The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-08-02
nARY K. SNYDER.
Virgin Granddau ghter ofGoY
Snyder Passes to the Great
Beyond at Selins grove
Friday.
A HOST OF RELATIVES PROMINENT
IN PUBLIC LIFE.

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IN PUBLIC LIFE.
Miss Mary kittera Snyder was
born in Selinsyrove, Union (now
Snyder county, Pa, (no Date given)
and died there Friday, July u,
1900.
In our boyhood days, among our
earliest acquaintances was Miss
Mary X. Snyder, who was then the
postmistress of Selinsgrove. She
was lady of fine qualities, though
quite reserved and never of late
years mingled much with her
friends. The weight of year. I'M
posed their burden, but in her heart,
she cherished a love tor her Creator
and as a monument to her devotion
to her Maker, she erected Il church
ediiice OH the corner of Market and
Snyder streets, Selinsgrove, which
has been dedicated to the Triune
God for the use of the Episcopal
church. This act of charity is the
crowning event OF her life and is u
fitting climax to a life well spent and
an appropriate honor to her illustri-
Gus ancestry.
Her mother died when the de-
ceased was only two months old,
and Miss Mary and an only sister
were taken to raise by the maternal
grandmother, Mrs. John Wilkes
Kittera ofPhiladelphia. Miss Sny-
der was educated at Professor Picot's
French school, at that time the lead
ing seminary for young ladies in
Philadelphia, and was taught all the
accomplishments ola young lady of
high social position. In 1869 Pres
ident Grant, at the request OF Hon.
Simon Cameron, who was her faith
er1s warm friend, appointed her
postmistress of Selinsgrove. She
was re-appointed successiyely and
served in that capacity for ten years
until JS79 when she resigned. When
Miss Harriet Lane was mistress
of the White House during Presi-
dent Buchanan's administration,
Miss Mary Snyder frequently was
the welcome guest at the Presidents
official residence.
| Deceased is a daughter OF Hon.
John Snyder and granddaughter of
Hon. Simon Snyder Governor of
Pennsylvania, lsO9-1S1S, in whose
honor our county has been named.
Her great grandfather, Anthony
Snyder, emigrated from Germany
and settled in Pennsylvania in l74O
and died at Lancaster in April l774.
Her grandfather, Simon Snyder,
moved to Selinsgrove in July 1884
and became proprietor of mill and
a store. He served as justice of the
Peace II years; in 1889 was elected a
member of the constitutional cOven-
ton; in 1897, was elected a member
of the Legislature and in 1902 was
elected speaker of the House of Re-
presentatives. He served as speaker
until he was elected Governor.
After having served as Governor he
served one term in the state senate,
and died Nov. 8, 1919.
Hon. John Snyder, father of the
deceased, when only 1a years of age,
raised a company during the war of
1912, and marched with them as
captain TO Baltimore. They arrived
at Harrisburg before daylight, and
were halted before the Governors
door. He arose from his bed and
welcomed them, and with stirring
words complimented their bravery.
He always said, in speaking Of the
circumstance, he never before had
felt SO proud Of his son, John.
Hon. John Snyder married, June
II, 1918, Mary Louisa Kittera,
daughter of Hon. John Wilkes Kit
terra of Lancaster, Congressman dur
ing the administration of General
Washington, and until the election
of Thomas Jefferson, in 1901, when
he died. The children by this un-