Barnett Snyder
Barnett Snyder was born around 1820 in Pennsylvania. He married Rebecca Eckley in the early 1840s, and they had at least six children: Julia, born around 1845; Isaac, born around 1849; Franklin, born around 1854; Matthew, born around 1856; Hannah, born around 1859; and Frances, born around 1862. They settled in Lower Dublin, Pennsylvania, which became part of Philadelphia in 1854. Snyder worked as a farm laborer, and by 1850, he owned $600 of real estate. A decade later, he owned $100 of personal property.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on September 11, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company A of the 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry later that day. The regiment was stationed in Virginia and present-day West Virginia for most of the war. He was eventually captured by Confederate forces and imprisoned in Salisbury, North Carolina. He died there on December 30, 1864.
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(1672)Snyder, Barnett18201864-12-30
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 23

  • (5725) [writer] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 14 December 1863
  • (5905) [writer] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 6 March 1864
  • (7044) [writer] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 8 March 1863
  • (7045) [writer] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 23 February 1863
  • (7046) [writer] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 1 February 1863
  • (7047) [writer] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 30 December 1862
  • (7048) [writer] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 27 December 1862
  • (7049) [writer] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 26 December 1862
  • (7050) [writer] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 21 December 1862
  • (7051) [writer] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 28 November 1862
  • (7052) [writer] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 1 September 186X
  • (7053) [writer] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 30 May 1864
  • (7054) [writer] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 8 April 1864
  • (7055) [recipient] ~ Rebecca Snyder to Barnett Snyder, 4 September 1863
  • (7056) [writer] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 14 August 1863
  • (7057) [recipient] ~ Rebecca Snyder to Barnett Snyder, 23 July 1863
  • (7058) [writer] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 18 September 1863
  • (7059) [writer] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 7 May 1863
  • (7099) [recipient, writer] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder and Julia A. Snyder, 15 March 1863
  • (7100) [writer] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 21 November 186X
  • (14987) [recipient] ~ Rebecca Snyder and Julia A. Snyder to Barnett Snyder, 7 May 1863
  • (14988) [recipient] ~ Rebecca Snyder to Barnett Snyder, 19 August 1863
  • (14989) [writer] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 14 October 1863

People - Records: 2

  • (1673) Snyder, Rebecca is the [wife of] (1672) Snyder, Barnett
  • (2405) Snyder, Julia Ann is the [child of] (1672) Snyder, Barnett

Places - Records: 2

  • (277) [birth] ~ Pennsylvania
  • (1395) [death] ~ Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (458) [enlisted] [A] ~ 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry
SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com