BIO: J. S. SNEDDON, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, page 597.
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  J. S. SNEDDON, general manager of the Glen Richey Trading Store of Glen 
Richey, has been postmaster of the borough of O'Shanter since August, 1907, and 
was born November 16, 1871, in Scotland, a son of William and Hannah (Smiley) 
Sneddon.  At the age of fourteen months our subject came to the United States 
with his parents, who settled in Arnot, Tioga county, Pa., where they resided 
eighteen years.  The father retired from business activities in 1908 and is now 
a resident of O'Shanter.  He is now 67 years of age, and his wife is 61 years 
old.  They are members of the Presbyterian church, and he is politically a 
Republican.
  J. S. Sneddon received his educational training in the schools at Arnot, Tioga 
county, Pa.  In about 1891 he came to Clearfield county and resided for about 
six years at Glen Richey, where he clerked and delivered for the Peacock & Kerr 
Mining Company, who operated a general store in that borough.  He later became 
general manager and removed to Devlin, where he was located until the mine gave 
out and the company removed to Glen Richey, where he has since been manager of 
the Glen Richey trading store.  He has also served as postmaster at O'Shanter 
since August, 1907, and is assisted in his duties as such by his wife.
  Mr. Sneddon is identified with the Republican party in politics, and is 
fraternally a member of the Red Men, the Knights of Pythias, of which he has 
been master of finance for ten years, and is also a member of the Moose lodge of 
Curwensville.
  Mr. Snedden was joined in marriage with Jennie Mitchell, a daughter of James 
Mitchell, of Glen Richey, and of their union have been born the following 
children:  Margaret, Hannah, Esther, Myra, and Leslie, who died in February, 
1909.  The family holds membership with the Congregational church.