Snyder, Henry (1)

Snyder, Henry (1), a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born near Schellsburgh, Bedford Co., Pa., Sept. 16, 1813. He was converted, and united with the Church Sept. 26, 1831. He was admitted on trial into the Pittsburgh Conference in 1848, ordained deacon in 1850, and elder in 1852. He continued in active labor until his death, Oct. 3, 1861. As a preacher he was eminently successful; gracious revivals attended his ministry wherever he went. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1862, p. 43.