Biographies:  Charles W. SNYDER, Hillsdale, Barron Co., WI 

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Charles W. Snyder, retired, now living in Hillsdale Village, was born in
Marshall County, Indiana, July 30, 1864, son of Charles and Mary (Haynes)
Snyder, natives of Ohio, who went to Indiana in the early fifties, and there
spent the remainder of their lives, the father dying Nov. 18, 1888, and the
mother, Sept. 23, 1899. The father was a carpenter. In the family there were
five children: Hattie, Tillman, Mary (deceased), Theo (deceased), and
Charles W.  Charles  W. attended the district school of his neighborhood, 
and as a young man took up farm work.  It was in 1900 that he came to Maple 
Grove Township, and bought 80 acres in section 27, west, Maple Grove Township. 
He cleared the land, erected buildings, constructed fences, and carried on 
general farming, making a specialty of dairying with Durham cattle. In 1916 
he retired and moved to the village. The son, Ernest, now carries on the home 
farm along the lines inaugurated by his father. Mr. Snyder has taken his 
share in the progress of the community, and while living on the farm served 
several years as a member of the school board of his district. He and his 
family attend the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Mr. Snyder was married Aug. 
30, 1885, to Rebecca Kitch, daughter of George and Mary (Stein) Kitch, 
natives respectively of Ohio and Germany, and for many years farmers in 
Indiana, where the mother died in April, 1871, and where the father is still 
living.  There were seven children in the Kitch family:
Elizabeth, Matthias, Michael, Emma (deceased), Nettie, Rebecca and Christina.
Mr. and Mrs. Snyder have six children. Earl 0. was born Nov. 15 , 1887, and
lives at Rice Lake, this county. Elchard was born Nov. 16, 1889, and lives at
Lodi, Wis. Effie L. was born April 9, 1892, and is the wife of Albert Ramsdel,
of Rice Lake. Ernest was born Oct. 28, 1894, and as already mentioned, 
operates the home farm in Maple Grove Township. Alonzo was born Sept. 22, 
1897, and is a merchant in Hillsdale Village.  Harry was born Aug. 28, 1900, 
and is also a Hillsdale merchant in partnership with his brother, Alonzo.

--Taken from History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
Minneapolis, Minn., March 1, 1922, pg. 513