BIOS: John F. SNYDER, Somerset, Somerset County, PA

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History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. 
Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis 
Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, pg. 337

John F. SNYDER.

John F. Snyder, a resident and shoemaker of Somerset, Somerset county, 
Pennsylvania, was there born October 11, 1852, a son of George and Henrietta 
(Heyr) Snyder, and grandson of John H. and Elizabeth (Shaffer) Snyder.  His 
maternal grandparents were Charles F. and Mary Heyr. 
John F. Snyder acquired a common school education, and has followed the 
occupation of a shoemaker the most of his life, being very prosperous in this 
line.  He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Lutheran church. 
Mr. Snyder married, in 1875, Mary Walker, who was born October 13, 1854, the 
daughter of Peter and Amy (Nedrow) Walker.  They have two children, Cora and 
Leila.