Biographies:  Henry L. SNIDER, Maple Grove Township, Barron Co., WI 

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Henry L. Snider, an enterprising farmer who owns and operates 40 acres in
Section 27, west, Maple Grove Township, where he successfully carries on
mixed farming and dairying, was born in Marshall County, Indiana, Jan. 13,
1892, son of James and Mildred (Riley) Snider, natives of Indiana, who came 
to Barron County in 1900, and bought 80 acres in Section 26 and 27, west, 
Maple Grove Township, cleared 40 acres, developed the place in various ways 
and still carries on farming there. In the family there were thirteen 
children: Henry L., Charles, Elmer, Mary, Minnie, Perry, Bessie, Elsie, 
Winnie, Vera, Oscar, Franklin and James.  Henry L. received his early 
education in the district schools, and learned farming with his parents. He 
then rented farms for a while, living at North Freedom, Wis., and Luck, Wis. 
For a few months in 1911 he worked at a summer resort at Birchwood one 
summer. He bought his present place in 1919. Mr. Snider served in Europe 
during the World War. He was inducted into the service Aug. 2, 1918, trained  
for the Heavy Artillery, was assigned to replacement troops, was encamped 
in England for a month, and was discharged Jan. 8, 1919.  Mr. Snider was 
married Nov. 8, 1917, to Hazel Halloway, daughter of Anson and Isabelle 
(Cox) Halloway, of this township. Mr. and Mrs. Snider have two children, 
Raymond H., born Aug. 21, 1918; and Dorothy N., born Oct. 5, 1920.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 331.