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Pa. Conf. He then served Hagerstown St. Paul’s, 1904 (2 months); Chewsville, 1905 (8 months); Cumberland
Mission, 1906 (6 months); and Littlestown, 1917-18, after which he retired. Note: The Spessard family was
prominent and numerous in the Chewsville church. Arbelon Spessard Snell is a sister to E.G. Spessard and a
niece of David Spessard (1817-1894) of Va. Conf. and a first cousin to Katie Spessard, wife of Jeremiah B.
Brenneman of the MEC Central Pa. Conf. Long-time U.B. missionary Miss Lottie Mae Spessard (1891-1982) is
the daughter a first cousin. The picture on the left is from Glovier 1965, p. 69], dated 1886; the other is from
[Holdcraft 1938, p. 346]. [Funkhouser 1921, p. 144; see also pp. 127, 130, 279-290, 294, 298, 300] and
[Glovier 1965, p. 90; Lycoming 2013]
SNIDER: E. A. G. Snider served Cumberland Circuit 1938-40; and as supply for Ridgeley, 1940-45.
SNIDER: John Snider. See SNYDER.
SNOW: Harlan Snow served on the staff at Shenandoah College and Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
in the early 1960s (at least 1961-63).
SNYDER: David Snyder (b. Sep. 14, 1761; d. Feb. 12, 1819) was a member of Conference in 1800 and
was licensed and designated an Itinerant in 1801. He died near Newville, Pa., 1819, aged 57. The
Conference of 1803 was held at David Snyder’s, Cumberland County, Pa., Oct. 5-7. So also the Conference of
1804. He served Pfoutz Valley, 1807-08; and Hagerstown, 1808 (2 months). In 1812 he was one of those
explicitly identified as authorized to administer the sacraments. He attended Annual Conferences until 1816.
From [Holdcraft 1938, p. 309]: He organized a class and built a church on his farm. Pioneer preachers made
his home their stopping place as they itinerated through the valley. At the Conference of 1819, a letter was
read from W. Line, Register of Cumberland County, Pa., announcing that David Snyder had bequeathed to the
Conference $1,000, payable one year after the death of his wife, “to be used for the poor traveling preachers.”
His widow died in 1826 and made a similar bequest—these were the first large gifts to benevolences in the
U.B. Church. He is interred at Snyder’s Church Graveyard near Newville, Pa. [Funkhouser 1921, p. 144; see
also pp. 124, 225-232, 239] and [Glovier 1965, p. 87; Lycoming 2013]
SNYDER: Jacob Snyder, licensed in 1826 and ordained in 1828 (but not mentioned in [Funkhouser
1921]), was a member of Pa. Conf. of 1833 who served Carlisle Circuit, 1832-34; and Dauphin Circuit, 1833-
34 [Lycoming 2013]. Rev. Jacob Snyder (b. Aug 17, 1798, Aquashicola, Pa.; d. Mar. 15, 1880, Stemlersville,
Pa., son of Jacob (1762-1813) and Anna Maria (Baumann) Snyder (1800-1856) was baptized by Rev.
Eyerman of Towamensing Union Church, the husband of Elizabeth Snyder and is buried at Little White Church
Cemetery in Palmerton, Pa. Jacob, Sr., along with his brother Nicholas came to the Lehigh Gap area in the
early 1780s when they came into possession of 310 acres of land. A third brother, David Snyder, also came
to the area. Rev. Jacob Snyder began the plan for the church, and donated the land for it and the cemetery
along the Stemlersville road.94 Note: There was another U.B. preacher, Jacob H. Snyder, at Winfield U.B.
Church, Winfield, Kans., in the 1780s and 1880s.
SNYDER: James Snyder became a member of Conference in 1825; ordained 1828. He was a designated
Conference Itinerant, 1829-31. [Funkhouser 1921, p. 125, 144, 231, 236-242; Glovier 1965, p. 88]
SNYDER [SNIDER]: John Snyder (b. Dec. 28, 1768, Prussia; d. June 20, 1845; mar. Catharine Piper)
became a member of Conference in 1809; identified as an Itinerant and explicitly authorized to administer the
sacraments in 1814; ordained in 1817; lived in Pennsylvania; and died in 1845, interred at Snyder’s Church,
Perry County, Pa. Member of Pa. Conf. of 1833. He served Hagerstown, Circuit 1814-15; Presiding Elder,
Virginia Circuit, 1817-19; Baltimore First, 1819-23; Presiding Elder, 1823-29; designated Conference
Itinerant, 1829-30; Dauphin Circuit, 1833-34; Presiding Elder, Carlisle Circuit, 1837-38; and York Mission,
1840-41. [Miller 1968, p. 375] Note: He is the father of Rev. John George Snyder (b. ca. 1810; d. Mar. 1,
1889; mar. Peggy Owen). [Funkhouser 1921, pp. 124, 144, 227, 230-241] and [Glovier 1965, pp. 87, 304;
Lycoming 2013]
SNYDER: Josiah Franklin Snyder [b. Feb. 21, 1866; d. Apr. 1,
1948; mar. Martha Caroline Broy (d. 1914) and Miss Emma M.
Tanger] was born at Keedysville, Md., in 1866 and licensed by his
quarterly conference in 1888. He became a member of Va. Conf. in
1890 and was ordained there in 1892. He served Lost River, 1890-
91; Bloomery, 1891-92; Augusta, 1892-93; Berkeley, 1893-96;
Martinsburg Station, 1896-97; Edinburg, 1897-99; South Branch,
1899-1900; and Roanoke First, 1903-04. Fairview U.B. Church at
Lahmansville was built by J. F. Snyder, 1900; dedicated by H. H.
Fout; frame; cost, $1,200; and seating capacity, 300. As a student at Union Biblical (Bonebrake Theological)
Seminary (1900-03; Class of 1903) in Dayton, Ohio, he served Kingsville (Miami Ohio Conf.), 1902-03. He
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Pa. Conf. He then served Hagerstown St. Paul’s, 1904 (2 months); Chewsville, 1905 (8 months); Cumberland
Mission, 1906 (6 months); and Littlestown, 1917-18, after which he retired. Note: The Spessard family was
prominent and numerous in the Chewsville church. Arbelon Spessard Snell is a sister to E.G. Spessard and a
niece of David Spessard (1817-1894) of Va. Conf. and a first cousin to Katie Spessard, wife of Jeremiah B.
Brenneman of the MEC Central Pa. Conf. Long-time U.B. missionary Miss Lottie Mae Spessard (1891-1982) is
the daughter a first cousin. The picture on the left is from Glovier 1965, p. 69], dated 1886; the other is from
[Holdcraft 1938, p. 346]. [Funkhouser 1921, p. 144; see also pp. 127, 130, 279-290, 294, 298, 300] and
[Glovier 1965, p. 90; Lycoming 2013]
SNIDER: E. A. G. Snider served Cumberland Circuit 1938-40; and as supply for Ridgeley, 1940-45.
SNIDER: John Snider. See SNYDER.
SNOW: Harlan Snow served on the staff at Shenandoah College and Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
in the early 1960s (at least 1961-63).
SNYDER: David Snyder (b. Sep. 14, 1761; d. Feb. 12, 1819) was a member of Conference in 1800 and
was licensed and designated an Itinerant in 1801. He died near Newville, Pa., 1819, aged 57. The
Conference of 1803 was held at David Snyder’s, Cumberland County, Pa., Oct. 5-7. So also the Conference of
1804. He served Pfoutz Valley, 1807-08; and Hagerstown, 1808 (2 months). In 1812 he was one of those
explicitly identified as authorized to administer the sacraments. He attended Annual Conferences until 1816.
From [Holdcraft 1938, p. 309]: He organized a class and built a church on his farm. Pioneer preachers made
his home their stopping place as they itinerated through the valley. At the Conference of 1819, a letter was
read from W. Line, Register of Cumberland County, Pa., announcing that David Snyder had bequeathed to the
Conference $1,000, payable one year after the death of his wife, “to be used for the poor traveling preachers.”
His widow died in 1826 and made a similar bequest—these were the first large gifts to benevolences in the
U.B. Church. He is interred at Snyder’s Church Graveyard near Newville, Pa. [Funkhouser 1921, p. 144; see
also pp. 124, 225-232, 239] and [Glovier 1965, p. 87; Lycoming 2013]
SNYDER: Jacob Snyder, licensed in 1826 and ordained in 1828 (but not mentioned in [Funkhouser
1921]), was a member of Pa. Conf. of 1833 who served Carlisle Circuit, 1832-34; and Dauphin Circuit, 1833-
34 [Lycoming 2013]. Rev. Jacob Snyder (b. Aug 17, 1798, Aquashicola, Pa.; d. Mar. 15, 1880, Stemlersville,
Pa., son of Jacob (1762-1813) and Anna Maria (Baumann) Snyder (1800-1856) was baptized by Rev.
Eyerman of Towamensing Union Church, the husband of Elizabeth Snyder and is buried at Little White Church
Cemetery in Palmerton, Pa. Jacob, Sr., along with his brother Nicholas came to the Lehigh Gap area in the
early 1780s when they came into possession of 310 acres of land. A third brother, David Snyder, also came
to the area. Rev. Jacob Snyder began the plan for the church, and donated the land for it and the cemetery
along the Stemlersville road.94 Note: There was another U.B. preacher, Jacob H. Snyder, at Winfield U.B.
Church, Winfield, Kans., in the 1780s and 1880s.
SNYDER: James Snyder became a member of Conference in 1825; ordained 1828. He was a designated
Conference Itinerant, 1829-31. [Funkhouser 1921, p. 125, 144, 231, 236-242; Glovier 1965, p. 88]
SNYDER [SNIDER]: John Snyder (b. Dec. 28, 1768, Prussia; d. June 20, 1845; mar. Catharine Piper)
became a member of Conference in 1809; identified as an Itinerant and explicitly authorized to administer the
sacraments in 1814; ordained in 1817; lived in Pennsylvania; and died in 1845, interred at Snyder’s Church,
Perry County, Pa. Member of Pa. Conf. of 1833. He served Hagerstown, Circuit 1814-15; Presiding Elder,
Virginia Circuit, 1817-19; Baltimore First, 1819-23; Presiding Elder, 1823-29; designated Conference
Itinerant, 1829-30; Dauphin Circuit, 1833-34; Presiding Elder, Carlisle Circuit, 1837-38; and York Mission,
1840-41. [Miller 1968, p. 375] Note: He is the father of Rev. John George Snyder (b. ca. 1810; d. Mar. 1,
1889; mar. Peggy Owen). [Funkhouser 1921, pp. 124, 144, 227, 230-241] and [Glovier 1965, pp. 87, 304;
Lycoming 2013]
SNYDER: Josiah Franklin Snyder [b. Feb. 21, 1866; d. Apr. 1,
1948; mar. Martha Caroline Broy (d. 1914) and Miss Emma M.
Tanger] was born at Keedysville, Md., in 1866 and licensed by his
quarterly conference in 1888. He became a member of Va. Conf. in
1890 and was ordained there in 1892. He served Lost River, 1890-
91; Bloomery, 1891-92; Augusta, 1892-93; Berkeley, 1893-96;
Martinsburg Station, 1896-97; Edinburg, 1897-99; South Branch,
1899-1900; and Roanoke First, 1903-04. Fairview U.B. Church at
Lahmansville was built by J. F. Snyder, 1900; dedicated by H. H.
Fout; frame; cost, $1,200; and seating capacity, 300. As a student at Union Biblical (Bonebrake Theological)
Seminary (1900-03; Class of 1903) in Dayton, Ohio, he served Kingsville (Miami Ohio Conf.), 1902-03. He
94 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mccem/lwch/lwc_idx.htm.
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