Snyder, Charles Wm. (1841-1914)

SNYDER

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Date: 9/22/2019 at 21:37:48

Charles William Snyder
Feb 1841 - Sep 23, 1914

(From the 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, p.323)
C. W. SNYDER, business manager of the Council Bluffs Nonpareil, was born in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania in 1841 and in 1859 emigrated to Dixon, Illinois. At the breaking out of the War, he enlisted in the Thirteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, the first three-years regiment sworn into service for the War. He had a continuous service of five years lacking only twenty-six days. In the first attack on Vicksburg, lasting three days, which was ended by the charge at Chickasaw Bayou, he was wounded and taken prisoner and was dropped from the rolls of his regiment for four months as "killed in action." He was made Brevet Major for meritorious service in the field.

Returning from the War in March 1866, he came to Iowa and located at Cedar Falls, where he engaged in journalism, becoming editor of the Cedar Falls Gazette, and retaining that position for thirteen years. He was also Postmaster for over eight years, resigning the office in 1883. He then moved to Red Oak, where he was publisher of the Express for seven years; and finally, in December 1889, he purchased an interest in the Council Bluffs Nonpareil and became its manager. This paper was established thirty-six years ago. It is the only morning paper in the city and has the associated morning and evening franchise. It is one of the leading dailies of Iowa, is widely read, and is known as a progressive, enterprising paper. It is edited by Carl SNYDER.

The subject of this sketch married Miss Fannie KNOTT of Waterloo, and they have one son, named Carl.