Notes
Snow Winslow was born January 4, 1796, son of John and Dorothy Simmons Winslow. He was the youngest of John and Dorothy's 9 children. His father John was one of the first settlers of the Winslow Hill area in Nobleboro. When Snow was 18, he served in his brother Captain John Winslow's company of militia during the War of 1812. He was a fifer. He was called into service in June and September of 1814 when the British were harassing Maine coastal cities. He was involved in a skirmish near Pemaquid Point in Bristol when the British ship HMS Bulwark tried to land there on June 29, 1814. The militia prevented the British from landing. All three of Snow's brothers served during the War of 1812 and he was in his brother John's company along with his other brother Nathaniel. In 1817, their father John divided his land between his two youngest sons, Josiah and Snow. Josiah and his father lived in the original homestead and Snow built his own home nearby that he would live in for the rest of his life. Snow married Elizabeth "Betsey" Hoch of Waldoboro in December 1818. Elizabeth was the daughter of German immigrants George and Annie Weller Hoch. It is unclear how many children Snow and Elizabeth had, but they had at least two sons: Joel and Roscoe. Joel served in the 21st ME during the Civil War and died in 1865. Snow died October 13, 1854. After his death, Elizabeth continued to live on their family farm with their son Roscoe and his family. It is likely that Elizabeth made this quilt after her husband's death. Notes
According to quilt scholar Laurie Labar, this is likely one of the only Maine quilts made out of an 1812 uniform.
