The son of Abram & Elizabeth (Taylor) Snyder, in 1860 he was a boatman presumably living in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, although he is not found in that census. He stood 5' 8" tall and had dark hair and brown eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Lancaster April 3, 1865, mustered into federal service that day as a private with Co. C, 57th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company June 29, 1865. He marked, not signed, his enlistment paper, suggesting that he was illiterate.
He also enlisted with the regular army November 17, 1870, assigned to Co. E, 23rd U.S. Infantry, and honorably discharged at term's end November 17, 1875, at Cheyenne Depot, Wyoming Territory, a private.
He married Benjamina Ann Frey January 28, 1877, in York County, and fathered the children you see linked below. He died a "very sudden" death "caused by cerebral apoplexy" at the reported age of 60-3-11.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Lancaster April 3, 1865, mustered into federal service that day as a private with Co. C, 57th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company June 29, 1865. He marked, not signed, his enlistment paper, suggesting that he was illiterate.
He also enlisted with the regular army November 17, 1870, assigned to Co. E, 23rd U.S. Infantry, and honorably discharged at term's end November 17, 1875, at Cheyenne Depot, Wyoming Territory, a private.
He married Benjamina Ann Frey January 28, 1877, in York County, and fathered the children you see linked below. He died a "very sudden" death "caused by cerebral apoplexy" at the reported age of 60-3-11.
The son of Abram & Elizabeth (Taylor) Snyder, in 1860 he was a boatman presumably living in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, although he is not found in that census. He stood 5' 8" tall and had dark hair and brown eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Lancaster April 3, 1865, mustered into federal service that day as a private with Co. C, 57th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company June 29, 1865. He marked, not signed, his enlistment paper, suggesting that he was illiterate.
He also enlisted with the regular army November 17, 1870, assigned to Co. E, 23rd U.S. Infantry, and honorably discharged at term's end November 17, 1875, at Cheyenne Depot, Wyoming Territory, a private.
He married Benjamina Ann Frey January 28, 1877, in York County, and fathered the children you see linked below. He died a "very sudden" death "caused by cerebral apoplexy" at the reported age of 60-3-11.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Lancaster April 3, 1865, mustered into federal service that day as a private with Co. C, 57th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company June 29, 1865. He marked, not signed, his enlistment paper, suggesting that he was illiterate.
He also enlisted with the regular army November 17, 1870, assigned to Co. E, 23rd U.S. Infantry, and honorably discharged at term's end November 17, 1875, at Cheyenne Depot, Wyoming Territory, a private.
He married Benjamina Ann Frey January 28, 1877, in York County, and fathered the children you see linked below. He died a "very sudden" death "caused by cerebral apoplexy" at the reported age of 60-3-11.
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