Snider, John G

1807 - 1895  (88 years)

• Name	Snider, John G
  Born	17 Feb 1807	Washington County, Georgia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 May 1895	Schley County, Georgia, USA
  Buried	Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery - Ellaville, Schley County, Georgia, USA
  	Findagrave.com Memorial #51306191
  Person ID	I7856	Coursey-Sansing Tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Snider, Jacob,   b. Abt 1782, Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA ,   d. Abt 1852, Sandersville, Washington County, Georgia, USA  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Mother	Cone, Elizabeth (Betsy),   b. Abt 1790, Georgia, USA ,   d. Sandersville, Washington County, Georgia, USA
  Married	Wilkes County, Georgia, USA
  Family ID	F3248	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Whitaker, Susan,   b. Abt 1812, Washington County, Georgia, USA ,   d. 16 Oct 1839, Coweta County, Georgia, USA  (Age ~ 27 years)
  Children	1. Snider, William Hasten,   b. 18 Dec 1834, Newnan Pines, Coweta County, Georgia, USA ,   d. 3 Aug 1910, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA  (Age 75 years)   2. Snider, Melissa Ann,   b. 3 Jan 1836, Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia, USA ,   d. Abt 1901, Robertson County, Texas, USA  (Age 64 years)   3. Snider, Mary Ann Delilah,   b. 7 Nov 1837, Meriwether County, Georgia, USA ,   d. 22 Jan 1918, Schley County, Georgia, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F3249	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Biography John G. Snider and his first wite, Susan Whitaker, grew up as neighbors in Washington County, Georgia. John G.'s father, Jacob Snider, won a lucky draw in the Georgia Land Lottery for land in the western county of Coweta. John G. was enumerated there in the 1820 Georgia Census with an older female, probably a sister keeping house for him. He may have returned to Washington County to marry Susan or she may have been visiting relatives in Coweta. They were living in Newman, Coweta County, Georgia, with four young children when twins, a boy and a girl, were born April 15, 1839. Susan died October 16, 1839 and the twin girl died after her mother. John G. was left a widower with five children under six years of age. Relatives living near obviously helped with the children for John G. did not remarry for ten years and then to a younger woman, Frances M. Bowles. He had eight children by the second spouse. John G. moved his family south to Chapman Branch near Ellaville, Schley County, Georgia, and in time built a large home for his growing family. The wife of a great grandson who later lived there for a time said the doors on the big house "swung better and fit tighter" than on any house she ever lived in. The family attended the Hopewell Medhodist Church, the men sat on one side and the women on the other during worship. The pioneer, John G. Snider, and a number of his descendants are buried in the churchyard. The original church is still active and later generation Snider descendants are members. Note: This descendant and family from Texas, placed a headstone for John G. Snider in the churchyard several years ago and entered the church sanctuary with other Georgia kin. We saw the SNIDER stained glass window above the altar and the wall where a colony of bees have lived for many years. We sat in the pews, my daughter and I, on what had been the women's side (with the bees). My husband, a musician, moved to the piano, and we joined with Georgia kin in singing old hymns. As I glanced across the aisle to the men's side, I felt the presence of my ancestor, John G. Snider. A goodly heritage. - Blanche Keating Collie, g g granddaughter