Burnavista Snowden

Burnavista was born about 1856. Burnavista's father was George Alexander Snowden and her mother was Thirse Thurse Ann Martha Stokes. Her paternal grandparents were Aaron Walter Snowden and Mary Esther Easter Webster; her maternal grandparents are Absalom LaFayette Stokes and Nancy Allen Atkinson (Adkinson). She had two brothers and five sisters, named Josiah Hampton, Charles Walter, Georgia, Rosinah Lora, Calodinia, Joicy Cornelia and Florence B. She was the fifth oldest of the eight children. She had two half-brothers named Willis and Jasper.