George A. Snyder

George Andrew Snyder (September 22, 1852 – January 17, 1932) was an American farmer and politician from New York.

Life

Snyder was born on September 22, 1852 in Catharine, New York, the son of Adam Snyder and Jane E. Darling.[1]

When Snyder was 13, he and his family moved to a farm a mile east of Burdett. When he was 20, he began working for his father on the farm. When the father moved to Burdett, Snyder bought the farm from him and an additional 65-acre tract. He engaged in general farming and made a specialty of sheep-raising.[1] He later left the farm and moved to the Snyder Homestead in Burdett.[2]

Snyder served as town supervisor of Hector from 1890 to 1893. In 1893, he was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing Schuyler County. He served in the Assembly in 1894[3] and 1895.[4] He also served as village president.[2]

In 1873, Snyder married Annette Mead. He was a trustee of the Burdett Presbyterian church.[1]

Snyder died in the Arnot-Ogden Hospital in Elmira on January 17, 1932. He was buried in the family plot in Hector Union Cemetery.[2]

References
  1. Portrait and Biographical Record of Seneca and Schuyler Counties, New York. Chapman Publishing Co. 1895. pp. 138–139 – via Google Books.
  2. "Burdett Loses Respected Citizen" (PDF). Watkins Express. LXXVII (32). Watkins Glen, N.Y. 27 January 1932. p. 2 – via Old Fulton NY Postcards.
  3. Murlin, Edgar L. (1894). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: James B. Lyon. pp. 162–163 – via Google Books.
  4. Murlin, Edgar L. (1895). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: James B. Lyon. pp. 198–199 – via Google Books.
New York State Assembly
Preceded by
William H. Wait		 New York State Assembly
Schuyler County
1894-1895		 Succeeded by
Oliver H. Budd
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