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Bedford County , Pennsylvania

Ancestor Stories

The John and Mary Ann Nycum / Snider Family

Vivian Elvidge and Debbie Shontz have had additional successes in their
Snider Family research and have kindly shared their findings!!

Vivian Elvidge@ bellwood@gte.net
Debbie Shontz @ dshontz@aol.com



John Snider b. June 18, 1795 Pennsylvania d. April 26, 1875
m. Mary Ann Nycum, daughter of Leonard and Mary Nycum b. November 6, 1798, d. August 20, 1880
Both are buried at Bethel Reformed White Frame Church, Monroe Twp, Bedford Co, PA


(photo courtesy of Debbie Shontz)
John and Mary Ann Nycum / Snider Gravestones at the White Frame Church Cemetery

John and Mary Ann's children:
1. Rebecca Snider b. October 11, 1819 m. Andrew Mellon
Children:
1. John Mellon b. 1846 2. Jesse Mellon b. 1848 2. Catherine Snider b. January 21, 1821 m. Andrew Steckman
Children: 1. Franklin Steckman b. 1849 3. July Ann Snider b. June 18, 1823 m. Henry Grubb
Children:
1. Hymus Grubb b. 1844 2. Leonard Grubb b. 1846 4. Leonard N. Snider b. January 31, 1825, Monroe Twp, Snyder Homestead d. August 27, 1908 Buried at White Frame Church, Clearville, PA m. Edna Brockway 1867
Children:
Leonard B. Snider

5. Philip Snider b. May 6, 1827** d. May 10, 1907 West Providence Twp, Everett, PA
m. Chloe Sparks November 2, 1848 (Chloe b. June 17, 1822, d. April 27, 1886)
Philip and Chloe's children were: 1. William M. Snider b. September 22, 1849 2. James Henry Snider b. January 20, 1851, d. November 17, 1861 3. Mary E. Snider b. April 28, 1853; d. April 6, 1880 4. Martha Ellen Snider b. September 14, 1855, d. August 10, 1878, Buried in Everett Cemetery 5. Ann Eliza Snider b. May 12, 1858, d. August 1, 1882, Buried in Everett Cemetery 6. Sarah K. Snider b. June 16, 1860; d. July 2, 1935 7. Christina/Christiana Snider b. June 4, 1864, d. May 16, 1885, Buried in Everett Cemetery, Sec. 37 6. Henry Snider b. March 8, 1829 d. Nobember 18, 1917
m. Rebecca Fletcher (1838-1918)
(Both buried at White Frame Church, Clearville, PA)
7. Sary Snider b. June 17, 1831 8. Delilah Snider b. August 22, 1833 Bedford County, PA d. Dec. 19, 1915 m. Michael H. Fletcher September 20, 1860
(Both buried at White Frame Church, Clearville, PA)
Children: Mary Fletcher b. June 23, 1868, d. March 25, 1948 9. David Snider b. February 6, 1836 d. August 22, 1871 10. Mary Ann Snider b. February 6, 1838 d. September 12, 1913 m. Josiah Koontz 11. John Wesley Snider b. August 24, 1840 d. December 16, 1924
Buried in Everett Cemetery, Everett, PA m. Anna Eliza Evans December 22, 1864
(daughter of James and Rachel Blankley /Evans) John Wesley Snider served in the Civil War Co B, 22nd Calvary; mustered in July 2, 1863.
John and Anna Eliza's children:
I. Leonard Isiah Snider b. September 19, 1865, Monroe Twp, Bedford Co, PA d. September 26, 1950, Stonerstown, PA; buried in Everett Cemetery m. Mary Polly Leader June 10, 1896 (daughter of Henry Leader and Emiline Martin)
Children: 1. Infant Snider b. Oct. 1896, d. Jan. 31, 1897, buried in Everett Cemetery
2. Mary Margaret Snider b. Sept. 19, 1897, d. June 5, 1991, Swissvale, PA m. Collins Martin Reffner May 24, 1919 Pittsburg, PA 1. Martin Collins Reffner b. April 29, 1920, N. Braddock, PA, d. August 18, 1923
3. Everett Grant Snider b. May 23, 1900, d. Dec. 18, 1906, buried in Everett Cemetery
4. Addie Manon Snider, b. Nov. 23, 1901, d. Oct. 27, 1981, buried in Everett Cemetery m. William H. Kelley July 26, 1921 Saxton, PA
1. Bonnie Lou Kelly b. March 15, 1923, D. June 21, 1998 Pittsburg, PA
5. John Wesley Snider b. April 21, 1904, d. Youngstown, Ohio, 1974 m. 1) Thelma B. May May 5, 1928 dt of Frank May and Margaret Hockenberry 1. Margaret May Snider b. May 24, 1929, d. December ??, Youngstown, Ohio m. 2) Nelma Penney April 29, 1967, Youngstown, Ohio
6. Carl Henry Snider b. Nov. 14, 1908, d. September 11, 1914
7. Eliza Maude Snider b. Jan. 11, 1911 d. August 9, 1969, Johnstown, PA,
Buried in Saint Luke's Cemetery , Saxton, PA m. Jesse Core Leonard February 10, 1930 Cumberland, MD
children: 1. Deborah Polly Leonard b. Philadelphia, PA m. John Frederick Shontz August 28, 1962,
(son of R. Shontz and Grace Stapleton)
children: 1. John Leonard Shontz 2. Polly Annette Shontz
8. Martin Leonard Snider b. May 19, 1913, Saxton, PA d. June 2, 1977, Pittsburgh, PA,
Buried in Saint Luke's Cemetery , Saxton, PA II. John Calvin Snider b. September 13, 1868, d. December 12, 1940, buried in Everett Cemetery
m. Margaret E. Snider
Children: 1. Leone Snider b. August 8, 1895, d. July 1985; m. John O. Wampler 2. J.C. Snider buried in Everett Cemetery 3. M.E. Snider buried in Everett Cemetery
III. Rachel Jane Dolly Snider b. June 9, 1872, d. February 14, 1950, Wilkensburg, PA, buried in Everett Cemetery
IV. Mary Adeline Snider b. November 14, 1876, d. March 13, 1877
V. Emma Agnes Hughes Snider b. July 16, 1883, d. March 24, 1969 m. Carl Garfield Evans
Children: 1. Eliza Mae Evans, b. January 14, 1911, d. Raleigh, NC; m. Albert Anderson 2. Mary Alice Evans b. January 14, 1911, d. May 29, 1984, Wilkinsburg, PA m. Bruce Howard Lyle 3. Carl G. Evans b. September 24, 1014, D. July 14, 1994, Jackson, CA 4. Margaret Evans b. December 28, 1912, d. December 31, 1912, Buried in Everett Cemetery




Debbie Shontz has provided the following Snider pictures:


(photo courtesy of Debbie Shontz)
John Snider (1795-1875)



(photo ca. 1921 - courtesy of Debbie Shontz)
John Wesley Sni

der (1840-1924)

The above is a photo of John Wesley Snider (1840-1924)
(son of John Snider and Mary Ann Nycum),
his son - Leonard I. Snider (1865-1950), Leonard's daughter -
Mary Snider Reffner and son Junior Reffner. Thank you Debbie and Vivian for sharing your Snider Family Research!!


The Bethel Reformed, White Frame Church is located on Frame Church Road.
Follow road 2013 approximately 2 1/2 miles South of Clearville, turn right (West) on Frame Church Rd



If you have information that may be helpful to these researchers, please contact:

Vivian Elvidge@ bellwood@gte.net
or Debbie Shontz @ dshontz@aol.com

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