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Elias Snider[1,2,3,4]

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Title  Rev. 
Birth  3 Sep 1815    [5
Sex  Male 
Eby ID  00106-5819 
Died  24 Apr 1890    [6
Person ID  I15 
Last Modified  01 May 2005 
 
Father  Jacob C. Snider, b. 19 Feb 1791, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania 
Mother  Elizabeth Cressman, b. 10 Jun 1791, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania 
Group Sheet  F8 
 
Family 1  Hannah Bingeman, b. 1 Aug 1815 
Married  10 Nov 1835    [7
Children 
 1. Elizabeth Snider, b. 29 Nov 1836
 2. Mary Snider, b. 7 Nov 1838
 3. Israel Snider, b. 17 Aug 1839
 4. Isaac B. Snider, b. 13 Jan 1841
 5. Elias W. B. Snider, b. 19 Jun 1842
 6. William Snider, b. 26 Oct 1845, Waterloo Town, Waterloo Co., Ontario
 7. John Snider, b. 24 Dec 1848
 8. Tilman B. Snider, b. 9 Dec 1850
 9. Jacob B. Snider, b. 10 Jan 1853
 10. Amos B. Snider, b. 19 Apr 1855
 11. Hannah Snider, b. 23 Apr 1857
 12. Jonas B. Snider, b. 2 Oct 1858
Group Sheet  F11 
 
Notes  Rev. Elias Snider "was born September 3rd, 1815. In his boyhood days he took great interest in his father's business. By the time he was twenty-one years of age he was not only a practical miller but also a thorough business man. In 1851 he purchased from the late Barnabas Devitt the large farm containing 310 acres of land, for £1500 and in 1853 he purchased the large grist mills now in possession of Wm. Snider & Co., together with 320 acres of land for £3500 In 1854 be again sold the large real estate in the town of Waterloo and purchased the "Musselman Farm" about one mile north of Waterloo, to which place he then moved. In 1860 he purchased the German Mills together with 669 acres of land. The same year he, in company with Samuel S. Schneider, regained possession of the Waterloo Mills and continued in business until 1879 when they sold out to the present proprietors. Mr. Snider now retired from business. On November 10th 1835, he was married to Hannah, daughter of John and Hannah (Bergey) Bingeman. She was born August 1st 1815, and died December 23rd, 1893- In 1874 Mr. Snider was ordained to the ministry of the Mennonite body which position he held until his death which took place April 24th, 1890. His family consisted of twelve children, ..."
 
Sources  1. [S1]   Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 477   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
2. [S1]   Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 123   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
3. [S2]   Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra Eby, 42   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
4. [S1]   Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 868   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
5. [S2]   Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra Eby, 267   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
6. [S2]   Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra Eby, 268   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
7. [S2]   Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra Eby, 268   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
 
Cemeteries and Headstones
Cemetery Stone
Cemetery Stone from Martin Meetinghouse Cemetery
Documents
Certificate of Matrimony
A photocopy of a handwritten “Certificat of Matrimony” for Elias Schneider and Hannah Bingeman dated November 10, 1835. A list of names and birthdates of their children was added at a later date.
Deed
Deed 326 dated June 22, 1843 between Jacob J. Snider and Commissioners of Common Schools for the Township of Waterloo. Part of Lot 6 Waterloo Township was purchased for a school.
Mortgage
Mortgage with Dower 3308 dated October 23, 1869 between Benjamin D. Snyder, and Elias Snyder and Henry Snyder, executors for Jacob C. Snyder on Lots 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 40, Woolwich Township, Ontario.
Mortgage
Mortgage 3559 dated December 31, 1870 between Elias Snider, the younger, and Elias Snider and Henry Snider, Executors for Jacob C. Snider, on parts of Lots 7, 8, 9 and 10, Woolwich Township, Ontario.
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