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SNEAD, GEORGE HOLMAN, M. D., minister of the Gospel and doctor of medicine, was
born in Goochland county, Virginia, February 17, 1833. His father, George Holman Snead, Sr., married Annie Pollard. The elder Snead was a farmer by occupation, genial and industrious, who gave to his son the advantages of the education which he most desired. On his mother's side Dr. Snead is descended from the Pollards who emigrated from England and settled in Bang William county in 1736. The influence of the mother was particularly strong on young Snead's life, both morally and intellectually. As a boy he was strong and vigorous, endowed with ambition and a desire to excel in whatever he undertook, whether in play or work. Bred on a farm, he became accustomed to manual labor and grew into vigorous manhood. When a mere lad he began reading books upon medicine; then, having outgrown the public schools of his neighborhood, he attended Richmond college for a time, afterward entering the University of Virginia, from which he was graduated in 1855 with the degree of M. D. The following year he took a postgraduate course in medicine and became assistant resident physician in the Philadelphia dispensary. In 1856 he began the practice of his profession at Fork Union, Fluvanna county, Virginia. In the choice of his profession he had the full approval of his parents. In answer to an inquiry he states that his first strong impulse to strive for the prizes of life came from a desire to be useful and also to win an honorable place among his fellow. men. The principal influences which materially aided him in his career he counts as those of home, school, early companionship, private study, and contact with men in active life. In the half century in which he has practiced his profession, Dr. Snead has held several honorable positions. During the war he was a member of the medical board; from 1870 to 1885 he was principal of White Rock high school, and in 1904.05 he held the chair of physiology in Fork Union academy. Of deep religious convictions, holding to the Baptist faith, he long ago fitted himself for the ministry, and for nearly thirty years has preached the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, while ministering also as a physician. In the performance of these two callings he finds his best enjoyment. In politics he has always been a Democrat, though not an active partisan. His advice to the young is brief and wholesome: "Cultivate sobriety, industry and Christianity "—a trinity of virtues. Dr. Snead married October 14, 1856, Virginia Clopton Perkins. Eight children were born of this union, five of whom are now (1906) living. Men of Mark in Virginia: Ideals of American Life; a Collection of Biographies of the Leading Men in the State, Volume 3; Men of Mark Publishing Company, 1907
!1850 Census: Fluvanna, VA
George H. Snead - 46
Orania J. Snead - 46
George H. Snead - 17
Peyton Snead - 15
Junius P. Snead - 12
Charles G. Snead - 10
Orania V. Snead - 6
!1860 census: Fluvanna, VA, Mary M. Perkins, age 43 (b.c1817), living with George H and Virginia C. (age 22) Snead and children. Next door to Isaac O. Perkins, wife Louisa and children
!1870 census, Fork Union, Fluvanna, VA, Mary Perkins, age 45 (?b.c1825), widowed, mother-in-law, living with George H. and Virginia P. (age 30) Snead and children
!1880 census, Fork Union, Fluvanna, VA, Mary Perkins, age 64 (b.c1818), widowed, mother-in-law, living with George H. and Virginia P. (age 41) Snead and children
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Hamm Family History (We are all related)
1834 - 1911 (77 years)
