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Sister Barbara Snider

14 April 1798 – 10 January 1869

Died 10 January 1869 — widow of Jacob Snider of the Canton, Ohio church, "a mother in Israel in deed"; Gospel Visitor, February 1869

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Obituary

Date of death

10 January 1869

Date of birth

14 April 1798

Age at death

70 years, 8 mo., and 29 days (70y 8m 27d)

Transcribed at

Ohio, United States

Inscription transcription

From Gospel Visitor, Feb., 1869; page 64

Sister BARBARA SNIDER, a daughter of Jacob Shively, & widow of Jacob Snider, of the Canton Ohio Church was born April 14, 1798 & died after living with her husband a full fifty years, & was a widow one year and a half, & died on Jan. 10, 1869, aged 70 years, 8 mo., and 29 days. Of ten children, five survive her. Also of 42 grandchildren, 34 survive her, & of four great grandchildren, three survive her. She was a faithful member for upward of 50 years & for the last 20 years, a mother in Israel in deed. Funeral by the brethren.

The obituary states she was born April 14, 1798, but our archive's index entry gives her years as "1799 - 1869" — the obituary text is treated as authoritative and both readings are preserved. The obituary does not explicitly state where she died; she is identified as "of the Canton Ohio Church." Note her stated age (70 years, 8 mo., 29 days) is also two days off a strict count from the stated birth and death dates — transcribed as printed.

People named in this record

  • Sister Barbara SniderSubject
  • Jacob ShivelyParent
  • Jacob SniderSpouse

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Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
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Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-07-06
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Transcription only — obituary text transcribed from the Gospel Visitor, February 1869, page 64; no photograph in this record

Citation: Obituary of Barbara Snider (1798–1869), daughter of Jacob Shively and widow of Jacob Snider, of the Canton, Ohio church, from the Gospel Visitor (German Baptist Brethren monthly periodical, edited by Henry Kurtz at Poland, Ohio), February 1869, page 64. Preserved in the Ancestors at Rest archive. (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/obituaries/snider-barbara-1869/ : accessed [your access date]).

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