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Born 1844
From History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881)
SNYDER B. M., Crawford township; farmer postofBce, New Bedford; born October-31, 1844, in German township. Holmes county; was brought up on the farm, where he remained until 1865, when he engaged in oil producing in Noble county one year, and was subsequently engaged one year each in the mill business and ware-house at Millersburg, Holmes county, then with a portable saw-mill, until 1878, since which time he-has given his entire attention to farming, Mr. Snyder was elected justice of the peace of Crawford township in 1877, and re-elected in 1880. 'Squire Snyder was married June 14, 1872, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Ferdinand and Elizabeth Smith. Mrs. Snyder was born on the farm where they now reside. They are the parents of two children — Edwin F. and Mary Ehzabeth.
As printed in History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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