BIO: John M. SNYDER, Blair County, PA

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Donehoo, George P., Editor-in-Chief.  Pennsylvania, A History, 
Vol. 3, Biography.  New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 
1926, page 18.
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  JOHN M. SNYDER - Active in the public life of Hollidaysburg, and a veteran 
lawyer of that borough and Blair County, John M. Snyder, a member of one of 
the oldest families in the State and the United States, is a foremost 
citizen of the county.  He is director of schools of the county capital, is 
prominent in the County and State bars, and rendered valuable service to the 
United States Government during the World War in fuel administration work.  
He is prominent in fraternal circles, and is active in organizations of many 
corporations.
  John M. Snyder was born in Junction City, Kansas, March 8, 1869, the son 
of Harrison H. Snyder, a native of Hollidaysburg, and a prominent lawyer of 
the borough and county, who was a veteran of the Civil War, having served in 
the 62nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment, and he was a member of the William 
G. Murray Post, No. 39, of the Grand Army of the Republic, in Hollidaysburg, 
and of the Veterans Legion until his death in 1891.  He married Ella M. 
Dipner, a native of Hollidaysburg, who died in 1916.  The Snyder family are 
descended lineally from John Bauer, a captain in the Revolutionary War, and 
who was a native of Lancaster County, and a resident until his death of 
Mifflin County.
  John M. Snyder was educated in the grade and high schools of Hollidaysburg 
and in Lafayette College.  He read law in the offices of William I. 
Woodcock, in Hollidaysburg, and was admitted to the Blair County bar in 
1896.  With offices at No. 313 1/2 Allegheny Street, in the county capital, 
he has been in practice since that year.  Where his famous ancestor and his 
father served their country in time of need with military duty, Mr. Snyder 
served it during the World War, as chairman of the fuel commission of 
Clearfield County, performing such notable work to receive an official 
citation. His education and interest in educational work was recognized by 
the borough when he was elected director of schools of Hollidaysburg.
  Mr. Snyder is Past Master of Juniata Lodge, No. 282, Free and Accepted 
Masons; he is Past High Priest of Mount Marie Chapter, No. 166, of the Royal 
Arch Masons; and he is a member of Mountain Cornmandery, Knights Templar; 
and Jaffa Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.  He also 
has memberships in the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution, 
in the Blair County Bar Association, the Pennsylvania State Bar Association; 
the American Bar Association, the Blairmont Country Club, and others.  The 
Snyder family are communicants of the Episcopal Church in Hollidaysburg.
  Mr. Snyder married, in 1908, Loretta Brown, a native of Philadelphia. She 
is a descendant of Colonel Cromwell Pearce, a native of Chester County, who 
achieved fame in the Revolutionary War, and she is a member of the Daughters 
of the American Revolution. The Snyders have one son, Harrison C. Snyder.