OBIT: William L. SNYDER, 1916, native of Blair County, PA

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Hollidaysburg
W. L. Snyder, Esq.

  William L. Snyder, esq., a son of the late Jacob Snyder, of 
Hollidaysburg, and prominent lawyer of New York city, died on Saturday 
evening at 8:30 o'clock, at his home at Athenia, N.J., of pneumonia.  
His brother, Hon. P. W. Snyder, of this place, was at his bedside when 
he passed away.  Full particulars will be given later.  The body will 
be brought here for burial; will arrive on Tuesday afternoon and be 
received by Funeral Director T. B. McFarland.  The cortege will proceed 
immediately to the Presbyterian cemetery, where short services will be 
held and interment made.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday Morning, December 4, 1916

WILLIAM L. SNYDER

  William Lemontine Snyder, whose death at his summer home, Athenia, 
N.J., at 8:30 o'clock on Saturday evening, December 2, was briefly 
announced yesterday morning, was a native of Hollidaysburg, where he 
was born May 10, 1848, so that he had entered his 69th year at the time 
of his decease.  Death was due to heart failure, superinduced by 
hardening of the arteries, from which he suffered for the last three 
years.  He was the son of Jacob and Catherine Snyder, who were among 
Hollidaysburg's most useful residents for many years.  He passed youth 
and young manhood at Hollidaysburg and received his education in the 
public schools of that borough and in the preparatory school conducted 
by Professor John Miller, who was at a later period the first 
superintendent of Altoona's public schools.  He began his legal studies 
in the office of Colonel James F. Milliken and was graduated from the 
law department of Columbia university in the class of 1874.  He was 
admitted to the bar of New York city immediately and continued in the 
active practice of his profession until a few days before his death.
  Mr. Snyder occupied an honored place as a member of the bar of New 
York city.  He was a successful practitioner from the start and 
remained a close student all his life.  He was the author of several 
legal text books that have become standard in the profession.  He 
likewise wrote other books, among them a very interesting one entitled 
"The Geography of Marriage."  His last literary production, "The 
Military Annals of Greece," came from the Badger Press, Boston, just a 
year ago.  This was a remarkable achievement, standing alone in the 
annals of American literature.
  Mr. Snyder is survived by his wife and two brothers, Hon. Plymouth W. 
Snyder, of Hollidaysburg, and George B. Snyder, M.D., of Hays City, 
Kansas.  He had many friends in Blair county who will learn with deep 
regret of his death.  He was respected for his original genius, his 
literary attainments, his genial and cordial manners and the sincerity 
and depth of his convictions concerning public affairs, as well as for 
the loyalty with which he always remembered his friends.
  Funeral services were held yesterday at 2:45 o'clock, at his late 
home, conducted by Rev. Dr. Scudder, of the Reformed church.  The 
interment will be at Hollidaysburg this afternoon on the arrival of the 
1:29 train from Altoona.  The cortege will proceed directly to the 
cemetery.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday Morning, December 5, 1916