Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Snyder, Chester K 1832 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

Chester K. Snyder, grain dealer, Gardner, was born in Red Creek, Wayne Co., N. 
Y., April 23, 1832; is the son of Amos and Sally (Enos) Snyder, natives of New 
York State; the former was born in 1801, and died in 1875; was a real estate 
dealer, Justice of the Peace and Judge of Wayne County, N. Y. The mother was 
born in 1806, and died in 1873; they had six children, of whom our subject was 
the fifth; he was educated in the common schools of his native place, and, at 
the age of nineteen, left home and learned telegraphy; for three years, he 
operated in New York State, Canada and Kentucky. In 1854, he came to Grundy 
County and located at Gardner, where he was the first telegraph operator. One 
and one-half years after coming here, he purchased a farm, and a year from 
this time went to Williamsville and engaged in the lumber and grain business. 
In 1861, he returned to Gardner, and farmed for one and one-half years; he 
then engaged in the railroad business for one and one-half years, when he 
again engaged in farming. The latter occupation he continued until 1874, when 
he once more engaged in the grain and lumber business at Gardner; this he 
still continues. While farming, he bought and shipped stock extensively; he 
now owns a farm of about 400 acres, all under cultivation, as well as some 
town property. Mr. Snyder was married, November 17, 1857, to Polly J. Holland, 
born in May, 1836, in Cayuga County, N. Y.; they have two children - Harry and 
Maggie. Mr. Snyder holds the position of Commissioner of Highways, and is 
independent in politics.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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