John
C. Snyder, one of the successful and up-to-date farmers and stock
raisers of Delaware township, is a son of Andrew Snyder, who was
identified with the interests of Mercer county from an early period in
its history. He was born in the township of Wolf Creek July 8, 1808 and
his death occurred on the 13th of September, 1888. He had married Anna
Booth, born in Jefferson township of Mercer county January 31, 1818 and
she died on the 27th of November, 1897. She was a daughter of William
Booth, for many years a farmer in Jefferson township. Andrew and Anna
Snyder became the parents of twelve children, namely: Harriet,
deceased; Hiram, who served three years in the Civil war, in the
Fifty-seventh Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, and he married Susan
Harpst and lives in Jefferson township; Mary, wife of John T. Pew, of
Sharon, this state; Seth, who married Alice Hinze and is now deceased;
Amanda, wife of Henry Yeck, a farmer in Delaware township; Rosie, wife
of the Rev. Joel Smith of Volante, Pennsylvania; Julia, wife of
Lawrence Mason, of Sharon; Marilda; Andrew Jackson, deceased, was a
farmer of Jefferson township and married Marchand; Emma, wife of Levi
Stoyer, a blacksmith in Grove City; Maggie, wife of Frank Bortz, a
traveling salesman in Cleveland, Ohio; and John C. Andrew Snyder always
voted the Democratic ticket, and both he and his wife were members of
the Methodist church.
John C. Snyder, the youngest of the twelve
children, was born in Delaware township January 25, 1861. He attended
the district schools of his home neighborhood and later made a tour of
the West, spending several years in travel. He married on the 15th of
December, 1886, Ida M. Fisher, who was born in Delaware township, a
daughter of Charles and Kate (Homer) Fisher, also of this township. The
five children born of this union are: Nola M., Beulah H., Walter A.,
Ruth L. and Ralph O. Mr. Snyder is in politics a Democrat where
national issues are involved, but locally reserves the right to vote
for whom he considers the best man. He and his family attended the
Methodist church in New Hamburg.
Source: A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County, PA, pg. 608
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