Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Snyder, Lewis August 10, 1827 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Snyder, Lewis, Ohio, was born in Germany August 10, 1827. His father was George
L. Snyder, born October 10, 1799. The latter was educated in Germany and was a
police officer there for many years. He afterward became a civil engineer. He 
married Mary Stephens, and had five .sons and three daughters. Mrs. Snyder 
died in 1857, and in 1861 George L. came to America and lived with his son 
Lewis. He then went to California where he resided with his daughter until his 
death in 1881. Lewis Snyder was reared on a farm and educated in the common 
schools. He was twenty one years old when he came to America and settled in 
Ohio, where he has since lived with the exception of two years in Russia. He 
was a poor boy and has made his own property. He now owns 503 acres of land 
and keeps a large dairy. In 1853 he married Mary A. Sickles, a daughter of 
Philip and Magdeline Sickles, who came from Germany when their daughter was 
eight years old. To subject and wife one child was born, Olin L. He resides 
near his father on a farm. His wife is Annie E., daughter of Patrick Wallace. 
They have three children : Bertha L., Charles O. and Perry L. He is now sales-
man for No. 35 State Brand Cheese-factory of Ohio, which position he has held 
many years. He is a member of the North Star Grange No. 686, and with his wife 
attends the M. E. Church of Ohio.

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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