One of my goals for
2012 is to use the Surname Saturday blogging prompt as a way to assure that I
spend some time researching each of my family lines and that I have appropriate
source citations for the genealogical facts related to my ancestors. I’ve
decided to use my ahnentafel report and work back through the generations
starting with my grandparents, writing a summary of each ancestor. If you
discovered this post through a search engine and find one of your ancestors
listed here, please leave a comment to let me know.
My maternal great-grandfather David A. SNIDER was born 18 July
1848, in that area of Virginia that is now West Virginia.[1] He
was the fifth child born to David and Nancy (CALDWELL) SNIDER.[2]
While David was still a young boy, the family moved to Union
County, Ohio.[3]
David married Ruth Franklin on 5 January 1871 Union County.[4] To
their union were born eleven children:
- Lawrence W. (1871-?)[5]
- Omer Roy (1873-before 1900)[6]
- Ottous Adelbert (1876-1942)[7]
- Myrtle Arminta (1878-1958)[8] – my grandmother
- Byron Lee (1880-1969)[9]
- Wilbur Grey (1884-1954)
- Ernest A. (1886-1978)[10]
- Nettie (1888-?)
- William L. (1890-?)
- Lester Evan (1893-1969)[11]
- Roy (1896-?)
At some point after the 1880 census,[12]
the family moved to the southeastern area of Kansas. David was a farmer,
although there is an indication that he worked for a railroad later in life.
David remained in Kansas until his death on 30 July 1929 where
he is buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Parsons, Labette County, Kansas.[13]
Here are some of the areas in which I would like to do
further research:
- Although I have researched the Snider family in Union County, Ohio, I did not find any land records that could be attributed to David; I need to research in records for Labette and Neosho counties in Kansas to see if I can find anything.
- I would like to determine whether any newspapers of the area have been digitized for possible research.
- I know that several of his children remained in the Parsons, Kansas area, and I would like to locate living descendants if possible.
[1] Neosho County, Kansas, death certificate no. 67 2969
(1929), David A. Snider; Office of Vital Statistics, Topeka.
[2] 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, District 33,
Marshall County, Virginia, p. 263 (stamped), dwelling 319, family 321, David
Snyder; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 27
Mar 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll
959.
[3] 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Taylor Township,
Union County, Ohio, p. 127 (penned), dwelling 970, family 955, David Snider;
digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 Mar 2012);
citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 1044.
[4] Union County, Ohio, marriage certificate no. 4852
(1871), Snider-Franklin; Union County Courthouse, Marysville.
[5] "Ohio, Births and Christenings Index,
1800-1962," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com :
accessed 17 Feb 2012), entry for Lawrence W. Snider; citing Family History
Library film number 1015856.
[6] "Ohio, Births and Christenings Index,
1800-1962," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com :
accessed 17 Feb 2012), entry for Omer Roy Snider; citing Family History Library
film number 1015856.
[7] State of California Department of Health Services,
Center for Health Statistics, "California Death Index, 1940-1997,"
online database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 Mar
2012), entry for Ottous A. Snider, died 9 Sep 1942.
[8] Washington State Department of Health, death
certificate 10617 (1958), Myrtle A. Yawman; Department of Health Services,
Center for Health Statistics, Olympia.
[9] findagrave.com,
digital images (www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 Mar 2012), Find A Grave
Memorial #28399745, Lee B. Snider, created by TiogaRose, 19 July 2008.
[10] Social Security Administration, "Social Security
Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com :
accessed 1 Dec 2009), entry for Ernest Snider, 1978, SS no. 338-12-2201.
[11] Social Security Administration, "Social Security
Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com :
accessed 1 Dec 2009), entry for Lester Snyder, 1969, SS no. 513-14-3782.
[12] 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Leesburg, Union
County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 81, p. 181A, dwelling (unreadable),
family (unreadable), David A. Snider; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com
: accessed 10 Feb 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration
microfilm T9, roll 1073.
[13] Neosho County, Kansas, death certificate no. 67 2969
(1929), David A. Snider; Office of Vital Statistics, Topeka.
© 2012 Denise Spurlock
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