David Anthony Snell, b. 1827 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, d. 21 May 1919 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, son of Anthony Snell & Elizabeth Ann Davis. He married Julia A. C. Dexter (1st wife) on 1855. He married Lydia S. Topham (2nd wife) on October 17, 1860 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He married Susan Bosworth Padelford (3rd wife) on April 17, 1884 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. He married Janet McAnish (4th wife) on June 9, 1913 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.