Snyder, Charles F.

SNYDER

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Date: 7/2/2021 at 20:56:31

History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin, Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, p.922

CHARLES F. SNYDER
C. F. Snyder, who has been for over thirty years a leading carpenter and contractor of Norwalk, was born in Ringgold County, Iowa, November 7, 1858, the son of James Madison Snyder, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume.
C. F. Snyder is indebted to the public schools of Des Moines, Iowa, for his education. He inherited from his father an aptitude for the contracting and building business, entering upon this work when but twenty years of age. To his knowledge of the construction of buildings he has added the handling of all supplies necessary for this purpose, having eight years ago purchased the lumber business of J. M. Calhoun & Company. In addition to lumber he has for sale lime, cement, paints, oils, carpenter's tools, builders hardware, and in fact everything used in the building line, also handling grain and coal. During the building season he employs about fifteen men regularly on contract work, and the reputation lie has gained for a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the work makes his services very much in demand. It is said that he has built nearly all of the towns of Cumming and Norwalk. Mr. Snyder owns two hundred acres of land in Linn Town­ship,which he and his brother. Albert are farming together, his brother living on the farm while he maintains his residence in the village.
Mr. Snyder has been twice married, his first wife being Julia Ann Way, a native of Warren County. To this union were born five children, of whom four are living and the two oldest daughters are now married. The mother died several years ago in Cumming. Mr. Snyder's second wife was Mrs. Nellie Coffman, nee Prine, a native of Iowa, born near Oskaloosa. This union was also blessed with five children, all of whom are at home with their parents.
Mr. Snyder is a member of the Methodist Church. In politics he is a Re­publican and has served six years as township trustee. He was also on the school board for six years, but his active business career affords him so much responsibility that he does not seek offices requiring the expenditure of time and energy.