U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Snyder, Valentine Monroe (1871-1938) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Pages 575-576 VALENTINE MONROE SNYDER, born September 19, 1871. Son of Ephraim Snyder and Phoebe J. Taylor and the grandson of Jacob Snyder and Sarah Wamsley. His grandparents emigrated from Pennsylvania to Randolph County, W. Va., many years ago. The birthplace of V. M. is Hemlock. He was educated in the public schools of the county, completing his education in the Normal and Classical Academy at Buckhannon and the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio. He began teaching when a young man, and has pursued this profession so continuously that in seventeen years he taught twenty-one terms in Randolph and Upshur counties. For four years he was a merchant at Queens, during which time he was married to Annie M. Phillips, daughter of Burton Phillips and Narcissus Brake, June 5, 1901. Child: Paul, born October 16, 1904. He has three brothers and one sister, all of whom have gone West to grow up with the country. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Births, Upshur County, WV (Page 76, Line No. 100) NAME: Valentine M. Snyder BIRTH-DATE: September 19, 1871 FATHER: Ephraim Snyder MOTHER: Phebe Snyder ------------------------------------------------------------------- Marriage License, Upshur County, WV (Page 237) V. M. Snyder Age 29 years Son of Ephraim & P. J. Snyder Born in Upshur County, WV Residence is Queens, Upshur County, WV Anna May Phillips Age 24 years Daughter of Burton & Narcisus Phillips Born in Upshur County, WV Residence is Indian Camp, Upshur County, WV were married June 5, 1901 at the home of the bride by J. T. Foster, a Minister in the U. B. Church ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #11467 FULL-NAME: V. Monroe Snyder BIRTH-DATE: September 17, 1871 BIRTH-PLACE: Hemlock, Upshur Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: June 29, 1938 (at age 66y-9m-10d) DEATH-PLACE: Ten Mile, Upshur County, WV RESIDENCE: Ten Mile, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Anna Snyder) OCCUPATION: Teacher, public schools FATHER: Ephram Snyder (born in Va.) MOTHER: Phebe Taylor (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: fell dead, heart attack INFORMANT: Paul Snyder (of Ten Mile) BURIAL: Indian Camp ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------