Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County by Gresham and
Wiley, 1889, p390
	Stockdale Snyder, a prudent and industrious farmer of Rostraver
township, Westmoreland county, is a son of Jacob Snyder and Hannah
Stockdale Snyder, and was born in Westmoreland county, Penna, May 10,
1829. 
	Jacob Snyder was a son of Nicholas Snyder, who came from Germany and
settled at an early day in Westmoreland county. Jacob Snyder married
Hannah Stockdale, a Quakeress of Washington county, and soon removed to
Fayette county where he lived and died.
	Stockdale Snyder, like all boys of his time, received his education in
the subscription schools. His paternal ancestors were members of the
Reformed German church, and he is a consistent member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church and a highly respected citizen. On June 6, 1849, he
married Miss Sarah Browneller (?Brownmiller), daughter of William
Browneller and Mary Conkle Browneller. 
	The Browneller family is from Messersburg, Lancaster county, to western
Pennsylvania in 1816, and the Conkle family came with them. 
Stockdale Snyder has ten children: Allen Snyder, April 30, 1850; Francis
Snyder, September 6, 1851; Robert Snyder, November 26, 1852; Joseph W
Snyder, August 1, 1854; Benton Snyder, August 7, 1857, died September 8,
1863; Laura B Snyder, October 18, 1855; Andrew Snyder, March 5, 1859;
Mary C Snyder, February 7, 1862; Jesse O Snyder, January 7, 1864; and Lee
S Snyder, February 14, 1867, of whom all living and married except Lee S.

Jesse O Snyder (son) was brought up on a farm and attended the common
schools. At fourteen years of age he became an apprentice to learn the
trade of stonemason and bricklayer. In two years he completed his trade,
worked on year at journey work, then became a contractor on brick and
stone work, and is still profitably engaged in that line of business. 
About his marriage clusters considerable romance. In the great Belle
Vernon flood of July 11, 1888, he was compelled to row a skiff through
the streets of the borough after his bride and encountered sundry
mishaps. He was married July 11, 1888, to Miss Jennie B Noble, daughter
of William H Noble and Cadara Springer Noble, the former a native of Oil
City, the latter of Belle Vernon. 
Mr Noble was a carpenter by trade, an earnest Presbyterian, and served
three years as a soldier in the late war. Mrs Snyder's maternal
grandmother, Rachel Jordan, is a native of Maine. Her father, Thomas
Jordan, was a captain in the War of 1812. 
Mr and Mrs Snyder began housekeeping in Homestead, September 10, 1888,
where they have a comfortable home. Jesse O Snyder is a young man of
ability, energy and enterprise. He is a member of the Junior Order of
American Mechanics, and belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church.