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CHARLES SNYNDER, physician, Jefferson, is a son of Gen. Daniel Snyder, who was a native of Virginia and an early settler near Urbana, Champaign Co., Ohio. He was a pioneer woodsman and farmer of that county, where he died. His wife was Anna Kiser, who also died in Champaign County, Ohio. Of their fourteen children, thirteen are now living, one a practicing attorney in Chattanooga, Tenn. Dr. Charles Snyder was born in Champaign County, Ohio, in 1848, and raised to farm life, during which time he received the rudiments of a common-school education. Subsequently, he was three years in attendance at the Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio. In 1867, he came to Jefferson, and took up the study of medicine under Dr. John N. Beach, of that place, as his preceptor, and graduated from the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati, in the spring fo 1870. Immediately after graduating, he received and appointment as physician in the State Prison at Columbus, Ohio, but, at the expiration of one year resigned the position and located in Jefferson, where he has ever since enjoyed a favorable practice. He was married, in 1873, to Mary, daughter of Moses Beals, of Madison County, Ohio. They have a family of three children.
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