Shawnee County KS Archives Biographies.....Snyder, William P. 1828 - 1898
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com September 27, 2006, 2:38 am

Author: James L. King (1905)

WILLIAM P. SNYDER.

    WILLIAM P. SNYDER, deceased, for many years a prominent agriculturist of
Shawnee County, had a farm in section 2, township 13, range 13, in Dover
township. He was a man of high character and stability, and his death which
occurred on July 27, 1898, in the 70th year of his age, was mourned as a loss to
the community.

    Mr. Snyder was born at Washington, Fayette County, Ohio, October 8, 1828,
and was a son of John and Malinda (Campbell) Snyder, being one of three
children, all now deceased. The father was born in Virginia, March 31, 1802, and
died May 27, 1840, and the mother, who was a native of Kentucky, died in the
84th year of her age. They were pioneer settlers in Fayette County, Ohio, where
they lived throughout the latter part of their lives.

    William P. Snyder lived on the old homestead in Ohio until 1869, in which
year he came West to Kansas, bringing his wife and four children. He preempted
the farm in section 2, township 13, range 13, in Dover township, where his widow
now lives, consisting of 149 52-100 acres, mostly under cultivation. He made all
of the improvements on this place, building a good substantial residence and
numerous necessary outbuildings. He was a man of public spirit, and took a deep
interest in all that concerned the prosperity and welfare of his home community.

    In 1855 Mr. Snyder was united in marriage with Matilda Denious, a daughter
of Isaac and Harriet (Coifman) Denious. Isaac Denious was born in Virginia,
where his father was a large slave-owner; because of his aversion to slavery, he
was forced to leave home and was disinherited. He moved North to Dublin,
Franklin County, Ohio, where he lived the remainder of his life and where he was
united in marriage with Harriet Coffman. She was a daughter of Henry Coffman,
who was a soldier in the War of 1812. Her mother, Margaret (Sells) Coffman, was
born in Pennsylvania and was related to the noted showmen, the Sells brothers.
Mrs. Snyder was but five years of age when her mother died, and two years later
her father was also called to the unknown beyond, leaving three children, as
follows: Matilda; Elizabeth, wife of A. P. Herman, of Kansas City; and Henry
Clark Denious, who served in the First Regiment, Ohio Vol. Cav., during the
Civil War and is now a resident of Fayette County, Ohio. After the death of her
parents, Mrs. Snyder lived with her maternal grandparents until her marriage in
1855. As a result of her union with Mr. Snyder, four children were born in Ohio
and one in Kansas, namely: Cary, deceased, who married Henrietta E. Beach and
had two children,—Ray, deceased, and William P., who is attending Washburn
College; Earl, living in Colorado, who married Lily Smith and has a daughter,
Olive, the wife of Henry Billings, of Colorado; Harriet married Joseph Flicking,
who was born in Ohio and now lives in Kansas City, Missouri; Ray, who conducts a
farm and grist mill, married Sarah Riley of Ohio and has three
children,—Christa, Tillie and Margaret; and Jennie, born in Kansas, who married
Floyd Ross.

    Mrs. Snyder still resides on the old homestead in Dover township, Shawnee
County, and is surrounded by many friends, whom she has known during her long
residence here. She is possessed of womanly attributes and is loved by all who
know her.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

HISTORY OF SHAWNEE COUNTY, KANSAS
AND
REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS

EDITED AND COMPILED BY
JAMES L. KING
TOPEKA, KANSAS 

"History is Philosophy Teaching by Examples"

PUBLISHED BY
RICHMOND & ARNOLD,
GEORGE RICHMOND; C. R. ARNOLD.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,
1905.

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/shawnee/bios/snyder93nbs.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ksfiles/

File size: 4.2 Kb