York County PA Archives Biographies.....Snyder, Cornelius S.  
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Author: Prowell's History of York County Pennsylvania, Biographical, Volume II
Chicago J. H. Beers & Co. 1907 pages 739-740


CORNELIUS S. SNYDER, of the firm of Kohler-Snyder Cigar Company, 
manufacturers of high-grade cigars at Yoe and other points in York County is 
recognized as one of the progressive young business men of his native 
county, while he has in all respects upheld the prestige of the name which 
he bears and which has been long and prominently identified with the history 
of this favored section of the Keystone State.
     Mr. SNYDER was born in the borough of Yoe, York county, Jan. 1, 1874, 
son of Aaron SNYDER. He secured his education in the public schools and in a 
well-ordered summer school maintained at Dallastown, this county. When about 
out eighteen years of age he entered upon an apprenticeship at the factory 
of the Kohler Cigar Company, at Yoe, where he became an expert workman and a 
competent judge of stock, also learning all details of the practical 
business, including the packing if cigars. In 1896 he became associated with 
the Messrs. George A and Adam W KOHLER in the same line, under the firm name 
of Kohler-Snyder Cigar Company, with headquarters in the borough of Yoe. In 
1898 A. W. KOHLER retired from the concern, and in 1900 G. A. Kohler also 
withdrew Mr. SNYDER assuming entire control in the latter year, since which 
time he has individually carried forward the enterprise, which has grown to 
be one of wide scope, its trade extending into divers States of the Union. 
The business is still conducted under the title of Kohler-Snyder Cigar 
Company, and aside from the large and well equipped plant at Yoe, about ten 
branch factories are maintained in York county, a large quantity of the best 
local product of tobacco being utilized in these establishments. An idea of 
the extensive scope of the business may be gained when it is stated that in 
the main factory, at Yoe, a corps of about forty-five employees is retained 
and kept busy in the manufacture of excellent grades of cigars, which are 
shipped throughout the Union. Mr. SNYDER is an alert, reliable and 
discriminating young business man, as is clearly indicated by the character 
of this thriving enterprise with which he is thus prominently identified. He 
is also a public-spirited citizen, loyal to all civic duties and 
responsibilities. He is a stanch adherent of the Republican party, and has 
served as a member of the borough council of Yoe, and is a school director 
of this borough. He has also been a member of the election board of the 
township. Both he and his wife are devoted members of the United Brethren 
Church in which he is a trustee, being active in all departments of the 
church work.
     On June 1, 1892, Mr. SNYDER was united in marriage to Miss Sarah 
LEHMAN, who was born and reared in Springfield township, York county, a 
daughter of Jacob LEHMAN, a prominent and influential resident of the 
section. To Mr. and Mrs. SNYDER have been born fire children, of who Aaron 
Winfield and another died in infancy, being laid to rest in the cemetery at 
Yor, as was also May, the fourth in order of birth, who died at the age of 
eight months. The two surviving children are:
Curwin Arthur and Salada F.
     Aaron SNYDER, father of the immediate subject of this review was born 
in Hopewell township, York, county, in 1818, and was a son of Philip SNYDER, 
who was likewise a native of the county and had two sisters and five 
brothers; the names of the brothers were: Jacob, Michael, John, George and 
Abraham. Philip SNYDER was numbered among the very early settlers in 
Hopewell township, where he was a man of influence and prominence, having 
been a successful school-teacher in the pioneer days and having also served 
for a number of years as justice of the peace; in addition to farming, he 
did a considerable amount of excellent work as a surveyor. He married Eva 
STABLEY, a representative of another of the old families of York county, and 
both passed the remainder of their lives in Hopewell township, were they 
were laid to rest many years ago. Of their children is entered the following 
brief record: Elizabeth died in York, York county; Aaron was the father of 
Cornelius S.; Susan wife of a Mr. SHAEFFER, died in Hopewell township; Mary, 
wife of a Mr. REIKER, died in Chanceford township; Joseph died in Hopewell 
township; Kate in Enon, Ohio; Philip in York township, William in Hopewell 
township; Lydia, wife of a Mr. SHENBERGER, died in Hopewell township; Annie, 
wife of a Mr. GIBSON, died in Yoe; and Sallie, wife of a Mr. REIKER, resides 
near Stewartstown, York county.
     After receiving a common school education Aaron SNYDER learned the 
blacksmith's trade in Chanceford township and after the completion of his 
apprenticeship removed to Florin, Lancaster county, where he was engaged in 
the work of his trade for a number of years. He then returned to York county 
and located near Springvale, Windsor township, where he was actively engaged 
in business for the long period of forty years, at the expiration of which, 
in 1875, he became a resident of the present borough of Yoe. Here he 
operated a sawmill for a few years and then retired from active labor 
continuing to reside in Yoe until his death, in 1896, and being buried in 
the cemetery of that borough. He was a man of sterling character and ever 
commanded the esteem and confidence of all who knew him. In politics he was 
originally a Whig and later a Republican, and his religious faith was that 
of the Evangelical Church, of which he was a devoted member.
Aaron SNYDER was twice married, his first union having been with Catherine 
YOE, a member of the well-known family in whose honor the borough of Yoe was 
named. She was born and reared in Windsor township, and died when 
comparatively a young woman. Following is a brief record concerning her 
children: George married Rebecca HARTMAN and they resided in Yoe. Lydia died 
unmarried. Elias married Anna Mary SNYDER and they reside in Yoe. Leah is 
the wife of Abraham S. STRAYER, of Yoe. Moses first married Catherine 
SECHRIST, daughter of Harry and Mary (YOE) SECHRIST, and the only child of 
this marriage is Mrs. Emma L SLENKER, of Yoe. After the death of his first 
wife Moses SNYDER married Mary Ann, daughter of Harry and Elizabeth 
(EBERSOLE) DETRICH, and they still reside in Yoe, having four children. It 
may further be said that Moses SNYDER was practically the founder of the 
borough of Yoe, erecting the first house in the village and laboring with 
constant zeal for the development and upbuilding of the borough. He has ever 
been foremost in the promotion of all worthy enterprises and causes and is a 
prominent and valued member of the United Brethren church in which he is a 
local preacher. In every respect he is one of Yoe's most honored and 
influential citizens having a beautiful modern residence and being also 
engaged in the cigar business. Aaron Y, the next of the children of Aaron 
and Catherine (YOE) SNYDER, married Elizabeth WOODS and they reside in
Wrightsville, York county. William H., who married Catherine WOODS, is 
likewise of resident of that town.
     For his second wife Aaron SNYDER chose Susan, the daughter of Jacob and 
Elizabeth (SPOTTS) SNYDER. She was born in Windsor township, and her death 
occurred in Yoe, in 1894. She is survived by four children, namely; John W, 
who married Sarah GRIM, resides at Dallastown, York county; Alice is the 
wife of John BORTNER, of that place; Frank P. married Leah HORN and they 
reside in Yoe; and Cornelius S.


NOTE: The 2nd wife of Aaron SNYDER, Susan Snyder's dates are in conflict 
with the tombstone dates at Yoe Union Cemetery, Yoe, York County 
Pennsylvania.
SNYDER, Susan wife of Aaron Snyder d Feb 17, 1897 aged 59 yrs 1 mo 11 days 
(calculated birth date 6 Jan 1838)
SNYDER, Aaron d Jan 2, 1898 aged 79 yrs 3 mo 19 da (calculated birth date 13 
Sep 1818)