A. B. H. Snyder

A. B. H. Snyder settled at Lafayette in the spring of 1855, was born in New York, Ulster county, in the year 1826, April 7, and is a son of John A. and Jane (Bevier) Snyder, natives of the same state, who came to Goshen township in the year 1855. Mr. Snyder, Sr., resided in Lafayette fourteen years, returned to New York, where he died in 1882, aged sixty-eight years. Mrs. Snyder died in Lafayette in 1856 aged sixty-two years. Three children came with their parents. viz.: Bevier, Jane, wife of J. Tyrel, and A. B. H. The elder Snyders were members of the Congregational church. Our subject, alone, of the family, resides in Stark county, others in Texas. Mr. Snyder engaged in stock buying from 1855 to '75, a period of twenty years, and dealt very extensively, traveling over a vast area of country. In 1875, purchased 100 acres where he now resides, on which he settled, and has since resided, and makes an occasional shipment. He was elected assessor of Goshen township in 1870, and has consecutively assessed the property of the township since the year 1881. Collected the tax of the township in 1862, is a member of the order of A. F. and A. M., Stark Lodge No. 502, was made a Mason twenty years ago. He was married in 1850 to Cecilia M., daughter of Alexander Black, of Sullivan county, N. Y., who has borne him three children, two living: McGuire and Levally, Charles, deceased. Votes the Republican ticket upon all questions at issue.