People from Knox County, Ohio - People from Mount Vernon, Ohio, Paul Lynde, Snowden Family Band, Jonathan Winters, Red Blair, Eldad Cicero Camp (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: People from Mount Vernon, Ohio, Paul Lynde, Snowden Family Band, Jonathan Winters, Red Blair, Eldad Cicero Camp, Dan DeQuille, George W. Morgan, Dan Emmett, Lansford Hastings, Rob Kelly, Columbus Delano, Martin Welker, Ralph Washington Sockman, Henry B. Banning, Benjamin T. Frederick, Jesse B. Thomas, Robert C. Kirk, Robert M. Nevin, Robert O. Fink, Webb C. Ball, Daniel William Cooper, William J. Hosey, Ollie Cline, Benton Jay Hall, Jim Stillwagon, Delano Ames, George A. Irwin, William Fletcher Sapp, Frank H. Hurd, Margaret Ruhl, Robert W. Levering, Charles F. West, Cookie Cunningham, Daniel Sheldon Norton, Todd Londot, William R. Sapp, William C. Cooper, Thomas Peter Akers, George W. Geddes, Sophia Bledsoe Herrick, Chase Clements, Joe Ardner, Vaughn Wiester, Charles D. Martin, Novice Gail Fawcett, John K. Miller, Henry M. Beardsley, William E. Stanley. Excerpt: The Snowden Family Band was an 19th century African American musical group. The children of the Snowden family of Clinton, Knox County, Ohio, comprised the ensemble. The band's career stretched from before the American Civil War into living memory; no other African American band of their type lasted as long. The Snowdens made their living by farming. However, through their music, they integrated themselves into their predominantly white community and entertained, corresponded with, and even taught their white neighbors. A long Knox County tradition credits them with composing (or helping to compose) the famous song "Dixie." The Snowden children began touring sometime around 1850. Friends and contacts in other towns often invited them to perform, and their advertising consisted of nothing more than a few handbills and word of mouth. This invitation from Arthur Kirby is typical: As we are going to have a Suinging party the 12th off August on Saturday The neigh...