Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Snyder, George W. 1821 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   George W. Snyder, farmer, and trustee of Shawnee township, Rob Roy, son of
Abram and Christina (Kerns) Snyder, was born in Perry county, Pennsylvania,
April 7, 1821. His father was a soldier in the last war with England, and served
in Canada. Mr. Snyder was raised a farmer, and received a common school
education. March 17, 1854, he and his family arrived in Shawnee township, where
they have since lived. He was married January 8, 1852, to Mary Fidler, who was
born October 26, 1821. They have had two children: Mary, born June 9, 1861 (died
in infancy), and Samuel E., born February 5, 1863. Mr. Snyder was elected
township trustee in 1870, and held the office two years. In 1878 he was
reelected, and also again in 1880. He belongs to the German Reformed and his
wife to the Lutheran church. He owns a good farm of 327 acres two miles west of
Rob Roy. He is a national greenbacker.

Additional Comments:

Shawnee Township

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.


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