Part of the Indiana Biographies Project
J. M. Snyder
J. M. Snyder was born in Union County, Ind., in 1821, a son of Michael and Nancy (Summers) Snyder. His grandparents, Michael and Eve (Ely) Snyder, came to Indiana in 1807 and settled in Brownsville Township, Union County. They had a family of nine children — Michael, Betsey, Moses, David, Isaac, Simon, Applebury, Ethel and Polly. Michael, Jr., was fourteen years of age when his parents came to Indiana. He married Nancy, daughter of Simon Summers. To them were born four children — Eliza, Simon, John M. and Sarah E. His wife died in 1825, and he subsequently married Rachel (Summers) Dawson, a sister of his first wife. They had eight children — Rhoda, Eva, Mary, Daniel, Michael, George, Andrew and Willie. Mr. Snyder died in 1877, aged eighty-three years. Our subject, J. M. Snyder, was reared on a farm and has always followed that occupation. In 1853 he came to Wayne County and rented land in Abington Township four years. He then moved to Fayette County, but two years later settled on the farm where he now resides, buying at that time eighty acres. He now owns 120 acres of well-improved land. He married Mary Ann, daughter of William H. Thomas. They have three children — Mary M., Oliver T. and Mattie. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder are members of the Christian church.
Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana, Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2