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Howard Jahu SNIDER

Howard Jahu SNIDER

Male 1895 - 1967  (71 years)

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  • Name Howard Jahu SNIDER 
    Born 21 Jun 1895  Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • His 1930 marriage record gives his birth date as Jun 21 1896 in Braxton County. But his birth record (a delayed entry based solely on an affidavit in 1957 from his brother Walter) shows it as Jun 25 1895 at Avon, Doddridge County. The 1900 Census also shows it as Jun 1895, and his death record states his birth date as Jun 21 1895.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1910, 1920  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1929  Despard (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census Apr 1930  Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Sep 1930  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1940  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation construction worker  [2] 
    Died 8 Mar 1967  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated at Double Camp of Meathouse Fork:
      Howard J. Snider, 24, tool dresser in oil fields; wife Dovie E, 19; dau Tina V, 8 months.

      1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District), enumeraed on Apr 15 1930:
      Howard Snyder, 35, divorced, tin mill worker; dau Tiny, 9; dau Julia, 7; dau Edith, 6; dau Flora, 4y 1m; dau Emogene, 1y 1m.

      1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated on Apr 24 1940:
      Howard J. Snider, 43, WPA road construction foreman; wife Fonda M, 30; dau Edith P, 16; dau Marie F, 14; dau Emma J, 11; son Howard H, 9; son Walter H, 4; son Franklin D, 1.
    Person ID I24238  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2015 

    Father John SNIDER,   b. Feb 1856, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1919  (Age ~ 62 years) 
    Mother Susannah L. COX,   b. Feb 1861,   d. 1921  (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Family ID F22418  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Dovie Elizabeth NICHOLSON,   b. 8 Sep 1900, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1920, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 20 years) 
    Married 23 Sep 1916  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Tina Veris SNIDER,   b. 23 May 1919, Double Camp, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 2000, Monticello, White Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F32636  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Willa Julia MIDDLETON,   b. 1 Mar 1903, Market, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1929, Despard (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years)  [6] 
    Married 18 Mar 1922  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Jewell Virginia SNIDER,   b. 23 May 1922, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Sep 2016, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     2. Edith Pearl SNIDER,   b. 3 Jul 1923, Coldwater (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jul 2007, Westminster, Carroll Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     3. Flora Marie SNIDER,   b. 15 Mar 1926, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 1959, Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)
     4. Emma June SNIDER,   b. 26 Feb 1929, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Mar 2010  (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F9076  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Fonda Marie CUMBERLEDGE,   b. 8 Aug 1909, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1997  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 14 Jun 1930  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Howard Herbert SNIDER,   b. 15 Jan 1931, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Oct 1995  (Age 64 years)
     2. Walter H. SNIDER,   b. CA 1936
     3. Franklin D. SNIDER,   b. 23 Feb 1939, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1993, Homestead, Miami-Dade Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
    Family ID F19555  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1929 - Despard (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 14 Jun 1930 - Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Sep 1930 - Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Mar 1967 - Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    24238_SNIDER_Howard_1895-1967_DeathRecord.jpg    		24238_SNIDER_Howard_1895-1967_DeathRecord.jpg
    24238_HowardJahuSnider_FondaMarieCumberledge_MarriageRecord_14Jun1930.jpg    		24238_HowardJahuSnider_FondaMarieCumberledge_MarriageRecord_14Jun1930.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    2. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    3. [S2005] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    4. [S1588] Death record of wife.

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    6. [S1623] The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), William F. Donnelly, (Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1997), p. 430.