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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "R. R. Sneed Dies At Jackson Home" . The Tennessean. June 15, 1947. p. 6. Retrieved May 1, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "R. R. Sneed, Clerk and Master of Chancery Court, Dies At 72" . The Jackson Sun. June 15, 1947. p. 1. Retrieved May 1, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Local Historical Society To Hear Atty. R. R. Sneed" . The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. March 12, 1944. p. 1. Retrieved May 1, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
Mr Sneed's father, Col. R. A. Sneed, served as commander of the United Confederate Veterans and was one of the organizers of the Ku Klux Klan in Madison County in the Reconstruction Era when lawlessness was so rampant as to demand the super-government.
- 1 2 "E. L. Bullock Funeral Today. Obsequeies Will Be Conducted At Jackson, Tenn., This Afternoon" . The Leaf-Chronicle. Clarksville, Tennessee. August 10, 1914. p. 5. Retrieved May 1, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Reappointment of Richard R. Sneed" . The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. August 16, 1940. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Mrs R. R. Sneed Dies Last Night At Local Hospital" . The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. March 10, 1961. p. 8. Retrieved May 1, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
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