Date
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Dr. John
Francis Snyder
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Source
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22 Mar.1830
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Birth: At Praire Du Pont, Saint
Claire Co., Ill. a mile south of Cahokia.
His father, Adam Wilson Snyder, b.1799 at Connellsville, Pa., d. May
1842, at Belleville, Ill.; was a lawyer, an Illinois State Senator, a
Captain in the Blackhawk War, again a State Senator, and the Democratic
nominee for Governor of Illinois when he died suddenly.
His mother, nee Adelaide Perry, was of French ancestry of both sides,
and a grand-daughter of Capt. John Baptiste Saucier, the architect of
Fort Chartres.
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1; 2
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30
Apr.1921
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Death:
at
Virginia,
Cass
Co.,
Ill. |
1
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27
Sep.1854
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1st
Marriage:
at
Bolivar,
Polk
Co.,
Annie S. Sanders, b. 1838 in Illinois.
d. after 1917 and before 1921. Her father, Landon D. Sanders, b.c.1810
in Kentucky, d. Dec.1858, was a merchant in Cedar Co., Mo., in
Sarcoxie, Mo., and in Bolivar, Polk Co,; Mo. Her mother's name was
either Amelia or Eliza, surname unknown.
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1;
3;
4;
5
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c.
1848-1849
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J.F.
Snyder
was
educated
at McKendree College, Lebanon, Ill., and at St
Louis University, St. Louis, Mo.
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1
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1849-1850
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Winter:
Student
at
McDowell
Medical
College, St. Louis, Mo.
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1
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1850
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Summer:
To
California.
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1
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1852
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Visited
the
Sandwich
Islands,
[Hawaii].
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1
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1852
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Entered
Jefferson
Medical
College,
Philadelphia,
Pa.
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1
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1853
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Graduated
from
Jefferson
Medical
College.
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1
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c.
1853-1854
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In
Government
medical
service
in
western territories, Taos and
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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1
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c.
1854
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Resigned
from
Government
service
and
began the practice of Medicine in Bolivar,
Polk Co., Mo.
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1
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27
Sep.1854
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Bolivar,
Mo,:
m.
Annie
E.
Sanders.
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1
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c.
1858
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Entered
the
field
of
politics.
His mentor B.F. Massey was a constant
correspondent and advisor during the 1858-1861 period.
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6
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1859
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Was
admitted
to
the
Missouri
bar. He apparently did not practice as a
lawyer, but he advised political constituents on legal and tax matters.
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1;
6
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Jun.1861
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J.F.
Snyder
joined
the
Confederate army, as a Colonel under Gen.
Sterling Price; fought through the Civil War; was in battles of Wilson
Creek, Lexington, Pea Ridge, Helena, Corinth and Baldwin.
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1
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1864
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Virginia,
Cass
Co.,
Ill.:
Returned
to Illinois, resumed his practice of Medicine.
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1
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1866
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Was
elected
a
member
of
the 31st Illinois Legislature, served one term.
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1
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1864-1875
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Dr.
Snyder
again
was
engaged
in a continuing correspondence with B.F.
Massey.
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6
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1880
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Dr.
Snyder
took
part
in
the survey and mapping of the great Cahokia Indian
mounds. he became an advocate of their preservation.
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1
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1889
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Dr.
Snyder
was
a
Founder
of the Illinois State Historical Society.
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1
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1900-1903
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Wrote
on
archaeological
and
historical
subjects. Was a research correspondent
for the Smithsonian Institution.
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1
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1903-1905
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Dr.
Snyder
was
elected
President
of the Illinois State Historical
Society.(?????) He was also affiliated with the St. Louis Academy of
Science, the Illinois Academy of science, and other similar
organizations.
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1
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1905-1917
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Continued
to
write
on
archaeological
and historical subjects, "may well be
considered the ranking pioneer in archeology of the State of Illinois."
University of Illinois exploration 1922-1927 proved the correctness of
his views, that there were cultural differences between different
prehistoric Indian tribes of southern and central Illinois.
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1
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27
Sep.1917
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Virginia,
Ill.:
Dr.
Snyder
and
his wife, Anne E. Sanders, celebrated their 63rd
wedding anniversary.
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4
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30
Apr.1921
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Virginia,
Cass
Co.,
Ill.:
Dr.
Snyder died.
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1
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Childen
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7
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1
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Fred
Snyder
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2
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Nelle
Snyder,
d.
Sep.1930,
Virginia, Ill.
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3
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Adelle
Snyder
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4
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Isabell
Snyder
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