SNYDER, Clayton J. - 1914

SNYDER, JOHNSON

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HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

CLAYTON J. SNYDER.

Clayton J. Snyder enjoys an enviable and lucrative patronage as the proprietor of a drug and jewelry store in Cleghorn, conducting the only enterprise of the kind in the town. His birth occurred in Cherokee, Iowa, on the 15th of August, 1874, his parents being Cyrus and Ella M. (Johnson) Snyder, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Canada. Cyrus Snyder came to Cherokee in 1869 and embarked in the grain business in association with a Mr. Hobart, carrying on operations along that line under the style of Hobart & Snyder for nineteen years. On the expiration of that period he was elected county recorder and ably served in that capacity for six years. On retiring from the office he removed to Sioux City, Iowa, where he is now spending the evening of life in well earned ease. He has attained the age of seventyfour years and his wife is fiftyfive years old.

Clayton J. Snyder was reared and educated in Cherokee and after putting aside his textbooks entered the drug store of H. J. Shustee, in whose employ he remained for three years. Subsequently he entered the School of Pharmacy of the Northwestern University in Chicago and in due time was graduated with the class of June, 1896. He then worked in a drug store of the western metropolis for two years and at the end of that time came to Aurelia, Cherokee county, Iowa, where he was engaged in the drug business for three years. On the expiration of that period he removed to South Dakota, purchased a farm and put in a crop of flax which was afterward destroyed by frost and caused him heavy losses. He then returned to this county, locating in Cleghorn, and in 1904, in association with O. G. Walrath (now of Cherokee), purchased the drug and jewelry business of M. J. Shea. This relation was maintained with mutual pleasure and profit until 1911, when Mr. Snyder purchased his partners interest and since which time he has conducted the business independently. His is the only store of the kind in Cleghorn, and a liberal patronage is accorded him in recognition of his honorable and upright business dealings.

Mr. Snyder gives his political allegiance to the republican party and has served as a member of the town council for two years. He was reared in the faith of the Methodist church, and his fraternal relations are with the Knights of Pythias. His life has been above reproach in all relations and he is widely recognized as one of the substantial, esteemed and representative citizens of his native county.