Lemuel Ray Snyder and Edith May Bump

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Husband Lemuel Ray Snyder ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Lemuel Roy Snyder 3 4
           Born: 28 Nov 1880 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Nov 1936 - New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Castle View Memorial Gardens, New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA

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         Father: Jacob Snyder (1843-1929) 1 5
         Mother: Eliza Margaret Carner (1847-1921) 1 5

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       Marriage: 21 Dec 1900 - ? Venango Co, PA

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Wife Edith May Bump ^{1 2}

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           Born: 10 Apr 1881 or 1882 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Dec 1945 - New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Castle View Memorial Gardens, New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA

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         Father: Richard Henry Bump (1851-1887) 6
         Mother: Margaret Savilla Flowers (1856/1859-1921) 6

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Children

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1 F Hildred Louise Snyder ⁷

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           Born: 26 May 1901 - Venango Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Jul 1955 - Hillsville, Lawrence Co, PA 7
         Buried:  - Castle View Memorial Gardens, New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA

         Spouse: Anthony "Tony" Pepe (1900-1982) 7
           Marr: 28 Sep 1920 7

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2 F Opal Valeria Snyder ⁷

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           Born: 25 Jul 1903 - Venango Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Apr 1953 7
         Buried:  - Castle View Memorial Gardens, New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA

         Spouse: Thomas Clausen Nelson (1897-1960) 7
           Marr: 16 Jun 1922 7

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3 F Edna May Snyder ⁷

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           Born: 7 Jun 1905 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Jun 1939 - ? Lawrence Co, PA 7
         Buried:  - Castle View Memorial Gardens, New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA

         Spouse: William Standish Baird (1898-1961) 7
           Marr: 16 Feb 1923 7

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4 F Iva Marie Snyder ⁸

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           Born: 19 Sep 1907 - Kennerdell, Venango Co, PA 8
     Christened: 
           Died: Dec 1987 - Bessemer, Lawrence Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Robert Alan Penwell (1904-1980) 8
           Marr: 19 Sep 1925 - New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA

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5 M Alvin Clair Snyder ⁸

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           Born: 25 May 1909 8
     Christened: 
           Died: Oct 1987 - ? Bessemer, Lawrence Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jennie Boyt (1909-      ) 8
           Marr: 25 May 1935 8

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6 M Paul Addison Snyder ⁹

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           Born: 25 Sep 1910 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Rose Marie Johnson (1912-      ) 9
           Marr: 2 Apr 1937 - Winchester, Frederick Co, VA 9

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General Notes: Husband - Lemuel Ray Snyder

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New Castle News, New Castle, PA
11 Nov 1936
Find Farmer Dead In Barn Tuesday
Take Own Life By Hanging While Wife and Son Are Away From Home.
Lemuel R. Snyder, aged 55, of North Beaver township, ended his life Tuesday afternoon, by hanging himself from the rafters of a small barn on their farm, during the absence of the other members of his family. Mr. Snyder had been in poor health for the past year and was said to have become despondent.
Mrs. Snyder and son Paul had come to New Castle about noon Tuesday to do some shopping and on their return abut 3 o'clock found a note on the kitchen table, stating that they would find his body in the barn. They began a search and found him hanging from the rafters.
Coroner Orville Potter was notified and went to the scene, where he cut the body down.
Mr. Snyder had been a resident of Mahoning township for the past 25 years. He had done a considerable amount of work during that time as a tool dresser in the oil fields.
Surviving are his wife, Edith May Snyder, the following daughters: Mrs. Hildred Pape, Hillsville, Mrs. Opal Beard, North Beaver township and Mrs. Iva Penwell, of Bessemer, two sons, Alvin, Mahoning township, and Paul, at home, three brothers, John, of Franklin, Alex, of Kennerdell, Pa., and Simeon, of Long Beach Cal., the following sisters: Mrs. Lizzie Taylor, Mrs. Anna Tytus, of Kennerdell, Mrs. Mrs. Alice McKim, of Franklin, Mrs. Minnie Winaus, of Meadville, Mrs. Vinnie Seaton, of Cleveland, O., and Mrs. Ella Smiley, of Erie and eleven grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Bessemer Presbyterian Church Thursday afternoon at 2:30 with Rev. W. Joseph Engle, the pastor in charge and interment will be made in Castle View Burial Park.

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General Notes: Wife - Edith May Bump

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New Castle News, New Castle, PA
11 Dec 1945-Obits section
Mrs. Edith M. Snyder
Mrs. Edith May Snyder, aged 63 years, of Bessemer, died Monday night in the Jameson Memorial Hospital as the result of a two weeks' illness.
Mrs. Snyder, daughter of the late Henry and Margaret Bump was born April 10, 1882, in Venango County. She had been a resident for the past five years of Bessemer, where she belonged to the Presbyterian chruch.
Survivors include three daughter; Mrs. Hildred Pepe and Mrs. Iva Penwell both of Hillsville, and Mrs. Opal Nelson, New Castle, and two sons, Alvin and Paul Snyder both of Bessemer.
She also leaves two sisters: Mrs. Emma Snyder and Mrs. Janette Snyder, both of Kennerdell, Pa.; four brothers, James Bump, Beaver, Ohio; Melvin and John Bump both of Kennerdell, and Henry Bump, California; 18 grandchidren and one great grandchild.
She was preceeded in death by her husband , Lemuel Snyder, in 1936.
and by a daughter, Mrs. Edna Baird in 1938.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Cummingham Funeral Home, Bessemer, with the Rev. F. Chester Crabb officiating.
Interment will take place in Castle View Burial Park.
Friends being received at the funeral home this evening and Wednedsay evening from 7 to 9 o'clock and Wednesday afternoon from 2 to 4 o'clock.

1 Unknown, A Feltenberger Genealogy (Franklin, PA: Privately published, ~1965), Pg 4.

2 D. Kipp Melat, The Ancestry and Descendents of John Carner and his Wife Susan Stroup Carner, Pioneer Settlers of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1985), Pg 71.

3 D. Kipp Melat, The Ancestry and Descendents of John Carner and his Wife Susan Stroup Carner, Pioneer Settlers of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1985), Pg 41.

4 Helen M. Snyder, Snyder - Bump History (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1983), Pg 38.

5 D. Kipp Melat, The Ancestry and Descendents of John Carner and his Wife Susan Stroup Carner, Pioneer Settlers of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1985), Pg 39.

6 Helen M. Snyder, Snyder - Bump History (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1983), Pg 77.

7 Helen M. Snyder, Snyder - Bump History (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1983), Pg 39.

8 Helen M. Snyder, Snyder - Bump History (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1983), Pg 40.

9 Helen M. Snyder, Snyder - Bump History (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1983), Pg 41.