OBIT: August SNYDER, 1930, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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AUGUST SNYDER

Fox Hunter Killed By His Own Gun
Aged Garrett County Farmer Victim of Fatal Hunting Accident

  August Snyder, 73-year-old Garrett County farmer, was instantly killed Tuesday 
afternoon, Feb. 11, at a point on Negro Mountain four miles from Bittinger, when 
his shotgun was accidently discharged, the load of shot penetrating his side.
  The man's lifeless body was found about twenty minutes afterward by a hunting 
companion, Luther Miller, of near Grantsville, with whom Albert Jones, of 
Fairchance, Pa., and Mr. Snyder were hunting foxes on the Joel Beachy farm 
located on Negro Mountain.  From appearances and the fact that the body was 
found by a stump it is presumed that Mr. Snyder had climbed upon it and in 
drawing his firearm toward him the hammer caught on the bark and caused the gun 
to be discharged.  His companions heard the report of the gun, but thought he 
had fired at a fox or some other animal, and did not at once go to the point 
where he was.
  Undertaker Wm. Winterberg of Grantsville took charge of the body and prepared 
it for burial.  The funeral took place at his late home Sunday morning, with 
interment in the family cemetery on the farm.
  Snyder is survived by his wife, four sons, Ellis, Sherman, Elmer and Irvin, 
and six daughters, Mrs. Charlotte Platter, Mrs. Carrie Beitzel, Mrs. Cynthia 
Beitzel, Mrs. Ella Wiley, Mrs. Ethel Ohler and Thelma, also married, but whose 
husband's name could not be learned, all of them residing in the Bittinger 
community.  He is also survived by one brother, Adam Snyder.  He was a member of 
the M.E. Church.

Meyersdale Republican, February 20, 1930