The History of Hendricks County (Chicago: Interstate Publishing, 1885)--Franklin Township, page 603
James Snoddy, one of the prominent pioneers of Hendricks County, was born in Bourbon County, Ky., Jan. 4, 1799, a son of John and Mary Snoddy, his father a native of North Carolina, and his mother of Vermont. In 1823 his parents moved to Owen County, Ind., where they died. Our subject was reared and educated in his native county. He was married in 1819 to Rachel Everman, a native of Ohio, born Nov. 18, 1803. Her mother died when she was a child, and her father subsequently moved to Kentucky, and later to Owen County, Ind., where he died. In 1820 our subject settled in Monroe County, Ind., and in 1830 came to Hendricks County and located on section 30, Franklin Township, entering a tract of 120 acres of wild land, where he lived till after the death of his wife, when he sold his farm and has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Stringer. Mrs. Snoddy died Oct.1, 1877. She was from girlhood a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Snoddy is a member of the same denomination. In politics he votes the Republican ticket. Of his seven children, but one, Mrs. Mary E. Stringer, is living. The deceased are--John, Nancy, Moses W., Julian, Martha J. and James W.