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From Centennial history of Summit County, Ohio and representative citizens (1908)
WILLIAM E. SNYDER, attorney, formerly a member of the law firm of Esgate, Spencer & Snyder, of Akron, but now practicing alone, with offices in the Hamilton Building, was born in Franklin Town.ship, Summit County, Ohio, in 1871, and is a son of Michael and Nancy (Marsh) Snyder.
The father of Mr. Snyder was born in Alsace-Lorraine, France, and after emigrating to America, he.settled first in Springfield Town.hip. Summit County, Ohio, for several years, and then removed to Franklin Township, where he lived until his death in 1893.
having become one of the leading men of his community. He married Nancy Marsh, who was a daughter of George A. Marsh, a pioneer settler in the region of Turkey Foot Lake, and a son of Adam George Marsh, who settled there in 1810.
William E. Snyder was reared in Franklin Township, attending the local schools. He then took a special course at Walparaiso, Indiana, and subsequently spent one year at Mt. Union College. He began to teach sch(X)l when but seventeen years of age and continued that occupation, with some intervals, for the next eight years. In 1895 he took up the study of law in the office of Otis & Otis, having mastered the elementary principles of the science while teaching. He was admitted to the bar in October, 1898, and in the following year he located in Akron, and entered into associated practice with Mr. Kerstetter, under the firm name of Snyder & Kerstetter. The firm lasted for two years, after which Mr. Snyder practiced alone until 1904, when the pr&sent firm of Esgate, Spencer & Snyder was formed. Mr. Snyder is somewhat interested in politics, but to a larger degree in his profession. In 1894 Mr. Snyder was married to Olive C. Kerstetter, and they have three children, namely: Margaret, Marion and Harold. Mr. Snyder is a member of Grace Reformed Church. Fraternally, he is an Odd Fellow,
As printed in Centennial history of Summit County, Ohio and representative citizens (1908). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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