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Jacob Snider was born in Loudoun County, Virginia where he was married to Mary Caylor of whose family little is known, excepting that her two brothers removed many years ago from Virginia to Ohio and died there. About 1805, Jacob Snider and his wife, Mary, accompanied by their only child (John) started from the Old Dominion to Ohio and enroute there, stopped at Redstone, Pennsylvania where son, William, was born March 29, 1805. A few weeks later, they concluded their journey to the Buckeye State, where they settled in Ross county, not far from Frankfort. Jacob's two brothers, Henry and William, accompanied him to the state.
Four years after locating in Ross County, Jacob 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. Jacob Snider died of Typhoid fever along with his two of his sons in 1840.
He was a Whig in his early days and afterward a Republican. In his youth he served in the War of 1812. For a number of years, he held the office of commissioner of Fayette Couty, Ohio but was not anxious for official position, preferring the quietude of domestic life. - Submitted by Nel Corton (From the Biographical Record of Jacob's son, William)
William P. Snyder
WILLIAM P. SNYDER, deceased, was for many years closely connected with the community interests in and about Dover, Shawnee County, and some record of his life and family connections should be entered in this publication.
He was born in Fayette County, Ohio, October 8, 1828. His parents John and Malinda (Campbell) Snyder had three children, all of whom are now deceased.
Reared on a farm, William P. Snyder adopted farming as his life's occupation. His early life was spent at a time when public schools were not in vogue, and the advantages of the old time subscription school were all that his means could afford. He spent his boyhood very much as other Ohio farm boys of that time did.
In 1855 he married Miss Matilda Denious. She was a daughter of Isaac and Harriet (Coffman) Denious. Isaac Denious was a native of Virginia and the son of a large slave holder and planter. Because of his individual antipathy to slavery he left home and for that reason was disinherited. Settling in Franklin County, Ohio, in pioneer days, he married a daughter of Henry and Margaret (Sells) Coffman. Henry Sells was a soldier in the War of 1812.
With his wife and four children William P. Snyder came to Shawnee County, Kansas, in the early days. He pre-empted land in Dover Township, and there spent the rest of his life. He was a man of quiet character, but worthily filled the appointment on earth allotted to him by divine decree. His death occurred July 27, 1898, when nearly seventy years of age.
He was the father of five children: Cary, deceased; Earl, Harriet, Mrs. Joseph Flicking, Ray, and Jennie, Mrs. Floyd Boss.
CARY SNYDER.
CARY SNYDER, who came of a prominent family of Shawnee County, Kansas, was engaged in general merchandising at Dover until his death on September 8, 1899.
He is a son of William P. and Matilda (Denious) Snyder. A sketch of his father appears elsewhere in this work.
Mr. Snyder was united in the holy bonds of wedlock with Henrietta E. Beach, a daughter of Dr. Samuel E. and Jane (McGregor) Beach. Her father was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, February 22, 1822, and was a son of William K. Beach, a native of Connecticut. Samuel E. Beach accompanied his parents to Ohio in his early youth, and there received a primary education in the schools of Medina County. He was graduated from the Cleveland Medical College in 1849, and
immediately engaged in practice in that State. He then located at Appleton,Wisconsin, where he practiced with much success for a period of 10 years. Prior to leaving there, Dr. Beach made a trip to Kansas in 1856, and located a farm of160 acres in what is now Wabaunsee County, then returned home and continued his practice. In 1856, his father also went to Kansas and located a claim. Dr. Beach
also took up his residence on this place in 1858 and so continued until the spring of 1863, when he joined the Union Army as 1st assistant surgeon of the
Eighth Regiment, Kansas Vol. Inf., Colonel Martin commanding. He was immediately sent to the front, and in the fall of the same year while left in charge of the
wounded at Chickamauga was taken prisoner. He was one of the three surgeons who were immediately exchanged, but unfortunately died on his way home, at Officers'
Hospital No. 2, Nashville, Tennessee. Mrs. Beach was then residing on the old home farm in Kansas, but had his remains sent to Appleton, Wisconsin, for interment, as the railroad facilities and connections were very poor in Kansas. Fraternally, he was an Odd Fellow. He was a Republican in politics.
Dr. Samuel E. Beach was united in marriage with Jane McGregor, who was born in Scotland and came to America with her parents when four years of age. Her parents, John and Isabelle (Brock) McGregor, were both born at Hamilton,
Lanarkshire, Scotland, where John McGregor engaged in school teaching. Upon coming to America, he first taught school in Vermont, then in Canton, Wadsworth and Sharon, Ohio, where he died at 52 years of age. His wife died 15 years later at Canton, aged 67 years. Some 40 years after the death of John McGregor, a number of his early pupils, scattered throughout the United States, erected to
his memory a statue made of Scotch granite. In the presence of a large number of his early students the monument was unveiled October 21, 1887. John McGregor and
his wife reared nine children, three of whom are now living, as follows: Jane(Jean,) the widow of Dr. Samuel E. Beach; John, who is in the wholesale hardware
business at Springfield, Missouri; and Malcolm, who is a lawyer and formerly was a judge at Carthage, Missouri. Mr. McGregor was a Mason and a Woodman. He was a Democrat in politics. Mr. and Mrs. Beach had three children: Henrietta E., the wife of our subject; William K. and J. M., the two last named living on the home farm established by their father, to which they have largely added. Mrs. Beach
is now 81 years of age, and is living with her daughter, Mrs. Snyder, at Dover, Kansas, in the enjoyment of the best of health.
Cary Snyder and his worthy wife became the parents of two sons: Ray, who died in early life; and William P., who is now in attendance at Washburn College at Topeka. Mr. Snyder was a man of ability and good business judgment and met
with a high degree of success. Mrs. Snyder has many friends in Dover and vicinity, among whom she has lived many years.
HISTORY OF SHAWNEE COUNTY, KANSAS
AND
REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS
EDITED AND COMPILED BY
JAMES L. KING
TOPEKA, KANSAS
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