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Snider, John Travis

Snider, John Travis

Male 1877 - 1960  (82 years)

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  • Name Snider, John Travis 
    Born 30 Nov 1877  Robertson County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 15 Mar 1960  Quay County, New Mexico, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Portales Cemetery - Portales, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Findagrave.com Memorial #10353394
    Person ID I8001  Coursey-Sansing Tree
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2020 

    Father Snider, William Hasten,   b. 18 Dec 1834, Newnan Pines, Coweta County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1910, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Cobb, Elizabeth Adeline,   b. 5 Mar 1843,   d. 3 May 1903, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Family ID F3250  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Robertson, Ada,   b. 6 Feb 1882, Robertson County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Sep 1959, Quay County, New Mexico, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Children 
     1. Snider, George Travis Sr.,   b. 23 Nov 1901, Robertson County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1980, Hobbs, Lea County, New Mexico, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     2. Snider, Omie Veda,   b. 9 Apr 1904, Robertson County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 2000  (Age 96 years)
     3. Snider, Mack C,   b. 15 Dec 1906, Floydada, Floyd County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1967, Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     4. Snider, Lois Margie Adaline,   b. 13 Apr 1910, Cochise County, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1959, Portales, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2020 
    Family ID F3310  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    John Travis Snider    		John Travis Snider
    John Travis Snider    		John Travis Snider

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    • Biography


       


      John grew up in Texas and as a single young man, farmed with his younger brother, Nathan, in Robertson County. After he married Ada Robertson, Nathan lived with the couple. Nathan went to Floyd County, Texas, in about 1905 and found a place for them to farm. John rented a box car and traveled in it with their animals, wagon and belongings as far as Estelline, Texas. Ada and their two children, boarded a passenger train two days later and the two trains pulled into the station about the same time. Nathan was there to help unloaded the box car and continue the journey. After John and Nathan put in a crop near Lockney in Floyd County, Texas, they checked on Homestead Land in New Mexico Territory. They copied numbers on rocks at the corners of 160 acres plots and filed on them at the Government Office in Melrose. Back in Floyd County, they 'laid by' their crop and waited the birth of another child. This baby, was sbout a month old when the family arrived at their homestead on a cold day in January of 1907. They built a dwelling and put in a crop, the requirements for 'proving up' the land for ownership. Hearing about Homestead Land in Arizonia, they checked it out. Their last baby was born there in 1910, shortly before John and Ada returned to their New Mexico homestead. The family settled into a routine of hard work tempered with love. More land was acquired as they prospered and in time, a larger farm house was built. Ada taught in the McAlister School. They were organizing members of McAlister Baptist Church.
      1920 NEW MEXICO U.S. CENSUS, Quay County, McAlister - SNIDER, John, head, age 42, born Tx, Farmer; Ada, wife, age 37, Teacher, Public School, born Tx; Travis, son, age 18, Farm labor, born Tx; Omie, dau, age 15, Farm labor, born Tx; Mackie, son, age 12, Farm labor, born Tx; Lois, dau, age 9, At home, born Az. The Snider farm became an enchanting world for the grandchildren and they brought great grandchildren to the farm as they arrived. Family and friends gathered at the farm to help celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary. This cycle of life continued until Ada's death. John did not live long without his lively, vivacious helpmate.
      - Blanche Ada Keating Collie, granddaughter


      NOTE - The name of John's father, was entered as Williamson H. Snider by his father, John G. Snider, (in his own handwriting) in the John G. Snider Family Bible. William H. Snider entered the middle initial "H." for his middle name in his own handwriting in his own William H. Snider Bible. (Both Bibles survive and are in the possession of descendants). The middle initial "H." is found in later records including military. The name of William H. Snider's youngest stepson begins with an H and appears to have been mistakenly assigned as the middle name for William H. Snider.