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- Snyder, Henry. grandfather of R. H. Snyder, was of German descent, born June 3, 1790. He lived in Sandy Creek and Boylston, dying in the latter place April 3, 1862. His wife was Rachel Dunlap, who was of Scotch descent, born April 1. 1789, and died April 8, 1859. The maternal grandfather of our subject was Daniel Calk¬ins, born July 4, 1794, who served in the War of 1812. He was a Methodist minis¬ter, and died December 21, 1856. His wife was Hannah S. Shaver. who was born July 13. 1794. and died September 18, 1878. Ransom Snyder, son of Henry, and father of our subject, was born February 23. 1829, in Boylston, and died January 31, 1875, in Orwell. He served in the Civil War in Co. E, 189th N. Y. Vols. He mar¬ried .Abigail Calkins. a native of Boylston, born May 26, 1829. Afterward she mar¬ried Simon Pruyn, and now lives in Sandy Creek. The children of Ransom and Abigail Snyder are as follows: James G., born in Boylston June 23, 1849; Rev. B. De Forest, born in Boylston August 13. 1850; Ivanette, born in Loraine, Jefferson county, March 30, 185.5; Ransom H., born in Orwell February 13, 186.5; Carol D., born in Orwell October I, 1513, died February 7, 1515. Ransom H. was educated in the common schools of Orwell and Sandy Creek till 1853, when he attended Sandy Creek High School, graduating in the classical course in 1881. In the fall of that year he entered Hamilton College. from which institution he was graduated in the classical course with the class of 1591. During 1591-2 he was principal of the school at Redfield, N. V. : during. 15112-3 principal of the Holland Patent Union School: and in 1893 was elected principal of Sandy Creek High School, and re-elected in 1894. Though taking no active part in politics, he is a Democrat in national ques¬tions. but independent otherwise. He belongs to Sandy Creek Lodge No. 564. F. & A. M., in which lie is senior deacon.
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