Culver Channing Sniffen

Background

Sniffen, Culver Channing was born on January 1, 1844 in New York City. Son of John and Margaret Melissa (Thompson) Sniffen.

Education

Educated College Grammar School, Brooklyn.

Career

Executive clerk, 1869, and assistant secretary, 1873-1877, to President Grant. Appointed from New York, major p.-m. United States of America, March 3, 1877.

Lieutenant colonel deputy p.-m.-general, March 31, 1899.

Colonel assistant p.-m.-general, May 3, 1901. Brigadier general p.-m.-general United States of America, September 11, 1906.

Retired January 1, 1908. Chief p.-m. 5th Army Corps.

Santiago, Cuba, and Montauk Point, Long Island, August -September 8, 1898.

Achievements

• Culver Channing Sniffen has been listed as a noteworthy army officer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Mason.

Connections

Married Rebecca Sarah Ruan, September 3, 1873 (died 1907). Married second, Zenobia Blanche Richardson, June 26, 1909.

Father:

John Sniffen

Mother:

Margaret Melissa (Thompson) Sniffen

Spouse:

Rebecca Sarah Ruan

Spouse:

Zenobia Blanche Richardson