John Snyder

• Name	John Snyder  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Born	Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I503	Angus Saline's Genealogy
  Last Modified	14 December 2012

  
  

  Family/Spouse	Margaret Fisher,   b. Pennsylvania, USA
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Snyder,   b. about 1805, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. July 1891, McPherson Co., Kansas, USA  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Family ID	F338	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  “Mr Snyder was a lumberman and farmer by occupation and was drafted in the war of 1812, but furnished a substitute.  He ran a sawmill, bought and shipped lumber down the Susquehanna river to market and was a very extensive dealer.  In the early days he freighted from Pittsburg to Philadelphia, owning and running six six-horse teams.  He was an enterprising, broad-minded and capable businessman, widely and favorably known all over Pennsylvania, being rated among the solid businessmen of his day.  In addition to his other lines of business, he ran distilleries.  In the early days he was colonel of the militia, and well known as Colonel Snyder.  He served as a justice of the peace of the German district for forty years, and died in Pennsylvania, a consistent member of the Presbyterian church.  The marriage of Mr and Mrs Snyder was blessed with seven children, namely:  George; Thomas; John; Elizabeth, the mother of our subject; Peter; Sarah; and Adam.” [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2635] (The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago & New York, 1902).