OBIT: Harrison H. SNYDER, 1891, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, PA

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HARRISON H. SNYDER, ESQ.
A Good Man and a Progressive Citizen Called Home.

  Harrison H. Snyder, esq., of whose alarming illness mention was made 
in yesterday's issue, died at his home in East Hollidaysburg on 
Wednesday, February 25, 1891, aged 54 years.  He was born in 
Hollidaysburg and was the oldest son of the late Mr. Jacob and Mrs. 
Sarah Snyder and leaves to mourn his departure a wife and one son and 
three brothers: William L., of New York city; Plymouth W., of 
Hollidaysburg, and Dr. George B., of Hays City, Kansas.  After leaving 
school he entered the office of the Democratic Standard and learned the 
printing business.  Then he entered the law office of the late Hon. 
Samuel Calvin and was admitted to the Blair county bar in 1861.  At the 
breaking out of the war he entered as a private soldier in company M, 
62d regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers and faithfully served three years, 
participating in almost all of the engagements in which the gallant 62d 
took part, and was fortunate enough to escape injury during his entire 
service.  After he returned from the army he was employed as a clerk in 
the private marshal's office and then resumed the practice of law.
  In May, 1868, he was married to Miss Ella, daughter of the late Mr. 
and Mrs. John Dipner, and to them was born one son - John M. Snyder.  
In the same year he removed to Junction City, Kansas, where he 
practiced his profession and was elected district attorney of Davis 
county for three successive terms.  In 1879 he returned to 
Hollidaysburg and engaged in the insurance business, and by his own 
efforts built up a first-class agency.  For several years past he had 
been the regular correspondent of the Tribune and the special 
correspondent of the Philadelphia Press.  Our readers do not need to be 
reminded of the fact that he possessed the qualifications of a good 
correspondent in a rare degree.  Notwithstanding the pressure of his 
business, he was always ready and eager to serve the Tribune and its 
readers and in his death both have sustained a severe loss.
  He was one of the charger members of Colonel William G. Murray post 
No. 39, Grand Army of the Republic, of Hollidaysburg, and also a member 
of encampment No. 17, Union Veteran Legion, of Altoona.  He had a warm 
attachment for all old soldiers, and many have received assistance from 
him of which only he and the recipient knew anything.  He was a member 
of Juniata lodge No. 282, Free and Accepted Masons, Mt. Moriah chapter 
166, Royal Arch Masons, an active member of the Heptasophs, and also of 
the Phoenix steam fire engine company.  For a number of years he had 
been a member of the First Presbyterian church and also a teacher in 
the Sunday school, taking an active part in both.
  Although for the past few years residing outside the borough limits, 
yet he took great interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of 
Hollidaysburg, and wherever he could say or do anything for the 
interest of the borough he did not allow an opportunity to pass 
unimproved.  Since becoming a resident of Blair township he had been a 
member of the school board and took a deep interest in school affairs.
  The community of which he was a member, to-day mourns the loss of a 
good citizen, one who will be greatly missed and whose place will be 
difficult to fill.  The time of the funeral services will be announced 
in to-morrow's issue of the Tribune.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, February 26, 1891

Funeral Notice.

  The funeral of H. H. Snyder, esq., will take place at 3 o'clock this 
afternoon from his late residence in East Hollidaysburg.  A meeting of 
the Blair county bar association, of which he was a member, will be 
held in the court house at 1.30 this afternoon to take action relative 
to his death.  The other organizations, of which he was a member, will 
also be represented at the funeral.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Friday, February 27, 1891