Yolo County CA Archives Biographies.....Snider, Eli 1853 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 30, 2007, 9:14 pm Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891) ELI SNIDER, proprietor of Putah Nursery and a fruit-raiser, Yolo County, is a native of Ohio, born in Springfield, Clark County, March 1, 1853. He received his education in the public schools of his native place. At the age of seventeen years he engaged as an apprentice in one of the excellent machine shops of Ohio, where he served three years, thoroughly learning the machinist's trade. In the fall of 1875 he came to Yolo County, California, where he worked for five years, most of the time either as engineer for steam thresher or steam pump. In 1880 he engaged in farming, on rented land, giving a portion of the crop in payment for rent; he continued farming on rented land for four years. In 1885 he bought the farm on which he now resides. He has ten acres of nursery stock, which consists of all kinds of fruit and ornamental trees and vines. On his fruit farm he has seventy acres planted to apricots, prunes, peaches and pears, twenty acres of which are bearing. He was married, November 17, 1880, to Miss Minnie Montgomery, a daughter of Alexander and Susan (Martin) Montgomery. Her father was a native of Kentucky and her mother of Virginia; they crossed the plains to California in 1850. Mr. and Mrs. Snider have one child, a son, Alexander, aged eight years. Mr. Snider is a member of Yolo Lodge, No. 169, I. O. O. F., and Athens Lodge, No. 228, F. & A. M., both located in Davisville. He is also a member of Pythias Lodge, No. 43, Knights of Pythias, located in Woodland. He has a fine two-story house on his farm, is energetic and thorough in all he undertakes, and therefore is deservedly prosperous. Additional Comments: Extracted from Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California. Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of Prominent Citizens of To-day. "A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendents." – Macauley. CHICAGO THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY 1891. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/yolo/bios/snider1147nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb