Person:Walter Snyder (1)

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Walter Colton Snyder
b.13 Aug 1861 Dexter, Washtenaw, Michigan
d.1946 Horton, Jackson, Michigan
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Name[1][2] Walter Colton Snyder
Gender Male
Birth? 13 Aug 1861 Dexter, Washtenaw, Michigan
Marriage 17 Mar 1886 Livingston Co, Michiganto Flora M. Green
Other? 1886 Horton, Jackson, MIResided
Other Bef 1920 Marriage fact
with Flora M. Green
Other Marriage Ending Status Divorce
with Flora M. Green
Occupation? Doctor
Death? 1946 Horton, Jackson, Michigan
Burial? Pinckney, Michigan
Other? Hahnemann Medical College, ChicagoSchooling
Other? Pic Dexter, Washtenaw, MI p. 221870 Census
Other? Pic Hanover Twp, Jackson, MI1900 Census
Other? Pic Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI1930 Census
Other? Pic Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan1920 Census
Other? Pic Lyndon, Washtenaw, Michigan 198b1880 Census
Other? do1910 Census
Other? getObituary

Frederick Russell Snyder was his father. He was born about 1835. May 29, 1859 he married Marion Gorton, who was born March 29, 1838 in Waterloo Twp. She died in Stockbridge. Walter was one of 8 children.

From The Life and Times of Samuel Gordon

Walter Colton9 Snyder (Marion8 Aaron T.7 Rufus6 Peleg5 Samuel4 Samuel3 Samuel2 Samuel1), born Aug. 15, 1861, at Dexter, Mich., married, March 17, 1886, Flora M. Greene daughter of Albert and Florilla (Fargo) Green, of Warsaw, N. Y., Physician, Justice of the Peace, Member of School Board and Nominee for State Senator in 1891, Master Lodge of Masons, Horton, Mich.

Paraphrased from Our Yesterdays

Walter practiced medicine and established a drugstore which operated for several years. He retired from medicine in 1912. Several time president of the local school board, Walter was active in the Masons (Master Mason for several terms), Eastern Star and Maccabbees. He was even a candidate for State Senator on the Democratic ticket (year not given.)

In 1912 he had an office in the Carter Block in Jackson and a drugstore in Grand Rapids. Walter was also the head Physician at the State Institution at Ionia.

References
  1. ↑ Adelos Gorton. GORDON: The Life and Times of Samuel Gordon. (George S. Ferguson Co., Philadelphia 1907)
    p. 656.
  2. ↑ Our Yesterdays A Pictoral History of the Hanover Horton Area. (The Exponent Press, 160 S. Main St., Brooklyn, MI 49230 1977).
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