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John Travis Snider
30 Nov 1877 – 15 Mar 1960
| Birth | 30 Nov 1877 |
| Death | 15 Mar 1960 |
| Cemetery | Portales Cemetery Portales , Roosevelt County , New Mexico , USA |
| Added by | Joyce Gore Locke on 21 Jan 2005 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10353394 |
Bio
John grew up in Texas and as a single young man, farmed with his younger brother, Nathan, in Robertson County. After he married Ada Robertson, Nathan lived with the couple. Nathan went to Floyd County, Texas, in about 1905 and found a place for them to farm. John rented a box car and traveled in it with their animals, wagon and belongings as far as Estelline, Texas. Ada and their two children, boarded a passenger train two days later and the two trains pulled into the station about the same time. Nathan was there to help unloaded the box car and continue the journey. After John and Nathan put in a crop near Lockney in Floyd County, Texas, they checked on Homestead Land in New Mexico Territory. They copied numbers on rocks at the corners of 160 acres plots and filed on them at the Government Office in Melrose. Back in Floyd County, they 'laid by' their crop and waited the birth of another child. This baby, was sbout a month old when the family arrived at their homestead on a cold day in January of 1907. They built a dwelling and put in a crop, the requirements for 'proving up' the land for ownership. Hearing about Homestead Land in Arizonia, they checked it out. Their last baby was born there in 1910, shortly before John and Ada returned to their New Mexico homestead. The family settled into a routine of hard work tempered with love. More land was acquired as they prospered and in time, a larger farm house was built. Ada taught in the McAlister School. They were organizing members of McAlister Baptist Church. 1920 NEW MEXICO U.S. CENSUS, Quay County, McAlister - SNIDER, John, head, age 42, born Tx, Farmer; Ada, wife, age 37, Teacher, Public School, born Tx; Travis, son, age 18, Farm labor, born Tx; Omie, dau, age 15, Farm labor, born Tx; Mackie, son, age 12, Farm labor, born Tx; Lois, dau, age 9, At home, born Az. The Snider farm became an enchanting world for the grandchildren and they brought great grandchildren to the farm as they arrived. Family and friends gathered at the farm to help celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary. This cycle of life continued until Ada's death. John did not live long without his lively, vivacious helpmate. - Blanche Ada Keating Collie, granddaughter NOTE - The name of John's father, was entered as Williamson H. Snider by his father, John G. Snider, (in his own handwriting) in the John G. Snider Family Bible. William H. Snider entered the middle initial "H." for his middle name in his own handwriting in his own William H. Snider Bible. (Both Bibles survive and are in the possession of descendants). The middle initial "H." is found in later records including military. The name of William H. Snider's youngest stepson begins with an H and appears to have been mistakenly assigned as the middle name for William H. Snider.
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IN GOD WE TRUST
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Siblings
- Matthew Clark Buchanan 1858–1938 FaG
- Joannah "Jodie" Buchanan Petty 1859–1948 FaG
- Moses Campbell Buchanan Jr 1862–1933 FaG
- William Hasten Buchanan 1864–1916 FaG
- Alta Zeria Snider Langley 1869–1904 FaG
- Susan Bulah Snider Mauk 1871–1892 FaG
- Ophelia Lorena Snider Ferguson 1874–1903 FaG
- Texas Brazoria Snider 1881–1889 FaG
- Nathan Cleburne Snider 1884–1980 FaG
Children
- George Travis Snider 1901–1980
- Omie Veda Snider Keating 1904–2000
- Mack C. "Mackie" Snider 1906–1967
- Lois Margie Adaline Snider Starkey 1910–1959
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