Classification scheme:
Hist.Mss.2.84
Title: Jacob C. Snider family
Dates of creation: 2008
Physical description: 2 pages of textual records
Biographical sketch:ÌýÌýJacob C. Snider (1791-1865) was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. In 1812, he was married to Elizabeth (1791-1879), daughter of John and Anna (Schowalter) Cressman. She was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.Ìý Soon after marriage, they moved to a farm on Lot 22 of the German Company Tract; a 448 acre plot defined approximately by Erb and Glasgow streets in À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, Ont. The couple had nine children.
Not many years after his arrival in À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ County, Jacob purchased the mill property belonging to the estate of Abraham Erb. Here he was engaged, besides farming, in the milling and saw-mill business and later erected the distillery.
Custodial history: Donated to the Archives by Marion Roes in 2012.
Scope and content: Manuscript outlining the history of the "Snider - Forsyth - Helwig Home" built by Jacob C. Snider in 1845.
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Original archival description created 2012 by Laureen Harder-Gissing.
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