Bedford County , Pennsylvania
Ancestor Stories

 

The John and Mary Ann Nycum / Snider Family
 
Vivian Elvidge and Debbie Shontz have had additional successes in their
Snider Family research and have kindly shared their findings!!
 
Vivian Elvidge@ bellwood@gte.net
Debbie Shontz @ dshontz@aol.com
 

 
John Snider b. June 18, 1795 Pennsylvania d. April 26, 1875
m. Mary Ann Nycum, daughter of Leonard and Mary Nycum
b. November 6, 1798, d. August 20, 1880
Both are buried at Bethel Reformed White Frame Church, Monroe Twp, Bedford Co, PA
 
 

 
(photo courtesy of Debbie Shontz)
John and Mary Ann Nycum / Snider Gravestones at the White Frame Church Cemetery
 
John and Mary Ann's children:

1. Rebecca
Snider b. October 11, 1819
m. Andrew
Mellon
Children:
1. John Mellon b. 1846
2. Jesse
Mellon b. 1848

2. Catherine
Snider b. January 21, 1821
m. Andrew
Steckman
Children:
1. Franklin
Steckman b. 1849

3. July Ann
Snider b. June 18, 1823
m. Henry
Grubb
Children:
1. Hymus Grubb b. 1844
2. Leonard
Grubb b. 1846

4. Leonard N.
Snider b. January 31, 1825, Monroe Twp, Snyder Homestead
d. August 27, 1908 Buried at
White Frame Church, Clearville, PA
m. Edna
Brockway 1867
Children:
Leonard B.
Snider

5. Philip
Snider b. May 6, 1827** d. May 10, 1907 West Providence Twp, Everett, PA
m. Chloe
Sparks November 2, 1848 (Chloe b. June 17, 1822, d. April 27, 1886)
Philip and Chloe's children were:
1. William M.
Snider b. September 22, 1849
2. James Henry
Snider b. January 20, 1851, d. November 17, 1861
3. Mary E.
Snider b. April 28, 1853; d. April 6, 1880
4. Martha Ellen
Snider b. September 14, 1855, d. August 10, 1878, Buried in Everett Cemetery
5. Ann Eliza
Snider b. May 12, 1858, d. August 1, 1882, Buried in Everett Cemetery
6. Sarah K.
Snider b. June 16, 1860; d. July 2, 1935
7. Christina/Christiana
Snider b. June 4, 1864, d. May 16, 1885, Buried in Everett Cemetery, Sec. 37

6. Henry
Snider b. March 8, 1829 d. Nobember 18, 1917
m. Rebecca Fletcher (1838-1918)
(Both buried at White Frame Church, Clearville, PA)

7. Sary
Snider b. June 17, 1831

8. Delilah
Snider b. August 22, 1833 Bedford County, PA d. Dec. 19, 1915
m. Michael H.
Fletcher September 20, 1860
(Both buried at White Frame Church, Clearville, PA)
Children:
Mary
Fletcher b. June 23, 1868, d. March 25, 1948

9. David
Snider b. February 6, 1836
d. August 22, 1871

10. Mary Ann
Snider b. February 6, 1838
d. September 12, 1913
m. Josiah
Koontz

11. John Wesley
Snider b. August 24, 1840 d. December 16, 1924
Buried in Everett Cemetery, Everett, PA
m. Anna Eliza
Evans December 22, 1864
(daughter of James and Rachel Blankley /Evans)
John Wesley
Snider served in the Civil War Co B, 22nd Calvary; mustered in July 2, 1863.
John and Anna Eliza's children:

I. Leonard Isiah Snider b. September 19, 1865, Monroe Twp, Bedford Co, PA
d. September 26, 1950, Stonerstown, PA; buried in Everett Cemetery
m. Mary Polly
Leader June 10, 1896 (daughter of Henry Leader and Emiline Martin)
Children:
1. Infant
Snider b. Oct. 1896, d. Jan. 31, 1897, buried in Everett Cemetery

2. Mary Margaret
Snider b. Sept. 19, 1897, d. June 5, 1991, Swissvale, PA
m. Collins Martin
Reffner May 24, 1919 Pittsburg, PA
1. Martin Collins
Reffner b. April 29, 1920, N. Braddock, PA, d. August 18, 1923

3. Everett Grant
Snider b. May 23, 1900, d. Dec. 18, 1906, buried in Everett Cemetery

4. Addie Manon
Snider, b. Nov. 23, 1901, d. Oct. 27, 1981, buried in Everett Cemetery
m. William H.
Kelley July 26, 1921 Saxton, PA
1. Bonnie Lou Kelly b. March 15, 1923, D. June 21, 1998 Pittsburg, PA

5. John Wesley
Snider b. April 21, 1904, d. Youngstown, Ohio, 1974
m. 1) Thelma B.
May May 5, 1928 dt of Frank May and Margaret Hockenberry
1. Margaret May
Snider b. May 24, 1929, d. December ??, Youngstown, Ohio
m. 2) Nelma
Penney April 29, 1967, Youngstown, Ohio

6. Carl Henry
Snider b. Nov. 14, 1908, d. September 11, 1914

7. Eliza Maude
Snider b. Jan. 11, 1911 d. August 9, 1969, Johnstown, PA,
Buried in Saint Luke's Cemetery , Saxton, PA
m. Jesse Core
Leonard February 10, 1930 Cumberland, MD
children:
1. Deborah Polly
Leonard b. Philadelphia, PA m. John Frederick Shontz August 28, 1962,
(son of R. Shontz and Grace Stapleton)
children:
1. John Leonard
Shontz
2. Polly Annette
Shontz

8. Martin Leonard
Snider b. May 19, 1913, Saxton, PA d. June 2, 1977, Pittsburgh, PA,
Buried in Saint Luke's Cemetery , Saxton, PA

II. John Calvin Snider b. September 13, 1868, d. December 12, 1940, buried in Everett Cemetery
m. Margaret E. Snider
Children:
1. Leone
Snider b. August 8, 1895, d. July 1985; m. John O. Wampler
2. J.C.
Snider buried in Everett Cemetery
3. M.E.
Snider buried in Everett Cemetery

III. Rachel Jane Dolly Snider b. June 9, 1872, d. February 14, 1950, Wilkensburg, PA, buried in Everett Cemetery

IV. Mary Adeline Snider b. November 14, 1876, d. March 13, 1877

V. Emma Agnes Hughes Snider b. July 16, 1883, d. March 24, 1969 m. Carl Garfield Evans
Children:
1. Eliza Mae
Evans, b. January 14, 1911, d. Raleigh, NC; m. Albert Anderson
2. Mary Alice
Evans b. January 14, 1911, d. May 29, 1984, Wilkinsburg, PA m. Bruce Howard Lyle
3. Carl G.
Evans b. September 24, 1014, D. July 14, 1994, Jackson, CA
4. Margaret
Evans b. December 28, 1912, d. December 31, 1912, Buried in Everett Cemetery
 
 

 
Debbie Shontz has provided the following Snider pictures:
 

(photo courtesy of Debbie Shontz)
John Snider (1795-1875)

 
 
(photo ca. 1921 - courtesy of Debbie Shontz)
John Wesley Sni
der (1840-1924)
 
The above is a photo of John Wesley Snider (1840-1924)
(son of John Snider and Mary Ann Nycum),
his son - Leonard I. Snider (1865-1950), Leonard's daughter -
Mary Snider Reffner and son Junior Reffner.

Thank you Debbie and Vivian for sharing your Snider Family Research!!
 


The
Bethel Reformed, White Frame Church is located on Frame Church Road.
Follow road 2013 approximately 2 1/2 miles South of Clearville, turn right (West) on Frame Church Rd
 
 


If you have information that may be helpful to these researchers, please contact:
 
Vivian Elvidge@ bellwood@gte.net
or Debbie Shontz @ dshontz@aol.com
 
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