SNYDER Obit Submissions - Linn Co KS ****************************************************************** File transcribed and contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dr. Stephen Brian Hodson ****************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ****************************************************************** DEATH NOTICE OF ASA SNYDER The Border Sentinel (Mound City, Kansas) Friday Morning; February 7, 1873 page three, column three: Asa Snyder, a much-respected citizen of Potosi Township, died on Thursday morning of spotted fever ... There is a fearful epidemic going the rounds in this county called the spotted fever... Dr. Coe is attending twelve cases of it on Mine Creek... _____________________________________________________________________ OBITUARY OF MARY LUCINDA (MORRISON) SNYDER Pleasanton Herald (Pleasanton, Kansas) March 20, 1896: Mrs. Asa Snyder, mother of Rev. E.H. [sic] Snyder, of Battlefield District, died at her residence last Friday. On Sunday, funeral services were held at her late residence, conducted by Rev. Daly, of Prescott; interment in Battlefield Cemetery. Deceased was fifty-one years of age and was one of the oldest settlers of that neighborhood. She was a good Christian woman and highly esteemed by all who knew her. _____________________________________________________________________ OBITUARY OF EZRA (EDWARD) MARCUS SNYDER The Herald (Pleasanton, Kansas) Friday, November 16, 1929: Ed M. Snyder Dead Monday, November 4. Rev. E. M. Snyder was in Pleasanton to look after some business for his sister, Mrs. Nettie Rice, who is now in Eldorado Springs, Mo. with her sister, Mrs. H. Laflin. He motored to Pleasanton from Eldorado Springs that morning and spent about an hour with his old Battlefield schoolmate, E. H. Jones, and wife; in the evening going to Blue Mound and spent the night with his daughter, Mrs. Frank Brooks, and family, leaving the next morning for Altus, Okla. to spend the winter with a daughter and son. In the Fort Scott Tribune of Friday night was published the following Associated Press news item, which was a shock to his friends whom he had visited a few days before: "Altus, Okla.; Nov. 8 (AP) - The body of E.M. Snyder, 76, a Methodist minister, was found in the north fork of the Red River, east of Altus, last night. His car had apparently crashed through the side of a bridge. He was on his way to Altus from Eldorado Springs, Mo. to spend the winter with a son and daughter. He was alone. The body will be taken to Pleasanton, Kan. for burial." Saturday night the remains, accompanied by his daughter and son, Mrs. Linnie Hicks and Wilbur Snyder of Altus, Oklahoma, were taken to the home of Gregg Osborne. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Battlefield school house where as a boy he had attended school, conducted by a Methodist Protestant minister of Centerville, an old friend, in the presence of a large crowd of relatives and old friends who had gathered to pay last respects to a man who had made the world better by having lived in it. The remains were then taken to Battlefield Cemetery and laid to rest by the side of loved ones who had preceded him. He spent the early part of his life on the farm but the past twenty years was a Methodist Protestant minister. Edward M. Snyder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Asa Snyder, early pioneers of Linn County, was born near Danville, Ill., August 16, 1853; died near Altus, Okla. November 6, 1929; age 76 years, 2 months and 21 days. At the age of thirteen years he moved from Illinois to Kansas, locating in Battlefield District. About 1873 he was united in marriage to Miss Mariam Perry, a neighbor girl. To this union three children were born: Mrs. Frank Brooks of Blue Mound; Mrs. Linnie Hicks of Altus, Okla.; and Fred Snyder of Washington. About 1883 his first wife passed away and in 1885 or 1886 he was united in marriage to Miss Ellen [sic] Osborne. To this union two sons were born, Ira of Enterprise, Oregon and Wilbur of Altus, Okla. Besides the two daughters and two [three?] sons, he is survived by two sisters, Mesdames Nettie Rice of Lance Creek, Wyoming, now visiting her sister Mrs H. Laflin of Eldorado Springs, Mo. and several grandchildren. --A Friend ______________________________________________________________________ OBITUARY OF ELLA ANN (OSBORNE) SNYDER The Pleasanton Herald (Pleasanton, Kansas) December 16, 1927: Mrs. Snyder Dead Friday the remains of Mrs. Ed Snyder, who died at her home in Enterprise, Or. early last week, arrived in Linn County, accompanied by the bereaved husband and son, Ira E. Funeral services were held in Battlefield school house Saturday morning at 11 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Wilton of Mound City, after which the remains were interred in Battlefield Cemetery. The deceased came to Linn County when a young lady. She was respected by all and for a time resided with her parents in Pleasanton. Ella A. Osborne was born in Fayette Co., Pa. November 6, 1862. Departed this life December 4, 1927 at Enterprise, Oregon, where she with her husband had resided for the past eight years. She moved with her parents to Linn County, Kansas in March 1881. She was united in marriage to E.M. Snyder in September 1884 [sic; family records give date as 27 September 1885--SBH]. To this union was born three children; two sons: Ira E. of Enterprise, Oregon and Charles Wilbur of Altus, Oklahoma, and one daughter who died in infancy. She united with the Methodist church in 1886. She leaves to mourn her loss, besides her husband and sons, two brothers: Charles N. Osborne of Warrensburg, Mo., and William T. Osborne of Mound City, Kansas, both of whom were present at the funeral, which was conducted at the Battlefield school house Sunday [sic] where she attended Bible school as a girl. Other relatives who attended from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brooks of Blue Mound, Kansas, the latter being a daughter of E. M. Snyder by a former marriage, Mr. and Mrs. William Brooks of Blue Mound, Kansas, Mr. and Mrs. Adams of Kincaid, Kansas, and the children of the Laflin family of Reece, Kansas, nieces and nephews of E.M. Snyder. The Herald extends sympathy to the bereaved husband and sons bowed in sorrow for the loss of their dear one. _____________________________________________________________________