Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Charles McCoy Snyder and Emma Floretta Harding




Husband Charles McCoy Snyder 1

           Born: 17 Apr 1859 - Bellefonte, Centre Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Mar 1913 1
         Buried: 


         Father: Dr. Edmond B. Snyder (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Mary McCoy (      -      ) 1


       Marriage: 12 Sep 1883 2



Wife Emma Floretta Harding 2 3

           Born: 3 Jan 1862 - Apalachin, NY 2
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           Died: 
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         Father: Dr. Joseph Mayhew Harding (1828-1903) 4 5
         Mother: Elizabeth Wells Graves (1834-1924) 2 3




Children
1 M William Snyder 1

           Born: 10 Apr 1887 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


2 F Elizabeth Mary Snyder 1

           Born: 6 Sep 1888 - Philadelphia, PA 1
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           Died: 
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3 M Charles Harding Snyder 1

           Born: 26 Nov 1891 1
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           Died: 
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4 F Margaret Eaton Snyder 1

           Born: 3 Oct 1895 - Philadelphia, PA 1
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           Died: 
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General Notes: Husband - Charles McCoy Snyder


He was graduated from Allegheny Col­lege, Meadville, Pennsylvania, in the year 1882, with the degree of A. B. In 1884 he be­came connected with the editorial page of the Pittsburgh Dispatch, and in addition wrote for the Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette the daily column of “Wayside Philosophy.” In 1885 he became associated with Colonel Knox on the staff of Texas Siftings, and subse­quently edited the department “With the Wits” for Lippincott's Magazine, Philadelphia. He became advertising manager for De Long's Hook and Eye Company, and later identified himself more completely with the advertising business, representing Campbell's Soups and many other enterprises of national reputation. He removed to New York in 1910, and entered the service of the Street Railway Advertising Company, remaining with them until his death.
He was a writer of note, being the author of a number of works which appeared independently or in connection with various periodicals, among which were: “A Comic His­tory of Greece,” 1897; “Runaway Robinson,” 1901, also a serial in the Philadelphia Press; “A Comic History of Spain,” 1898; “Snap Shots,” 1907; and the “Flaw in the Sapphire,” 1909. Mr. Snyder was at one time a member of the Philadelphia Athletic Club, also of the Germantown Cricket Club. In politics he was an Independent Republican.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1139.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1137.

3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 867.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 866.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1136.


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