Obituary: Jefferson County, Wisconsin: Bert SNYDER ************************************************************************ Submitted by Ruth Ann Montgomery, April 2008 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Fort Atkinson, Wis., Dec. 26--Bert Snyder who was hunting near Bayfield, Wis., was accidentally shot and instantly killed. He was about 22 years of age and had been deaf and dumb from his birth. No particulars of the shooting have been received.--Milwaukee Sentinel The young man was a cigar maker and was in the employ of Ralph Smith for some time but left last Fall. He was popular among his associates who enjoyed conversing with him. December 30, 1899. The Badger, p. 1, col. 4, Evansville, Wisconsin