Bio: Hon. Jacob A. Snider; Bossier Parish, Louisiana



Submitted by: Mike Miller





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Hon. Jacob A. Snider, one of the leading members of the Bossier parish bar,

as well as one of

the solid men of Bellevue, was born in Albemarle county, Va., October 18,

1826, a son of Dr.

Jacob and Celia (Hart) Snider.  Dr. Snider was surgeon on board a privateer

in the war between

Spain and Buenos Ayres, in the service of Buenos Ayres in her contest for

liberty.  The subject

of our sketch was the third of eight children born to his parents, and his

early education was

received in Grenada, Miss., and in Maryville college, Tenn., his education

in the law being

obtained in the Transylvania Law School of Lexington, Ky., from which

institution he was

graduated in February, 1847.  Prior to this, however, he had been admitted

to the bar in

Kentucky, but his first practice was done in Grenada, Miss., where he also

edited a paper from

1851 until 1855.  In the latter year he was married to Cordelia Lake, who

was born in

Dorchester county, Md., and died in 1859 at Grenada, Miss., having borne

two children, one

daughter now living.  His second marriage was in 1871, to Mary E. Roes, a

daughter of Dr. John

B. Ross, a Presbyterian minister of considerable prominence who was born

and died in Maryland.

Mrs. Snider was born in Albemarle county, Va., and died December 21, 1889,

having become the

mother of eight children, four of whom survive her.  Since 1861 Mr. Snider

has resided in

Bossier parish and has been a resident of the town of Bellevue since 1866,

where he has

practiced his profession with success, being one of the leading lawyers of

northwestern

Louisiana.  He has always been an active and prominent politician, and has

served two terms in

the state legislature, having been first elected in 1863.  He also served

at one time as parish

treasurer, and has tilled other local positions of honor and trust.  He was

for ten years

president of the democratic parish committee, and is well and favorably

known throughout the

state.  He was president of the convention in 1876 that nominated Governor

Nicholls.  He is a 

member of the A. F. & A. K., Bellevue lodge, No 95, and has been master of

the same many years.

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Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 500.

Published by the

Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892.