Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Snyder, Clifton 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Clifton Snyder, Postmaster of Fulton, Ill., was born in this city, Nov. 14, 
1857, and is the son of the Hon. William C. and Isyphene C. (Pearce) Snyder. 
He was educated in the city schools of Fulton and at the Northern Illinois 
College. At 14 years of age he entered the office of the Fulton Journal as an 
apprentice, learned the printer's trade, and in December, 1877, formed a 
partnership with his brother-in-law, T. J. Pickett, Jr. and leased the Journal 
office. Mr. Pickett being succeeded by Mr. W. R. Cobb in March, 1879. This 
connection lasted till March 1, 1880, when he sold out, but continued in the 
office some time longer. In May, 1881, he engaged in the warehouse business, 
in company with W. C. Snyder, and they do a general forwarding and commission 
business, and deal in grain, feed, coal, lime, brick and cement. Mr. Snyder 
was appointed Postmaster at Fulton by President Arthur, Dec. 22, 1882, and 
entered upon the duties of the office Jan. 1, 1883. Mr. Snyder was married at 
Peoria, Ill., March 29, 1885, to Miss Hattie L. Noble, daughter of Hiram and 
Sophia E. (Summers) Noble. Mrs. Snyder was born on Staten Island, N. Y.

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Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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