Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Snyder, Charles A., 1938 

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CHARLES A. SNYDER 

SNYDER FUNERAL - Injuries in Auto Prove Fatal Monday 

  C.A. Snyder, 75, prominent resident of Isle of Wight County, whose home 
"The Rocks" on the James River is one of the show places of this county died 
Monday in a Washington hospital from injuries received in an automobile 
accident on the Washington Memorial Bridge Christmas Eve in which Mrs. Snyder 
was instantly killed.

  Surviving his is his son, Dale of Washington.

  Funeral services were Wednesday afternoon at the grave in Old St. Luke's 
Memorial Cemetery.


Charles A. SNYDER, of "The Rocks," farmer, 
injured in crash, 24 Dec 1937, Washington Memorial Bridge, 
d. 10 Jan 1938, Washington, DC, age 75, 
interred in St. Luke's Memorial Park*, Benns Church, 12 Jan 1938, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 18, No. 43, Jan. 13, 1938 

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #18: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Details of the accident and his injuries are included with his wife's obit 
   ("Smithfield Times," Dec. 30, 1937), posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/s536m3ob.txt 

The couple sold Fort Boykin in 1908.  Photos of the fields and wharf at 
   "The Rocks," and many references, appear in the following source: 

King, Helen Haverty, et al. 
"Historical Notes on Isle of Wight County, Virginia." 
Isle of Wight, VA: Board of Supervisors, 1993.  esp. pp. 170, 195, 454 


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