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SNIDER, JOSEPH, far., Sec. 6; P. O. Donnellson; was born in Harrison Co., Ind., in 1827, where his grandfather, John, had settled from Virginia in 1806, his son, Isaac, who became the father of Joseph, being at that time six years of age. Isaac married Julia A. Oatman, whose parents were also among the first settlers of the State of Indiana, and they are still residents of that State and county. Joseph, at the age of 17, went to Ohio, and for a time followed the river — engaged in shipping produce to New Orleans. April, 1853, he married Ruth J., daughter of James and Abigail McCullum; she was born in Crawford Co., Ind., Aug. 27, 1832, and September, of the same year, they came to this county, and settled where they now reside, and own 240 acres of land valued at $45 per acre. They have two children — William H., born April 26, 1858, and George L, Dec. 26, 1861; Democratic. Members of C. P. Church, Mr. S. being Elder and Clerk in that Church, Township Trustee, an office he has held for eight years, and has also held various school offices.