1853 - 1929 (76 years)
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Name |
Snyder, Aboil K. |
Birth |
21 Apr 1853 |
Towamensing Twp., Northampton Co., PA [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
06 Jun 1900 |
Lower Macungie, Lehigh Co., PA [2] |
Death |
20 Nov 1929 |
Alburtis, Lehigh Co., PA |
Person ID |
I87109 |
My Damon Genealogy |
Last Modified |
1 Mar 2014 |
Family |
Drumbore, Ellen, b. 10 May 1851, Northampton Co., PA d. 15 Sep 1927, Alburtis, Lehigh Co., PA (Age 76 years) |
Marriage |
20 Jun 1871 [1] |
Children |
| 1. Snyder, Mahlon, b. 3 Apr 1874, Parryville, Carbon Co., PA d. 5 Feb 1933, Allentown, Lehigh Co., PA (Age 58 years) |
| 2. Snyder, Clinton Truman, b. 21 Jun 1875, Carbon Co., PA d. 5 Oct 1933, Allentown, Lehigh Co., PA (Age 58 years) |
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Family ID |
F32661 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
15 Jul 2014 |
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Notes |
- From History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Its Families, Volume 3
Aboil K. SNYDER, of Alburtis, was born in Towamensing township, Carbon county, April 21, 1853. At the age of fourteen years he engaged in the meat business for himself, and when sixteen years old he went to Buffalo and purchased two carloads of cattle which he brought to Parryville, Pa., where he disposed of them.
From Parryville he removed to Lehighton, and from there he located at Maple Grove, Berks county, in 1883. There he followed the butchering trade until 1895, when he moved upon a farm at Alburtis but continued his business up to 1909. At that time he hold the butchering business to his son, Mahlon W. and built his fine large residence at Alburtis, where he since resides.
Mr. Snyder has always dealt extensively in cattle in connection with butchering and this part of the business he has continued to the present time. He also deals in flour, feed, hay, cement, fertilizers, etc.
Politically, Mr. Snyder is affiliated with the Republican party and in 1913 was elected the second burgess of Alburtis.
He and family are members of the Evangelical Church.
On June 20, 1871, he married Ellen Drumbore, daughter of Thomas and Catharine (Fenstermacher) Drumbore, of Carbon county. They have the following children, viz: Minnie, the wife of William Findlay, of Alburtis, issue, Ella, married to Oscar Marsteller and they have a son, Franklin D.; Laurie; John; Bessie; Thomas; and William; Mashlon W.; Clinton T.
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Sources |
- [S685] Charles Rhoads Roberts, Roberts, Charles Rhoads, History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Its Families: Vol II, (Name: Lehigh Valley Publishing Company, Ltd; Location: Allentown, PA; Date: 1914;), 1256.
- [S591] 1900 U.S. census, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Lower Macungie, enumeration district 0038 , p. 3A (penned), dwelling 45, family 48, Ellen and Aboil K. Snyder, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 October 2013); citing FHL microfilm 1241429, roll 1429.
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