Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Snyder, John O.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Tinicum Township


   JOHN O. SNYDER merchant, P.O. Ottsville, belongs to a 
family that has for many generations been identified with 
Bucks county. He great-grandfather, Michael, was a native of 
this township and a blacksmith by trade. His son, John, was 
a blacksmith and farmer, and recently died in Bedminster 
township, in his eighty-second year. His wife, Catherine 
Crouthamel, died twenty-two years ago. They had nine 
children, of whom eight are living. Their son, Reading, 
lives in Bedminster township, and is a member of the Keller 
Reformed church, of which he has been a deacon. His wife is 
Mary Overholt. They have had twelve children:  Catherine, 
wife of Levi Hockman, of Bedminster; Elizabeth, Reed, 
Reuben, and Irving, with their parents; William, Samuel, 
Alexander, Sabilla, Mary and Sarah, deceased; and John O., 
who was the oldest and was born April 14, 1851. When 
twenty-two years old he learned the trade of a mason, which 
he left in 1875; was two years a merchant, in Haycock 
township; worked at this trade again for a year, then bought 
his present store at Red Hill. May 23, 1874, he was married 
to Malinda, daughter of Jacob Hockman. She was born May 7, 
1856, and died January 24, 1887, leaving two children, Nora 
and Lottie.  Mr. Snyder has been for the past six years 
postmaster of Ottsville, and is a member of the Keller 
Reformed church. He is a bright example of what can be 
accomplished by industry, honesty and pluck. Starting poor 
he has made for himself a good business and the name of an 
honorable merchant.