Daniel Addison Snyder

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR D. A. Snyder is not in my direct ancestry. He is 2 steps removed in the following ways: Son of Harmon S. Snyder Grandson of Harmon Snyder and Barbara Unknown

D. Addison Snyder was apparently born on and inherited the family farm of his parents Harmon S. Snyder and Mary E. Knight. The farm was 100 acres. Harmon S. Snyder came from Clinton county in 1841, married Mary E. Knight who was born in Clarion county, and apparently inherited his father's farm. Their son D. A. Snyder was born on the same farm, where he lived out the remainder of his life. D.A. Snyder married Clara Laughner and had a family of children. Clara's parents were Barney Laughner and Catharine McCalmont.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	9 Feb 1850	Clarion Co. PA
Marriage			To Clara Laughner
Death	expect 1920-1930	expect Salem Twp.
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 4          Generation 5            
 
                                             
                     +-- Harmon S. Snyder 
                     |   (1831-1905) 
 D. Addison Snyder---+                         
 (1850-????)         |                           
                     +--  Mary E. Knight
                          (????-????)

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Children

Children with Clara Laughner

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Edna M. Snyder	F	1875	Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA	Charles Mitchell
Laura K. Snyder	F	Aug 1877	Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA	(unknown) Gardner	widowed by 1920
Inez M. "Minta" Snyder	F	Feb. 1880	Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA
Arthur B. Snyder	M	~1883	Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA	Frida (unknown)
Perm (Permelia?) E. Snyder	F	1884	Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA	Orrin Say in ~1905
Ethyl J. Snyder	F	1886	Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA
Foster M. Snyder	F	1889	Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA
Laurence Snyder	M	~1892	Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA
Elva R. Snyder	F	1894	Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA
Carlos Snyder	M	Dec 1896	Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA
Agnes Snyder	F	July 1899	Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA
Orville Snyder	M	~1903	Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA

• See source notes re. children's names.

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Salem Twp, Clarion Co. PA	1850-1920/30

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1850 United States Federal Census Richland Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 2. Census dated 29 July 1850. Lines 38-41: Harmon Snyder, 29, farmer; Eve M, 28: Francis C., 3, female: Daniel A., 4 mo. All born PA.
2	1860 United States Federal Census Salem Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 12. Census dated 29 June 1860. Lines 16-20: Harmon Snyder, 40, farmer, $4000 real, $1500 personal property; Mary, 28: Francis, 13, female, in school; Daniel 11, in school; Mary, 5. All born PA.
3	1870 United States Federal Census, Salem Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 12. The census is dated 16 Aug 1870. Lines 24-27 list: Harmon Snyder, 49, farmer, $4000 real, $1585 personal property; Eva M., 48, keeping house; Daniel W., 20, farm labor; Mary S. F., 13, in school. All born PA.
4	1880 United States Federal Census, District 81, Salem Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 17. Census dated 11 June 1880. Lines 13-18: Daniel A. Snider, 30, father, farmer; Clara, 27, mother, house work; Edna M., 5, dau.; Lorah K., 2, dau; Minta E., 3 months, dau., born Feb. All, and all parents, born PA.
5	1900 United States Federal Census, District 27, Salem Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 1. Census dated 1 June 1900. Lines 1-14: Daniel A. Snyder, 50, head, b. Feb. 1850, married 26 years, farmer, owns farm, no mortgage; Clara, 43, wife, b. Feb. 1857, mar. 26 years, 11 children, all living; Edna, 26, dau., b.Feb. 1875; Laura A., 22, dau., Aug 1877; Iniz, 20, dau., b. Feb. 1880; Perme E., 15, dau., b. Oct, 1884, at school; Arthur B., 18, son, b. Apr, 1882, farm labor, at school; Ethel J., 13, dau., b. Dec. 1886, at school; Lester M., 10, son, b. Dec.1889, at school; Lawrence E., 8, son., b. Oct.1891, at school; Elen K., 6, dau., b. Dec. 1993; Carlos D., 3, son, b. Dec 1896; Verda, 10 months, dau, b. July, 1899; Mary E., 78, mother, b. Nov. 1821, widow. All and all parents b. PA. Adults and children over 10 can read, write, speak English.
6	1910 United States Federal Census, District 30, Salem Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 4. Census dated 18 Apr 1910. Lines 57-65: Daniel A. Snyder, 60, head, mar. 37 years, farmer, owns farm, with mortgage; Clara, 53, wife, mar. 37 years, 12 children, all living; Laura, 33, dau.; Perme, 25, dau.; Laurence, 18, son, farm labor; Elva, 16, dau.; Carlos, 13, son, farm labor; Agnes, 10, dau,; Orville, 7, son. All and all parents b. PA. Adults and children except Orville can read, write, speak English. Elva, Carlos, Agnes and Orville attended school. There is some disagreement on ages, names and sexes of the children compared to the 1900 census.
7	1920 United States Federal Census, District 81, Salem Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 9. Census dated 26 JAn 1920. Lines 8-17, Daniel A. Snyder, head, 69, widower, owns farm, no mortgage, retired; Agnes, 20, dau.; Orville, 17, son, attended school; Carlos, 22, son, foreman, steel mill; Arthur, 37, son, driller, oil well; Laura Gardener, 44, dau., widow; Bertha Gardner, 5, gr-dau.; Orrin Say, 33, son-in-law, farmer, general farming; Perma Say, 35, dau.; Clara Mitchel, Gr-Dau., 16. All and all parents b. PA. All adults can read, write, speak English. Family lives on Emlenton Road.
8	1930 United States Federal Census, District 31, Salem Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 5. Census dated 8 Apr 1930. Lines 27-32: Arthur Snyder, 47, married at age 29, head, owns farm, farmer, not a veteran; Frida Snyder, 40, wife, mar. at 32; Orrin Say, 48, head, mar. at 29, rents, $5/month, farm labor; Perm Say, 45, wife, mar. at 31; Floyd Say, 10, son, attd school; Carl Say, 7, son, attd School. All and all parents b. PA. All adults can read, write, speak English. Family lives in New Salem.
9	History of Clarion Co. Pennsylvania with Illustrations 1887, ed. A. J. Davis, Record Press, Rimersburg, PA. Snyder, D.A., Lamartine P.O., Salem, was born where he now resides on February 9, 1850; is a farmer and owns 100 acres. His parents were Marmon(sic) and Mary E. (Knight) Snyder. Mr. Snyder came from Clinton county about 1841, and died in 1871. Mrs. Snyder was born in this county. Clara Laughner was a daughter of Barney and Catharine (McCalmont) Laughner. D. A. and Clara have had a family of five children - Edna M., Laura K., Inez M., Arthur B., and Perm E.
10	Salem Lutheran Cemetery Association Records transcribed by E. Williams & N. Walls, Feb. 1995. Harmon Snyder married Barbara A.____. Their son Harmon S. Snyder m. Mary E. Knight Children of Harmon S. Snyder & Mary E. Knight: 1-3 Frances Snyder m. William Hartman 2-3 D. Addison Snyder m. Clara Laughner 3-3 Mary Snyder m. Aaron Hartman 4-2 Hannah D. Snyder 1845 - 15 days	Snyder Descendants
11	1910 United States Federal Census, District 145, Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA, page 8. Census dated 22 Apr 1910. Lines 74-76: Charles D. Mitchell, 37, head, married 9 years, general farming, rents farm; Edna M., 35, wife, married 9 years, 1 child, living; Clara E., dau., 7, in school. All can read, write and speak English; all and parents b. PA. Note: Clara Mitchell is found in the 1920 census living with her grandfather, D.A.Snyder.
12	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams.	N/A

Source Notes

• 1900 census taker listed Gertrude age 8 and Elmer age 6. The 1910 census show Lawrence age 18and Elva age 16; later census confirm the latter names.
• Daniel A. Snyder disappears from the census record on Clarion Co. between 1820 and 1830, and presumably died during this period.