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Joseph R. Snyder – Militia Man from Millersburg
Posted By Norman Gasbarro on January 23, 2020
Joseph Snyder, died on 2 July 1906, and is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was married to the former Mary Ada Stewart, who died in 1923 and is buried at the same place, along with an infant daughter, Mary E. Snyder (1860-1860), who died before the war. With his wife, Snyder had at least two other known children.
Joseph Snyder was a Civil War veteran by virtue of his service in the 6th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency Militia of 1862). He enrolled at Halifax, Dauphin County, on 13 September 1862 and was discharged at the end of the emergency on 27 September 1862. According to the information on the Pennsylvania Veterans’ File Card, available from the Pennsylvania Archives and shown above, he was 27 years old at the time of his enlistment, although some genealogical sources give his birth date as 3 July 1838, which would have made him 24 at the time of enrollment.
The 1900 Census for Millersburg indicates that he was a farmer.
The Harrisburg Telegraph of 6 July 1906, published his obituary, but did not mention his Civil War service:
MILLERSBURG NOTES
Joseph Snyder, Odd Fellow for Forty Years, Is Dead
Millersburg, July 6 [1906] — Joseph Snyder, one of Millersburg‘s oldest citizens, died after a month’s illness. Mr. Snyder was a member of Perseverance Lodge, Odd Fellows, for over forty years. The lodge turned out in a body at his funeral. He was 68 years old. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon. Rev. A. B. Saylor, of the United Evangelical Church, officiating.
Because Joseph Snyder only served in a militia regiment for less than the amount of time required for a pension, he is not found in the pension application files. However, his home town of Millersburg did recognize him on their Civil War monument.
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