George M. Snyder

As printed in 1881

GEORGE SNYDER, boots and shoes, Massillon: was born in the town of Massillon in 1843, the third son of a family of eight children born to Frederick H. and Anna C. (Schriver) Snyder, lx)th natives of Germany. The former was from the kingdom of Bavaria, his father's name being George M. Snyder. his mother's maiden name also being Snyder. Frederick H. was a CEU'jjenter and contractor, having learned his trade in Massillon, which he followed for twenty-four years; he died Nov. 25, 1M58; his wife is still living. The following menjl)ers of the family grew to maturity: Fred H., Maria, George M., Jacob, Henry, Charles F., John B. and Benjamin F.; Anna died, aged 2 years. George served an apprenticeship to a shoe-maker, three years with Sausser & Wert, with Loxiis Schworm as foreman, then worked at journeyman work one year, and at the age of lu, began Imsiness for himself, on Erie street. He liought out the man he worked for; he 2)aid $176 for stock, and borrowed $175 of his uncle to start with, continuing there one year, where the opera house now stands, working six months alone, afterward hiring one man. April 1, lSfi4, he moved on Main street, where John

Dangler now keeps, in the Welker building, buying out George Young, for $350 cash. Here he employed four men, and after being here one year, moved back on Erie street, where Joseph Colman now does business, when he bought a stock worth $400, of Eastern goods; he then had seven men, and the second year had nine, remaining there three years; the second year he was there he purchased the lot where his building now stands, to which he moved April 1, 1868, and to which he built an addition of thirty-five feet, in 1875, and has since continued in business there; when he left the Colman place, his stock invoiced $3,500; he worked seven men until 1875, and since has had four. He enlisted, in 1864, in Company A, 162d O. N. G., and served full time, although only 20 years of age. He married. May, 1865, Malinda Waggoner, born in Massillon in 1846, daughter of Christian W., who was from Pennsylvania. They have six children, viz.: Anna C., Nellie I., Harmon H., Otto P., Daniel W. and Eva V.; two died in infancy — George C. and Thomas H. Mr. Snyder is a member of the German Lutherac Church, and is a Republican in politics.

As printed in History of Stark County, with an outline sketch of Ohio (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.