Clearfield County PA Archives Biographies.....Snyder, John Franklin
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Source: Twentieth Century History Of Clearfield County 
Pennsylvania And Representative Citizens, By Roland D. 
Swoope, Jr. Published By Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co. F. 
J. Richmond, President C. R. Arnold, Secretary And Treasurer 
Chicago, Ill.

County Bar

     John Franklin Snyder was born in Clearfield borough, 
June 23, 1855.  He was educated at the common schools and at 
the Leonard Graded School of Clearfield, and when not at 
school worked with his father, Henry E. Snyder, in a 
blacksmith shop.  In 1876 he graduated from school and then 
resumed his place in the shop.  He entered the law office of 
Hon. Augustus Landis, at Holidaysburg, Blair county, and 
studied law until 1878, when he was admitted to the bar.  
Mr. Snyder practiced alone until January 1, 1884, when he 
associated with Hon. John H. Orvis, and established an 
office at Clearfield under the firm name and style of Orvis 
& Snyder.  After the death of Judge Orvis, Mr. Snyder 
removed to New York City where he now resides.