Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ...in Veedersburg, Ind., now more than three score and ten; (2) Alfred C, Estherville, Ia., farmer, was a member of the Illinois Volunteers and was in several battles; (3) Milton, living in Loda, Ill. Christian Snyder of Veedersburg has several children living in that vicinity, among them being Czar Snyder, who visited Maryland in 1902 with his father, and attended the family reunion held by the Wyands and Snyders, in Keedysville. Milton Snyder has a son Oscar, and two daughters, all three living in Iowa. He has married a second time. A daughter of Christian Snyder, Sr., married Dr. McBride of Illinois. She has been dead for some years. Her daughter, Mrs. Tilly Clark, lives in Gibson City and has a family among which is Miss Clarenda, a school teacher of Danville, Ill., and Mrs. Dr. McIntyre of Chicago. Another daughter married John Webb, Paxton, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Webb are the parents of fourteen children, nine of which are girls. We called on the family at their home July ii, 1904, and we'll never forget the scene in that home that Sunday evening as those girls surrounded an organ and, with other instruments, converted that home into--not a church--but man's paradise on earth. Mr. and Mrs. Webb sat in their easy chairs oblivious to all earthly sorrows. A photo of the four older girls appears in this work. Christian Snyder, Sr., died at age of 81 years, on his farm in Ford County, Ill. (2) Rosanna, b. Nov. 1, 1804, married John Geeting, a farmer who went to Indiana where they died. Among their children were Henry, Isaiah, and Catherine. (3) John, b. Aug. 30, 1806, married Eliza Ann Brenner, farmed the homestead awhile then removed to Ohio, dying at West Alexander, leaving children: Aaron, Elias, a physician, Jacob S., and Maretta, who...
