Jesse G. Snyder, born in 1869 in Defiance County, Ohio, is a testament to determination and hard work, rising from modest beginnings to a well-respected farmer in Jefferson Township, Williams County. With his life marked by industriousness and a dedication to community prosperity, Jesse and his wife Emma Stuckman, whom he married in 1890, raised six children. His journey from assisting on his family farm to owning a successful farm and contributing to local enterprises, such as the farmers’ elevator at Pulaski, highlights his commitment to both family and community, embodying the values of perseverance and civic responsibility.
Jesse G. Snyder. — The record of the subject of this sketch is that of a man who by his own unaided efforts has worked his way from a modest beginning to a position of comfort and influence in the community. His life has been one of unceasing industry and perseverance and the systematic and honorable methods he has followed have won him the unbounded confidence of his fellow citizens of Williams County, whose interests he has ever had at heart and sought to promote whenever practicable.
Jesse G. Snyder, whose splendid farm is located in Jefferson Township, about one and a quarter miles east of Pulaski, was born in Defiance County, Ohio, on April 29, 1869. He is the son of Christ and Caroline (Sparr) Snyder, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Crawford County, Ohio. They were married in the latter county and subsequently moved to Defiance County, locating on a farm there in 1849, where they spent the remainder of their lives and there died. Christ Snyder was a man of excellent parts, was a veteran of the Civil war, and was a supporter of the republican party. To him and his wife were born six children, of which number, three are living, namely: Margaret, the wife of Martin Kuzmaul; Sherman, at Ney, Ohio, and Jesse G.
The subject of this sketch remained at home until he had attained his majority and assisted his father in the operation of the home farm. He secured his education in the common schools of Washington Township, Defiance County. After his marriage he remained for about twenty years on a farm in his native county, but then sold out and, coming to Williams County, bought eighty acres of land in Jefferson Township, where he has since resided, and to the improvement and cultivation of which he has devoted his attention. He has carried on general farming operations, raising all the crops common to this locality, and has also given some attention to the raising of live stock. Besides his farming interests, Mr. Snyder is also a stockholder in the farmers’ elevator at Pulaski. •
In 1890 Mr. Snyder was married to Emma Stuckman, who was born and reared in Defiance County, Ohio, and they have become the parents of six children, namely: Edna, the wife of Guy Huston; Ethel, the wife of Lauren Ensign; Beatrice, the wife of Fred Favor; Vera, the wife of Alfred Opdyke; Nelda and Deah. Mr. Snyder gives his political support to the republican party and is vitally interested in every movement for the benefit of the community. Genial and unassuming, he possesses those elements of character which have made him popular in the locality in which he lives, and he is numbered among the representative citizens of Jefferson Township.
Source: Bowersox, Charles A. ed. A standard history of Williams County, Ohio: an authentic narrative of the past, with particular attention to the modern era in the commercial, industrial, educational, civic and social development , 2 vols. Publisher Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co. 1920.