SNYDER, CHARLES EDWARD
Clergyman; b Hollowville, N Y Oct 13, 1877; s of Marshall Snyder-Maria P Jones; ed Chatham N Y HS; U of the State of N Y, life certificate 1900; grad Normal Coll Oneonta N Y 1901 ; Meadville Theological Sch, 1910; Yankton Coll, LittD 1929; Morningside Coll, LLD 1931 ; m Sara M Reeder Aug 31, 1904 Big Flats N Y; s Robert Gordon; d Betty Beach (Mrs Joseph E Nero), Barbara lves (Mrs Philip G Murray, dec); rural sch tchr; 1901-03 prin Uniondale Sch, Hempstead N Y; 1903-08 sr master Lakewood N J Sch for Boys; 1908-11 pastor First Unitarian Ch, Franklin Penn, 1911-17 North Side Ch Pittsburgh Penn, 1917-31 First Unitarian Ch, Sioux City, 1931- First Unitarian Ch, Davenport; Iowa Housing Assn, chmn exec com 1918-21 ; Iowa St Tuberculosis Assn, 1922-25 chmn housing com; Iowa St Conf of Social Work, 1925- 27 VP, 1927-28 pres; 1918-31 secy A cad ot Science & Letters, Sioux City; mbr Iowa Aced of Science; Iowa Unitarian Assn, secy since 1918; Natl Fedn of Religious Liberals, mbr exec com 1920-34, chmn 1927-34; mbr Fellowship Com Gen Conf of Unitaria 1 Chs 1921-24; dir Western Unitarian Conf J 918-25, 1928-32, 1933-37 & since 1938; Amer Unitarian Assn, dir since 1932; SAR, 1928-30 pres Iowa Soc; Soc of War 1812; Sons & Daughters of the Pilgrims; BPOE; Kiwanis; Contemporary History Round Table; AF & AM, grand chaplain Iowa grand lodge 1922-23, mbr lodge lib com 1934- 35, lecturer Masonic service com; mbr Royal Arcanum, grand regent Iowa grand coun 1922-24; off 930 Perry; res 1117 Perry; Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1105.