BIO: David S. SNYDER, Huntingdon County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JO Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ********************************************************** __________________________________________________________________ Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers. Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897, pages 370-371. __________________________________________________________________ DAVID S. SNYDER, Norrace, Huntingdon county, Pa., was born in Huntingdon county, August 27, 1843, son of Simon and Elizabeth (Beatty) Snyder. His grandparents, the Snyders, came at an early date from Germany, accompanied by two brothers who settled in the eastern part of Pennsylvania, while they penetrated further, and began their life in the New World as farmers in Huntingdon county. This they continued throughout life, bringing up a family of six children, all of whom are now deceased. They were: Henry; Conrad; John; Simon; Martha; and Peter. Both grandparents lived to a ripe old age. Both parents of Mr. David Snyder were born in Huntingdon county. His father was a farmer throughout life. His mother was the daughter of John Beatty. Of their five children, one, Rosanna, is deceased; she was the wife of Isaac Miller, also deceased. The remaining children are: Henry; Phebe, widow of David Daughtebaugh; David S.; and Louisa (Mrs. John Stewart). Mr. Simon Snyder and his wife have both died, the latter at the age of fifty-six years. They were members of the Methodist church; Mr. Snyder was for years a class leader. Brought up as a farmer boy, David S. Snyder obtained only the educational training of the country public school, and that limited to the winter months, as in the summer he gave his services to his mother on the farm. At nineteen years of age, his school days were ended. He enlisted, March 25, 1864, in Company F, Thirteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, served eighteen months, and was discharged August 14, 1865. At the battle of Gordonsville Mr. Snyder was shot, the ball passing through his left lung and out at the right shoulder-blade. He was disabled for service for only four months, but constantly suffers from the effects of the wound. On his return home he resumed farming, and continued it for a few years, but has now retired from active employment. In 1873 he was elected constable of Shirley township, and served twenty-two years, without fear or favor; in 1885 he was elected tax collector, and occupied that office for two years; in the fall of 1895 he was elected director of the poor, and is still in office. He is a Republican, and a member of the A.P.A. and of the G.A.R., Post 292, Mount Union. David S. Snyder was married first to Hannah, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Wilson) Hall. They had four children, two of whom died in infancy; the survivors are: Lizzie; and Samuel. Mrs. Hannah Snyder died aged thirty-five years. She, like Mr. Snyder, was a member of the Methodist church. Her father was a farmer. The children of Joseph and Sarah (Wilson) Hall were: Samuel F.; Ruth (Mrs. Albert Goodman); and one deceased. Both parents lived to a very advanced age. Mr. Snyder's second marriage was with Jennie, daughter of John and Ann (Chestnut) Lamberson, by whom he has one daughter, Alice C. Mr. and Mrs. Lamberson are natives of Fulton county; Mr. Lamberson has always been a farmer, and still resides on his farm, though no longer actively engaged in cultivating it. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Chestnut, Mrs. Lamberson's parents, are: George; David; Jennie (Mrs. Snyder); Andrew; Rev. Alexander, pastor of the Methodist church in Hanover, York county, Pa.; and William, deceased. Mr. Lamberson has served the township in various offices. He and his wife are members of the Methodist church.