HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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July 20, 1891. 3. Jane Foulke, born October 

 2, 1869, married, May 25, 1904, David H., 

 son of David H. and Dorothy (Bones) 

 Thomas, of Philadelphia, and resides in 

 that city. 



ROBERT BLANK SNYDER, son of 

 Amos Hinkle and Mary Ann (Blank) Sny- 

 der, was born April 17, 1S63, in Quaker- 

 town, Pennsylvania. He is a direct descen- 

 dant of Andrew Snyder, who was among 

 the early settlers of Richland township, 

 Bucks county, Pennsylvania. Andrew Sny- 

 der was the eldest son of a noble family 

 of the Duchy of Deux Fonts, of Rhenish 

 Bavaria, where he was born in 1739. In 

 ■order to obtain money to come to Amer- 

 ica he sold his title to the immunities of 

 nobility to his younger brother. He ar- 

 rived in Philadelphia in 1759, at the age of 

 twenty years, and apprenticed himself to 

 Benjamin Chew, with whom he remained 

 three years. At the expiration of this time 

 the Chews assisted him to purchase four 

 hundred acres of land in Richland town- 

 ship. At the breaking out of the Revolu- 

 tionary war, he entered the army, and was 

 present at Trenton, Germantown and other 

 battles, and at the end of five years' ser- 

 vice was paid therefor in worthless cur- 

 rency. He was appointed collector in 

 Richland township after the war, and was 

 rendered penniless by going security for 

 ■others, but his old friends, the Chews, came 

 to his assistance again. In 1765 he was 

 united in marriage to Miss Margaret Ja- 

 •coby, and eleven children were born to them, 

 five sons and six daughters, among them 

 being John Snyder. Andrew Snyder passed 

 away after a well-spent life, October 26, 

 1815, at the advanced age of seventj'-six 

 years. John Snyder, the son of Andrew 

 Snyder and grandfather of Robert B., was 

 married to Miss Matilda Hinkle, and among 

 their children was Amos Hinkle Snyder. 

 Amos Hinkle Snyder, the father of Rob- 

 ert Blank Snyder, was born Dej:ember 13, 

 1821, on the Snyder homestead on the 

 Tohickon, in Richland ■ township, Bucks 

 county, Pennsylvania. His early education 

 "was acquired in the subscription schools 

 of that section, and in the summer months 

 he assisted on the home farm. Immediately 

 after leaving the school-room he engaged 

 in farming and droving, and later invented 

 and patened the Snyder creamery vats, and 

 from 1880 to 1883 was engaged in fitting 

 up creameries, and finally settled on the 

 farm which is now owned and occupied 

 l)y his son, Robert Blank Snyder. In 

 1841 Mr. Snyder was united in marriage 

 to Mary Ann Blank, who was born Novem- 

 ber 19, 1822, the daughter of ,John and 

 Mary Blank, of Rockhill township. Bucks 

 county, Pennsylvania. The following chil- 

 dren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Snyder : 

 Monroe Benjamin. March 17, 1842. married 

 Miss Susan C. Berry, daughter of Benja- 

 man L. Berry, of Philadelphia, professor of 

 astronomy at the Boys' High School ; 2. 



Oliver B., born INIarch 18, 1845, died March 

 14, 1880; 3. Clementina B., born 1847, died 

 March, 1872: 4. Mary B., born October 15, 

 1855, died 1866; 5. Ellen, born April 10, 

 1858; 6. Warren B., born May 5, 1S60, 

 married Flora Fellman, daughter of Man- 

 assah and Alamanda (Heddman) Fellman. 

 Her father was a farmer of Rockhill town- 

 ship, and was later a merchant of Quaker- 

 town, and resides at 4405 Haverford 

 avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 7. 

 Robert Blank, born April 17, 1863; 8. 

 George B., born April 22, 1865, married 

 Minnie Appel, daughter of Reuben and 

 Hannah (Hess) Appel, of Springfield town- 

 ship, and lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania. 

 Amos Hinkle Snyder died May 23, 1901, 

 and his wife passed away August 3, 1894. 



Robert Blank Snyder, seventh child and 

 fourth son of Amos H. and Ann (Blank) 

 Snyder, at the age of seven years moved 

 with his parents to the village of Cali- 

 fornia, which was situated a few miles 

 northeast of Quakertown. Here he at- 

 attended the district school, and in the sum- 

 mer months assisted his father on the farm. 

 In 1875 his father purchased the Joseph 

 Evans farm, on Allentown pike, below 

 Quakertown, which contains eighty-two 

 acres, and where Robert now resides. 

 Robert Blank Snyder's time was occupied 

 chiefly in operating his farm, which he 

 named "Locust Grove Stock Farm," and 

 he was also actively engaged in the real 

 estate business for some time. He is 

 actively and prominently Identified with all 

 local affairs, and is considered a valuable 

 factor in his community. In politics Mr. 

 Snyder is a stanch Republican, and works 

 earnestly toward advancing the interests of 

 that organization. He was at one time 

 candidate for the clerk of the orphans' 

 court. In religious affairs he and his fam- 

 ily affiliate with St. John's Lutheran church 

 at Quakertown, Pennsylvania. 



December 30, 1896, Mr. Snyder was 

 united in marriage to Miss Sarah Hopper 

 Palmer, the daughter of Edward and Marie 

 M. (Frache) Palmer, of Philadelphia. Ed- 

 ward Palmer was born in Philadelphia, 

 May II, 1826, the son of Jonathan and 

 Sarah (Hopper) Palmer. His maternal 

 grandfather, Isaac T. Hopper, was a noted 

 abolitionist and a promoter of what was 

 known as the "underground railway" for 

 the safe conduct of runaway slaves. He was 

 also a prominent; Quaker and exhorter. 

 Edward Palmer married Miss Marie Mada- 

 line Frache, a native of Shuttaway, Alsace- 

 Lorraine province, France, who came to this 

 country and settled in Bucks county, Penn- 

 sylvania. For a time Mr. and Mrs. Palmer 

 engaged in farming, and later conducted a 

 milk business. The following children were 

 born to them: i. Henry B., July 5, 1849; 

 married Anna Elizabeth, daughter of Ab- 

 ner and Mary (Pabst) Reeder, of Quaker- 

 town, and they reside on Broad street, 

 Quakertown, Pennsylvania ; 2. Charles B., 

 born April 11, 1854. married Mary Beans, 

 daughter of Mathias and Lucetta (Hinkle) 



