Sparrow Snow (July 5, 1820 - July 18, 1892), a prominent physician in Wayne County who settled in Dearborn in 1849. He became Acting Assistant surgeon at the Detroit Arsenal there, where he served for a year. In 1852, he was reinstated by Jefferson Davis (who was then Secretary of War) and served until the closure of the Arsenal in the mid-1870's. During the Civil war he cared for families of volunteers without compensation.
Dr. Snow was a founding member of the first and second Wayne County Medical societies, the first Detroit Medical society, and the Michigan Medical Society, as well as a member of the American Medical Association. He was a careful businessman and managed to amass a large fortune.
Dr. Snow died in 1892. His former homestead (now Snow Hill Condominiums) was located at the end of Snow Road and a lush and densely wooded area surrounded some of his property. A fairly large portion of this lush area exists today and is sandwiched in-between Rotunda Drive and Culver Street along Snow Road. Today, it is called, “Snow Woods” and the land itself where the woods are located is owned by Ford Motor Company.
