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Charley Snow person

born: [1890-01-01,1891-01-01)died/dissolved: [1890-01-01,1891-01-01)🌐 Q100924869id: p_charley-snow_fc3dfe

also known as: Charley Snow, Charley, cowboy lover, Snow

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Summary:  Charley Snow was a person, also known as Charley and cowboy lover, but no additional information about this individual is known.
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Claims (8)

arrested_for

attempting to shoot Mrs. Gainer with a Winchester
cited from Some months ago Charley paid his com-… (1890)
has been an open secret that Charley Snow, a worthy knight of the LC branding iron, and Miss Mollie Gainer, a comely little maid of this city, were lovers, whose lives would have been joined in the holy bonds of wedlock long since, but fo…

arrived_in

townMonday
cited from On Monday last, however, the cowboy… (1890)
ent by her mother, much against her wishes, it is said, to a youthful swain of this city, and the nuptial knot was to have been tied Tuesday night. The young man had furnished rooms, and had made all necessary preparations for the celebra…

departed_for

LC RanchWednesday
cited from On Wednesday the happy bride and groom… (1890)
sful suitor was frantic, and refused to be comforted, much to the amuse- ment of Charley’s friends who had come in to see fair play, and intended to see that Charley got the bride even had it been necessary to rope and hog-tie his rival …

married_to

Mollie Gainer (planned marriage, opposed by Mrs. Gainer)
cited from Well, who would have thought it! Twenty-… (1890)
had several dollars in silver in his pockets. Mr. Dorsey made his escape from an insane asylum in Kansas in August last, having partially lost his mind from the effects of a blow. He was a brother to Hank and William Dorsey, of this city…
Mollie GainerTuesday evening
cited from On Monday last, however, the cowboy… (1890)
ent by her mother, much against her wishes, it is said, to a youthful swain of this city, and the nuptial knot was to have been tied Tuesday night. The young man had furnished rooms, and had made all necessary preparations for the celebra…

occupation

LC cowboy
cited from Well, who would have thought it! Twenty-… (1890)
had several dollars in silver in his pockets. Mr. Dorsey made his escape from an insane asylum in Kansas in August last, having partially lost his mind from the effects of a blow. He was a brother to Hank and William Dorsey, of this city…
cowboy
cited from Some months ago Charley paid his com-… (1890) · +1 more
has been an open secret that Charley Snow, a worthy knight of the LC branding iron, and Miss Mollie Gainer, a comely little maid of this city, were lovers, whose lives would have been joined in the holy bonds of wedlock long since, but fo…

sentenced_to

fined $25 and cost
cited from Some months ago Charley paid his com-… (1890)
has been an open secret that Charley Snow, a worthy knight of the LC branding iron, and Miss Mollie Gainer, a comely little maid of this city, were lovers, whose lives would have been joined in the holy bonds of wedlock long since, but fo…

Sources (4)

On Monday last, however, the cowboy…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details

On Wednesday the happy bride and groom…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details

Some months ago Charley paid his com-…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details

Well, who would have thought it! Twenty-…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details

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