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��sturdy strokes ; in the course of a few years, a great iranstbrniaiion had taken place. Peter Snyder and wife are the parents of seven children, five sons and two daughters, named, in the order of their births, Vatchel, I'eter, Daniel M., Rachel, Catharine, Thomas and .John C: Vatchel married Mary Hull, and raised a family of four children, one son and three daughters ; I'eier married Elizabeth Good an;! raised a family of seven children, four sons and three daughters ; he died about the year 1837. Rachel married John Hull, and raiseil a family ; she and her husband reside in Wash- ington Township. Catharine married Robert Henry ; they raised a large family of children ; she died five or six years ago. .John C. married Christina 8 warts ; I liey have a family of children, and reside in Mifflin Township. At the time of his decease, Peter Snyder was the owner of 2U7 acres of land in Mifflin Township. He and his wife were both members of the Methodist Episcopal (jhurch, and, like a large majority of the jdoneers of our county, they were kind, hospitable and generous ; he died about the year ISGO; his wife sur- vived him about ten years ; they are buried in the Em- manuel Graveyard, in Mifflin Township. Daniel M. Snyder was married to Miss Margaret Good, fourth daughter of John and Fanny Good, .March 24, 1830; Miss Good was born April 8, 1811, in Cumberland Co., I'enn.; her mother's maiden name was Rinehart ; her parents came to this county in 1822 ; they settled in .Mifflin Township ; they lived on a rented farm about twelve years, when they purchased a farm in AVashing- ton Township, where they continued to reside as long as they lived ; they are buried in Piper's graveyard, in Washington Township. Soon after his marriage, Mr. Snyder rented a farm north of jNlansfield and moved thereon ; he resided on this farm about seven years ; he then purchased 86 acres in Sec. 6, Monroe Township ; at the time he purchased this farm, it was unimproved: a great deal of hard labor was required to prepare it for cultivation ; but Mr. Snyder was equal to the emergency: he built a cabin, into which he moved his family, and, by persevering industry, in the coui-se of a few years he had his farm in a good state of culture : Mr. Snyder has added piece by piece to this farm till he now owns 187 acres of choice land : being reared in the woods, Mr. Snyder and wife have been inured from childhood to toil, hardship and privation ; their labors, however, have not been unre- warded, for now, in their declining years, they are prepared to give over their toils and cares, and pass their remaining days in ease and comfort; they are the parents of ten children, seven sons and three (hiughters. Samuel R., born Oct. 15, 1838, married to Drusilla Hull, by whom he had seven children ; he died May 17, 1865, and lies buried in Emmanuel Graveyard. Peter, born Oct. 27, 1832, married Sarah Hamilton, by whom he has three children living and two dead. Drusilla, born Dec. 7, 1837, married Joseph Richey, by whom she had two children, a son and a daughter ; her first husband dying, she married for her second husband William Pike, by whom she had three children ; they reside in Huron Co., Ohio. John C, born June 27, 18:'7 ; married Esther Boals ; have one child, and reside in Virginia City, Nev. Rachel J., born Nov. 27, 1839, married AVilliam McBride ; have
��five children, and reside in California. Thomas, born June 3, 1843, married Mary Millrr, by whom he has had three children ; they res' ' .. iluggles Co., Kan. Catharine, born March 3, 1, m-j, married David H. Bell, reside in Madison Township, and have two chil- dren. William H., born Feb. 10. 1850, died in Vir- ginia City, Nev., Nov. 20, 1875, and is buried there. Franklin P., born June 26, 1852, married Amanda Ross, by whom he has had three children ; he lives in a part of his father's house. Daniel is one of the lead- ing men of his township ; he is a Democrat of the " Old Hickory" persuasion ; he has held many offices of trust in his township, which positions he filled with credit ; he served as Commissioner of this county for one term, but, through political trickery, was defeated on being a cxndidate for a second term ; he discharged the duties of this responsible office to the satisfaction of nearly all concerned. Mr. Snyder has been a mem- ber of the Masonic Fraternity about twenty years ; he and his good wife have been members of the Evangel- ical Lutheran Church many years ; tiiey are not only hearers of the Word, but doers, as the needy and dis- tressed of their neighborhood will testify.
TUCKER, DAVID. He was born in Merrimack Co., N. H., June 15, 1798; his father, John Tucker, was of Irish descent, and his mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Lucas, was of Scotch-Irish descent ; Mr. Tucker came to Richland Co. in the fall of 1819, and entered the northeast quarter of Sec. 19, in Monroe Township ; also the east half of the northwest quarter of Sec. 21, in the same township ; also, one half-quar- ter where the village of Lucas now stands ; he remained in this county seven years, during which time he la- bored hard at clearing and cultivating his farm ; he erected a cabin on the northeast quarter of Sec. 19, where he continued to reside during the seven years he remained in the county ; but three fixmilies resided in this part of the township at that' time. Mr. Tucker was attacked by a pack of hungry wolves, one night while returning home from the cabin of his brother ; he armed himself with a handspike, by means of which, together with loud and repeated yells as they ap- proached him, he succeeded in keeping the beasts at bay. though they returned to the attack twice before they gave it up ; at that time there were but few churches and schoolhouses in the county, but in nearly every settlement there was a still-house ; whisky was considered an indispensable article in those days ; at the expiration of seven years, Mr. Tucker returned to New Hampshire. He was married to Miss Clarissa, daughter of .Jesse and Mary Patten, of his native county, Oct. 9, 1829 : her parents were of Scotch- Irish descent. He remained in New Hampshire till the year 1849, when he removed with his family to hisfVxrm in this county, where he still continues to reside. He is the father of six children, three sons and three daughters — Norman, Alfred G., Clarissa L., David F. and Sophronia. Norman married Nancy Williams; Alfred, Elizabeth Slosher: Mary, .James M. K. Reed; Clarissa L., single; David F. married Mary Welty. Mrs. Tucker died March 14, 1872, and was buried at the St. .Johns Cemetery ; she was a member of the Con gregational' Church for about thirty-five years, and was a woman of many rare qualities of heart and mind.
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