Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Thomas Lansing SNYDER
T. LANSING SNYDER, one of Clearfield's representative businessmen who is prominently identified with many important interests of different kinds, was born in Clearfield County, Pa., December 10, 1860, and is a son of Thomas G. and Martha E. (Litzenberg) Snyder. On the paternal side his grandfather was David Snyder, once a well known manufacturer and the founder of the Swedenborgian Society in Pennsylvania. On the maternal side his grandfather was John Litzenberg, and one of his great-grandfathers was John Stanley, who came from Derbyshire, England, to Pennsylvania with one of the Penn colonies. T. Lansing Snyder was but two years old when his father met a soldier's death. He continued with his mother and when he grew to the age of responsibility took charge of her large and important interests, including the management of extensive timber tracts and of coal lands of great value. In 1884 the Bloomington Coal Company leased a large portion of the rich coal property and named their first mining town in honor of T. Lansing Snyder. Mr. Snyder has many individual business interests. He is a director in the Brick and Fire Clay Company, of Clymer, Ind.; vice president of the Clearfield Brick Manufacturing Company, of Clearfield, and is officially and otherwise interested in numerous other concerns. He has always been an active and useful citizenbut has never been willing to accept city offices. During the legislative session of 1897, he was appointed to the office of sergeant-at-arms, at Harrisburg, by Hon. Frank G. Harris, and performed the duties of that position acceptably.The Snyders have been generous in their donations of land for public purposes, the mother of Mr. Snyder being much interested in the establishing of schools and churches.On June 28, 1893, Mr. Snyder was married to Miss Cora May Ealy, who was born December 25, 1867, in Bedford County, Pa. Her parents were John C. and Mary E. (Walker) Ealy. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder have had two sons, Stanley G. and Thomas L., the former of whom is deceased. The latter is a sturdy little lad of four years, his birth having taken place March 6, 1907. Mrs. Snyder is a member of the Presbyterian church and is active in the work of its various benevolent organizations. The family home is a mansion situated in S.Second Street, Clearfield.
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