Talk:Ocey Snead

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Mary Wardlaw Snead, the murderer, is deemed to be her aunt, mother-in-law, and her grandmother - which is it? --Hooperbloob 18:14, 8 April 2006 (UTC)


Clarification:

"was drugged and drowned in East Orange, New Jersey by her own grandmother.."
"Mary L. Wardlaw (1849-?) who had married Fletcher Tillman Snead (1829-1891), was Ocey's aunt, and mother-in-law. "

--Hooperbloob 20:03, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

I fixed the one line and made grandmother into aunt. I also changed the opening line to: "killed by her family". I really have to do more to tell about the trial, and who drugged her. I just wrote what I did, so that I could keep the people straight while I reading about the trial in the New York Times archive. The names are confusing because first cousins married. Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 06:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Genealogy of Ocey Martin

  • John B. Wardlaw I (1817-?) who married Martha Eliza X (1828-1910)
    • Caroline B. Wardlaw (1847-1913) b. September 24, 1854, who married X Martin.
      • Ocey Wardlaw Martin (c1880-1909) who married her first cousin Fletcher Wardlaw Snead (1875-1955)
        • Mary Alberta Snead (1908)
        • David Pollock Snead (1909-1910)
    • Mary E.L. Wardlaw (1849-?) who married Fletcher Tillman Snead (1829-1891)
      • Fletcher Wardlaw Snead (1875-1955) who married her first cousin Ocey Wardlaw Martin (c1880-1909)
        • Mary Alberta Snead (1908)
        • David Pollock Snead (1909-1910)
    • Virginia G. Wardlaw (1852-1910)
    • John B. Wardlaw II (1854-?), reverend
    • Albert G. Wardlaw (1856-?), reverend
    • Bessie Warldaw (c1861-?) who married a Spindle

This article is very muddled and lacking in a coherent presentation of facts regarding the event (her murder) that supposedly makes this woman notable enough for a Wikipedia article. It also contains repititious information regarding family members and their birthdate. I have attempted to edit and clarify. 165.189.169.190 (talk) 19:06, 23 April 2008 (UTC)