Throughout Southern Ohio, few names are better or more widely known than that of the venerable gentleman whose portrait is shown on the opposite page. Although not a native of Fayette County, almost his entire life has been passed in its midst, and he occupies a prominent position among the citizens of Washington Court House. With deep interest, he has witnessed the development of this city from a mere hamlet, almost unknown outside the county, to a city of commercial standing among other important places of Ohio. Through his unwearied exertions, he has contributed to the prosperity of the community, and now in his old age lives in tranquil enjoyment of the comforts the labor of former years has accumulated.
The father of our subject, Jacob Snider, was born in Loudon County, Va., where he was married to Mary Caylor, of whose family but little is known, excepting that her two brothers removed many years ago from Virginia to Ohio, and here died. About 1805, Jacob Snider and his wife, accompanied by their only child, started from the Old Dominion to Ohio, and en route hither stopped at Redstone, Pa., where our subject was born, March 20, 1805.
A few weeks later, they concluded their journey to the Buckeye State, where they settled in Ross County, not far from Frankfort. Two brothers of Mr. Snyder, Henry and William, accompanied him to this State.
Four years after locating in Ross County, Mr. (Jacob) Snider, Sr. sold his property there and removed to Fayette County, where he bought one hundred and fifty acres four miles south of Washington Court House. The land was in the midst of dense woods and was in the primeval condition of nature, settlers being few and far distant. The only neighbors of this pioneer family were his two brothers, and John King and William Rust. The succeeding years, however, witnessed a decided transformation in the aspect of affairs, and at the time of the death of Mr. Snyder in (1840), the country was well settled and improved.
Two of the six children of the parental family are still living, our subject and his sister Sarah, who is now the widow of William H. Boggs and lives Kansas. The father was a Whig in his early days and afterward a Republican, and in his youth he served in the War of 1812. For a number of years, he held the office of Commissioner of Fayette County, but was not anxious for official position, preferring the quietude of domestic life.
During the early part of this century, the schools were meagerly equipped in the line of drill and curriculum, and the education of our subject has been largely obtained by experience and observation. At the age of twenty-five, he married Margaret, daughter of Asa and Elizabeth Hopkins, early settlers of Fayette County who came here from Kentucky about the year 1815.
After marriage, our subject bought a farm on Paint Creek, consisting of about one hundred and forty acres. The land was partly cleared, and upon it he resided for about forty years. He followed the calling of a drover for some fifty five years, carrying on an extensive business and transporting great numbers of cattle across the mountains. He made many trips to New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia, and continued thus engaged until the railroads were built, when he transferred his business to them and shipped the first steers that ever went by railroad from Cumberland, Md., to Baltimore. He is considered a very old pioneer in the stick business, and even up to the present is still shipping stock. His old-time herds were one thousand sheep in a drove, one hundred stock cattle in a drove and from five hundred to eight hundred hogs in a drove. He also did business in Richmond, Va., retailing cattle and hogs to the farmers along the James River.
Four of the six children of our subject are still living, namely: Hugh; Sarah., who married Mr. Davis, is now a widow in Missouri; Elizabeth, who is the wife of Mr. Taylor, lives in Kansas, and Henry A., who was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion, now lives at the Soldier's Home at Dayton, and has a family of five children. The political convictions of Mr. Snyder have made him for many years a stanch member of the Republican party. He has been a very busy man during all his lifetime and is the oldest drover now living who has carried on business in this part of the country. In December, 1883, he was bereaved by the death of his wife, who was an earnest and consistent member of the Baptist Church and a lady of noble character, whose husband and children were ever uppermost in her affection and care. (Portrait and Biographical Record of Fayette, Pickaway, and Madison Counties, Ohio; Dodds, Chapman Brothers, 1892)
The father of our subject, Jacob Snider, was born in Loudon County, Va., where he was married to Mary Caylor, of whose family but little is known, excepting that her two brothers removed many years ago from Virginia to Ohio, and here died. About 1805, Jacob Snider and his wife, accompanied by their only child, started from the Old Dominion to Ohio, and en route hither stopped at Redstone, Pa., where our subject was born, March 20, 1805.
A few weeks later, they concluded their journey to the Buckeye State, where they settled in Ross County, not far from Frankfort. Two brothers of Mr. Snyder, Henry and William, accompanied him to this State.
Four years after locating in Ross County, Mr. (Jacob) Snider, Sr. sold his property there and removed to Fayette County, where he bought one hundred and fifty acres four miles south of Washington Court House. The land was in the midst of dense woods and was in the primeval condition of nature, settlers being few and far distant. The only neighbors of this pioneer family were his two brothers, and John King and William Rust. The succeeding years, however, witnessed a decided transformation in the aspect of affairs, and at the time of the death of Mr. Snyder in (1840), the country was well settled and improved.
Two of the six children of the parental family are still living, our subject and his sister Sarah, who is now the widow of William H. Boggs and lives Kansas. The father was a Whig in his early days and afterward a Republican, and in his youth he served in the War of 1812. For a number of years, he held the office of Commissioner of Fayette County, but was not anxious for official position, preferring the quietude of domestic life.
During the early part of this century, the schools were meagerly equipped in the line of drill and curriculum, and the education of our subject has been largely obtained by experience and observation. At the age of twenty-five, he married Margaret, daughter of Asa and Elizabeth Hopkins, early settlers of Fayette County who came here from Kentucky about the year 1815.
After marriage, our subject bought a farm on Paint Creek, consisting of about one hundred and forty acres. The land was partly cleared, and upon it he resided for about forty years. He followed the calling of a drover for some fifty five years, carrying on an extensive business and transporting great numbers of cattle across the mountains. He made many trips to New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia, and continued thus engaged until the railroads were built, when he transferred his business to them and shipped the first steers that ever went by railroad from Cumberland, Md., to Baltimore. He is considered a very old pioneer in the stick business, and even up to the present is still shipping stock. His old-time herds were one thousand sheep in a drove, one hundred stock cattle in a drove and from five hundred to eight hundred hogs in a drove. He also did business in Richmond, Va., retailing cattle and hogs to the farmers along the James River.
Four of the six children of our subject are still living, namely: Hugh; Sarah., who married Mr. Davis, is now a widow in Missouri; Elizabeth, who is the wife of Mr. Taylor, lives in Kansas, and Henry A., who was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion, now lives at the Soldier's Home at Dayton, and has a family of five children. The political convictions of Mr. Snyder have made him for many years a stanch member of the Republican party. He has been a very busy man during all his lifetime and is the oldest drover now living who has carried on business in this part of the country. In December, 1883, he was bereaved by the death of his wife, who was an earnest and consistent member of the Baptist Church and a lady of noble character, whose husband and children were ever uppermost in her affection and care. (Portrait and Biographical Record of Fayette, Pickaway, and Madison Counties, Ohio; Dodds, Chapman Brothers, 1892)
Throughout Southern Ohio, few names are better or more widely known than that of the venerable gentleman whose portrait is shown on the opposite page. Although not a native of Fayette County, almost his entire life has been passed in its midst, and he occupies a prominent position among the citizens of Washington Court House. With deep interest, he has witnessed the development of this city from a mere hamlet, almost unknown outside the county, to a city of commercial standing among other important places of Ohio. Through his unwearied exertions, he has contributed to the prosperity of the community, and now in his old age lives in tranquil enjoyment of the comforts the labor of former years has accumulated.
The father of our subject, Jacob Snider, was born in Loudon County, Va., where he was married to Mary Caylor, of whose family but little is known, excepting that her two brothers removed many years ago from Virginia to Ohio, and here died. About 1805, Jacob Snider and his wife, accompanied by their only child, started from the Old Dominion to Ohio, and en route hither stopped at Redstone, Pa., where our subject was born, March 20, 1805.
A few weeks later, they concluded their journey to the Buckeye State, where they settled in Ross County, not far from Frankfort. Two brothers of Mr. Snyder, Henry and William, accompanied him to this State.
Four years after locating in Ross County, Mr. (Jacob) Snider, Sr. sold his property there and removed to Fayette County, where he bought one hundred and fifty acres four miles south of Washington Court House. The land was in the midst of dense woods and was in the primeval condition of nature, settlers being few and far distant. The only neighbors of this pioneer family were his two brothers, and John King and William Rust. The succeeding years, however, witnessed a decided transformation in the aspect of affairs, and at the time of the death of Mr. Snyder in (1840), the country was well settled and improved.
Two of the six children of the parental family are still living, our subject and his sister Sarah, who is now the widow of William H. Boggs and lives Kansas. The father was a Whig in his early days and afterward a Republican, and in his youth he served in the War of 1812. For a number of years, he held the office of Commissioner of Fayette County, but was not anxious for official position, preferring the quietude of domestic life.
During the early part of this century, the schools were meagerly equipped in the line of drill and curriculum, and the education of our subject has been largely obtained by experience and observation. At the age of twenty-five, he married Margaret, daughter of Asa and Elizabeth Hopkins, early settlers of Fayette County who came here from Kentucky about the year 1815.
After marriage, our subject bought a farm on Paint Creek, consisting of about one hundred and forty acres. The land was partly cleared, and upon it he resided for about forty years. He followed the calling of a drover for some fifty five years, carrying on an extensive business and transporting great numbers of cattle across the mountains. He made many trips to New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia, and continued thus engaged until the railroads were built, when he transferred his business to them and shipped the first steers that ever went by railroad from Cumberland, Md., to Baltimore. He is considered a very old pioneer in the stick business, and even up to the present is still shipping stock. His old-time herds were one thousand sheep in a drove, one hundred stock cattle in a drove and from five hundred to eight hundred hogs in a drove. He also did business in Richmond, Va., retailing cattle and hogs to the farmers along the James River.
Four of the six children of our subject are still living, namely: Hugh; Sarah., who married Mr. Davis, is now a widow in Missouri; Elizabeth, who is the wife of Mr. Taylor, lives in Kansas, and Henry A., who was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion, now lives at the Soldier's Home at Dayton, and has a family of five children. The political convictions of Mr. Snyder have made him for many years a stanch member of the Republican party. He has been a very busy man during all his lifetime and is the oldest drover now living who has carried on business in this part of the country. In December, 1883, he was bereaved by the death of his wife, who was an earnest and consistent member of the Baptist Church and a lady of noble character, whose husband and children were ever uppermost in her affection and care. (Portrait and Biographical Record of Fayette, Pickaway, and Madison Counties, Ohio; Dodds, Chapman Brothers, 1892)
The father of our subject, Jacob Snider, was born in Loudon County, Va., where he was married to Mary Caylor, of whose family but little is known, excepting that her two brothers removed many years ago from Virginia to Ohio, and here died. About 1805, Jacob Snider and his wife, accompanied by their only child, started from the Old Dominion to Ohio, and en route hither stopped at Redstone, Pa., where our subject was born, March 20, 1805.
A few weeks later, they concluded their journey to the Buckeye State, where they settled in Ross County, not far from Frankfort. Two brothers of Mr. Snyder, Henry and William, accompanied him to this State.
Four years after locating in Ross County, Mr. (Jacob) Snider, Sr. sold his property there and removed to Fayette County, where he bought one hundred and fifty acres four miles south of Washington Court House. The land was in the midst of dense woods and was in the primeval condition of nature, settlers being few and far distant. The only neighbors of this pioneer family were his two brothers, and John King and William Rust. The succeeding years, however, witnessed a decided transformation in the aspect of affairs, and at the time of the death of Mr. Snyder in (1840), the country was well settled and improved.
Two of the six children of the parental family are still living, our subject and his sister Sarah, who is now the widow of William H. Boggs and lives Kansas. The father was a Whig in his early days and afterward a Republican, and in his youth he served in the War of 1812. For a number of years, he held the office of Commissioner of Fayette County, but was not anxious for official position, preferring the quietude of domestic life.
During the early part of this century, the schools were meagerly equipped in the line of drill and curriculum, and the education of our subject has been largely obtained by experience and observation. At the age of twenty-five, he married Margaret, daughter of Asa and Elizabeth Hopkins, early settlers of Fayette County who came here from Kentucky about the year 1815.
After marriage, our subject bought a farm on Paint Creek, consisting of about one hundred and forty acres. The land was partly cleared, and upon it he resided for about forty years. He followed the calling of a drover for some fifty five years, carrying on an extensive business and transporting great numbers of cattle across the mountains. He made many trips to New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia, and continued thus engaged until the railroads were built, when he transferred his business to them and shipped the first steers that ever went by railroad from Cumberland, Md., to Baltimore. He is considered a very old pioneer in the stick business, and even up to the present is still shipping stock. His old-time herds were one thousand sheep in a drove, one hundred stock cattle in a drove and from five hundred to eight hundred hogs in a drove. He also did business in Richmond, Va., retailing cattle and hogs to the farmers along the James River.
Four of the six children of our subject are still living, namely: Hugh; Sarah., who married Mr. Davis, is now a widow in Missouri; Elizabeth, who is the wife of Mr. Taylor, lives in Kansas, and Henry A., who was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion, now lives at the Soldier's Home at Dayton, and has a family of five children. The political convictions of Mr. Snyder have made him for many years a stanch member of the Republican party. He has been a very busy man during all his lifetime and is the oldest drover now living who has carried on business in this part of the country. In December, 1883, he was bereaved by the death of his wife, who was an earnest and consistent member of the Baptist Church and a lady of noble character, whose husband and children were ever uppermost in her affection and care. (Portrait and Biographical Record of Fayette, Pickaway, and Madison Counties, Ohio; Dodds, Chapman Brothers, 1892)
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