Greenbrier County, West Virginia    Biography: Hon. Adam Clarke SNYDER

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Transcribed and submitted by Valerie Crook, <vfcrook @earthlink.net>, 1998.
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HON. ADAM CLARKE SNYDER - born in Highland County Virginia, March 26, 1834, was
a son of John and Elizabeth (HALDERMAN) SNYDER, now both deceased. He read 
law at the law school of Judge J. W. Brockenbrough, in Lexington, Virginia,
was educated in Dickenson College, Pennsylvania, and Washington College,
Virginia, and admitted to the bar in 1859. In the same year he took up his
residence and entered into practice in Lewisburg, which has since been his
place of residence. During the war between the States he was three years 
captain in the 27th Virginia Infantry, Confederate service, Stonewall Brigade.
He was wounded in the side by a minie-ball in the first Manassas battle, 
July 21, 1861, and was held prisoner at Wheeling until March, 1864. In 
Lewisburg, Greenbrier County in June 1869, Adam Clarke SNYDER and
Henrietta H. CARY were united in marriage and their children were 
born: Harry Otey H., February 5, 1873; Verne, January 7, 1876; Kenton, 
January 2, 1878; Fred W., 1879; Zuliema, 1881.  William and Ophelia 
(MATHEWS) CARY, both now deceased, were the parents of Henrietta H.,
wife of Judge SNYDER, and she was born in Lewisburg in January 1841. 
Before taking his seat on the bench, Adam C. SNYDER was deputy United
States marshal in 1860, and in 1861-5 he was prosecuting attorney for 
Highland County, Virginia. Since April, 1882 he has been judge of the 
supreme court of appeals, which office he still holds. His residence 
is in Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

Source:  Hardesty, Henry H.  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia.  New York: H.H. Hardesty and Company, 1884.
Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia.  Ed. Jim Comstock.
Richwood: Comstock, 1974.