Husband Howard Davis Schnure 1
Born: 30 Oct 1850 - Selinsgrove, Snyder Co, PA 2
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Father: George Schnure, Sr. (1811-1893) 3
Mother: Cordelia Davis ( -1859) 4
Marriage: 25 Sep 1876 5
Wife Sarah J. Six 6
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1 M William Marion Schnure 5
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2 F Mary Cordelia Schnure 5
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General Notes: Husband - Howard Davis Schnure
His boyhood was spent in the place of his nativity. He received his elementary education in the public schools of Snyder County, Pennsylvania, meanwhile increasing his store of knowledge through wide and varied courses of reading. The finishing touches of his schooling were obtained at the educational institution that was later known as the Susquehanna University.
Mr. Schnure made his first entrance into business life as a clerk for the mercantile firm of McCarty, Moyer & Schnure, at Selins Grove. Later he joined the clerical forces of the First National Bank, in the same town, retaining his position for a period of two years. In 1875 he entered into co-partnership with A. Kruger in the vocation of milling, the business of the firm being conducted as the "Isle of Que" mills at Selins Grove.
The partnership remained intact for a period of four years, and in 1879 the firm name was changed to G. & H. D. Schnure, the father of Mr. Schnure assuming the interest held by Mr. Kruger, and the entire business of the mills was conducted under the firm name of H. D. Schnure after his father's death.
Mr. Schnure was always progressive in his ideas, and was a man of exceptional activity in his chosen walks of life. He had the honor of being the first to introduce electric lighting in Snyder County. He recognized the value of the modern system of illumination, and, in order to keep step with the march of progress, he established an individual plant of his own for the exclusive purpose of supplying his dwelling and mill properties with light, the power for his plant being secured by the use of the water power from his mills.
Mr. Schnure's close identification with the development of his native town placed him in the front rank of its most valued and respected citizens. On January 16, 1883, he was elected a director of the First National Bank of Selins Grove, and he continued in that capacity for a term of eleven years, when he was elected to the presidency of that financial institution on January 16, 1894. During the previous year he was made a director of the First National Bank of Sunbury, Pennsylvania, as well as the presidency of the First National Bank at his home.
Mr. Schnure was a lifelong Democrat, and he often devoted his best endeavors to promoting the welfare of the party of his fealty. In 1895 he was sent as a delegate to the State Convention at Williamsport, and in the following year he was again elected a delegate to the State Convention at Allentown. [CBRCP-CCUS, 1032]
General Notes: Wife - Sarah J. Six
from Thurmont (formerly Mechanicstown), Frederick Co, MD