Berrien County MI Archives Obituaries.....Snyder, Johnson Weese January 27, 1919
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Berrien County Record, Thur. January 30, 1919, page 3
Johnson W. Snyder was born in Buchanan, Mich., Feb. 9, 1850; died in Buchanan at
the home of his sister, Mrs. George Howard, Jan. 27, 1919, aged 68 years, 11
months, and 8 days.

     In 1877 he was united in marriage to Clara A. Bostwick of Buchanan. They
made their home in Buchanan for several years, then in North Manchester, Ind.
for a while, then for about twenty-four years in Chicago, returning to Buchanan
about a year before the death of his wife, Sept. 9, 1912.  Since her death he
has made his home with Mrs. Howard, except two brief periods when he tried to
establish a home of his own. In the summer of 1915, he married Mrs. Juliette
Rough, who died six weeks later.  In the autumn of 1916 he was united in
marriage in Mrs. Carrie R. Crotser of Buchanan who departed this life the
following Christmas after three months of happy home life.  These loses [sic]
broke his heart and fell into a decline which ended in death.

     Mr. Snyder confessed faith in Christ in the great meeting held by Knowles
Shaw in the Christian church of Buchanan in 1875.  The church and his home were
the delights of his life and he loved them to the last.

     Funeral services were held the residence of  Mr. and Mrs. George Howard,
Wednesday, Jan . 29, at 2 p.m.  Burial in Oak Ridge cemetery.



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