warn the guests. But the blaze burned out the connections. The flames spread so quickly I had to jump from the elevator cage on the second floor and run, said Labon. Berry got burned trying to ring the phones. There wasn't anyone got out except those that jumped or got down the fire escape. Several were killed leaping from the flaming building. The fire choked off fire escapes and stairs a few seconds after it caught. WILLIAM OSCAR WEBSTER, a Columbus, Ga., railroad engineer, jumped from a fourth floor window. His body tumbled across the street. He was dead when rescuers reached him. One victim was found dead on a second floor ledge of the hotel court, where he had struck in a leap for safety. Some were burned to death and others suffocated. Many of the bodies were horribly mangled in the collapse of floors and steel work. Firemen told of finding one group, apparently a family. A woman dead in a rocking chair, a little girl knelt by the bead and a man and a little boy lay stretched across it. One couple, awakened by the smell of smoke, escaped by climbing thru a second floor window and walking a narrow ledge 200 feet to a corner where a ladder was placed. George P. Jones, hotel manager, said at a hospital he was too sick to talk, but estimated at least 75 persons were in the structure. The Identified Dead. A revised list of identified dead in the fire: JAMES C BONDS, 31 Knoxville, Tenn a truck driver L A BUNN McBean Ga D D WILSON Muscadine, Ala Western Union employe [sic] A YOUTH of about 15 listed as the son of William Howard Snider of High Point N. C. DR GORDON JOHNSON, Lecompte La CARL E ROBERTS Birmingham W J MORRIS, Fitzgerald, Ga , railroad engineer R B SUTTLEWORTH, Nashville Tenn JIMMY OVERSTREET 10, Knoxville Tenn JEAN OVERSTREET his twin JACQUELIN OVERSTREET 13, Knoxville MRS. JOSEPHINE BACON OVERSTREET mother of the children MISS ESTHER THOMES Atlanta MR O F COLLAR High Springs Fla W O WEBSTER Columbus Ga MARK WICKER clerk at hotel W R RUSSELL 41 Birmingham Ala GEORGE C PARKER Atlanta jeweler A WOMAN tentatively listed as Mrs. Parker KENNETH HENRY, Knoxville store manager A C. WITHERS, Anderson S C The Nebraska State Journal, Lincoln, NE 17 May 1938

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Where is William Howard Snider's memorial?
William Howard Snider's memorial is located at: Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Grafton, Taylor County, USA.
When did William Howard Snider death?
William Howard Snider death on 16 May 1938 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Where are the coordinates of the William Howard Snider's memorial?
Latitude: 39.3492012
Longitude: -80.0171967

Family Members:

Parent

Rufus Elwood Snider

(1865 - 1956)

Annie M. Pierce Snider

(1865 - 1939)

Siblings

Brantley Lee Snider

(1888 - 1957)

James Albert Snider

(1899 - 1902)

Lena Elizabeth Snider Gallimore

(1907 - 2005)

Children

Robert Howard Snider

(1924 - 1938)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery
Grafton, Taylor County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3492012, -80.0171967

2. Knotts Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.3550030, -80.0170860

3. Bluemont Cemetery
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4. Old Catholic Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.3445200, -80.0243000

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6. Grafton National Cemetery
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7. Carder Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.3618760, -80.0409150

8. Keener Cemetery
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9. Lantz Ford Cemetery
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10. Warder Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.3360670, -80.0549330

11. Current Cemetery
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12. Brown Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.3841630, -80.0295590

13. Woodsdale Memorial Park
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Coordinate: 39.3408012, -80.0658035

14. West Virginia National Cemetery
Pruntytown, Taylor County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3350190, -80.0730590

15. Wiseman Cemetery
Pruntytown, Taylor County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3602170, -80.0782840

16. Wesley Chapel Cemetery
Grafton, Taylor County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3044014, -79.9922028

17. Arnold Cemetery
Grafton, Taylor County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2985115, -80.0014712

18. Beulah Cemetery
Pruntytown, Taylor County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3336590, -80.0817140

19. Linn and Hickman Cemetery
Marion County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4007988, -80.0286026

20. Abram Smith Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.3314018, -80.0811005

21. Knottsville Cemetery
Knottsville, Taylor County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3125000, -79.9642029

22. Haymond Cemetery
Grafton, Taylor County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3807240, -79.9579350

23. Glady Creek Cemetery
Marion County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4030080, -80.0382530

24. Amnon Cemetery
Taylor County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4007988, -79.9878006