Rebecca Snyder
Rebecca Snyder (maiden name: Eckley) was born around 1825 in Pennsylvania to John and Ann Eckley. She married Barnett Snyder 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. Her husband worked as a day laborer, and by 1850, they owned $600 of real estate.
 
A decade later, they owned $100 of personal property. Barnett enlisted in the Union army in September 1862, and he died in a Confederate prison camp in December 1864. Rebecca applied for a widow’s pension in April 1865 and secured one soon afterward. She remained in Philadelphia and continued to raise her children on her own. She died there of a cerebral hemorrhage on October 31, 1913.
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(1673)Snyder, Rebecca ~ Eckley, Rebecca18251913-10-31
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 23

  • (5725) [recipient] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 14 December 1863
  • (5905) [recipient] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 6 March 1864
  • (7044) [recipient] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 8 March 1863
  • (7045) [recipient] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 23 February 1863
  • (7046) [recipient] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 1 February 1863
  • (7047) [recipient] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 30 December 1862
  • (7048) [recipient] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 27 December 1862
  • (7049) [recipient] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 26 December 1862
  • (7050) [recipient] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 21 December 1862
  • (7051) [recipient] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 28 November 1862
  • (7052) [recipient] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 1 September 186X
  • (7053) [recipient] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 30 May 1864
  • (7054) [recipient] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 8 April 1864
  • (7055) [writer] ~ Rebecca Snyder to Barnett Snyder, 4 September 1863
  • (7056) [recipient] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 14 August 1863
  • (7057) [writer] ~ Rebecca Snyder to Barnett Snyder, 23 July 1863
  • (7058) [recipient] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 18 September 1863
  • (7059) [recipient] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 7 May 1863
  • (7099) [recipient, writer] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder and Julia A. Snyder, 15 March 1863
  • (7100) [recipient] ~ Barnett Snyder to Rebecca Snyder, 21 November 186X
  • (14987) [writer] ~ Rebecca Snyder and Julia A. Snyder to Barnett Snyder, 7 May 1863
  • (14988) [writer] ~ Rebecca Snyder to Barnett Snyder, 19 August 1863
  • (14989) [recipient] ~ 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] (1673) Snyder, Rebecca

Places - Records: 2

  • (277) [birth] ~ Pennsylvania
  • (39) [death] ~ Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1968, available from Ancestry.com; The Philadelphia Inquirer, 14 October 1870.