Thomas C. Snyder
{{short description|American politician (1843–1906)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Thomas C. Snyder
| image =
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| state_senate = Ohio
| district = 21st
| term_start = 1888
| term_end = 1890
| predecessor = Silas A. Conrad
| successor = Anthony Howells
| state_house2 = Ohio
| district2 = Stark County
| term_start2 = 1880
| term_end2 = 1884
| predecessor2 = Daniel Worley and Richard G. Williams
| successor2 = Leander C. Cole and John McBride
| alongside2 = Silas A. Conrad
| birth_name = Thomas Crum Snyder
| birth_date = {{birth date|1843|3|19}}
| birth_place = Trumbull County, Ohio, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1906|8|5|1843|3|19}}
| death_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
| resting_place = Canton, Ohio, U.S.
| party = Republican
| spouse = {{marriage|Edith Holbrook|1886||reason=divorce}}
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| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|businessman|educator}}
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| module = {{Infobox military person |embed=yes
| branch = Union Army
| unit = 41st Ohio
171st Regulars
177th Ohio
| rank = First sergeant
| battles = {{tree list}}
- American Civil War
- Battle of Cynthiana {{POW}}
- Shelbyville Pike
- Siege of Nashville
- Battle of Town Creek
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| serviceyears = 1861–1865
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Thomas Crum Snyder (March 19, 1843 – August 5, 1906) was an American politician from Ohio. He served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing Stark County from 1880 to 1884. He was a member of the Ohio Senate from 1888 to 1890.
Early life
Thomas Crum Snyder was born on March 19, 1843, at the Snyder farm in Hartford, Trumbull County, Ohio, to Anna (née Crow) and John Snyder. His parents were farmers and he grew up on the farm.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofstarkco00perr/page/630/mode/2up |title=History of Stark County |year=1881 |editor=William Henry Perrin |publisher=Baskin & Battey |pages=631–632 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-09-28}}{{Open access}}{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfTheRepublicanPartyInOhioV.2/page/n325/mode/2up |title=History of the Republican Party in Ohio and Memoirs of its Representative Supporters |volume=2 |editor-last=Smith |editor-first=Joseph P. |year=1898 |publisher=The Lewis Publishing Company |pages=258–259 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-09-28}}{{Open access}} Snyder attended common schools and the Hartford Academy.
Career
Snyder enlisted as a private with Company A of the 41st Ohio Infantry Regiment on August 18, 1861. He was later appointed corporal. After a few months, he became sick with pneumonia and was hospitalized in Louisville, Kentucky, and was moved to Nelsonville, Ohio. He was discharged due to disability within a year of his enlistment on June 12, 1862.{{Cite news |url=https://archive.org/details/fortyfirstohiov00kimb/page/n299/mode/2up |title=The Forty-First Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Rebellion, 1861–1865 |last1=Kimberly |first1=Robert L. |last2=Holloway |first2=Ephraim S. |year=1897 |publisher=W. R. Smellie |page=146 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-09-28}}{{Open access}} He then moved to Vienna, Ohio, where his father moved after the death of his mother. Snyder taught school and purchased army horses. In 1864, he re-enlisted with the 171st Regulars. He served 120 days, and was taken prisoner at the Battle of Cynthiana and subsequently released. He was discharged in August 1864. He re-enlisted with Company G of the 177th Ohio Infantry Regiment on September 6, 1864. He remained with the 177th until the end of the Civil War, participating in the engagement at Shelbyville Pike, Siege of Nashville, and Battle of Town Creek. He attained the rank of first sergeant by the time of his discharge on June 24, 1865.
After returning to Vienna after the war, Snyder farmed and continued teaching. He speculated in oil, which led to financial troubles. He continued teaching until 1869. He then leased land in Trumbull County and Mercer County, Pennsylvania, for coal mining. He operated those lands until 1872. In 1872, he moved to Waynesburg in Stark County, Ohio. He operated coal lands in Waynesburg under Rich Hill Mining Company until the spring of 1873. He then bought coal mines and operated them until he left the coal business in 1876 or 1877. His investments in mining led to financial problems.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-democrat-sentinel-once-wealthy-died/132592158/ |title=Once Wealthy, Died Poor |date=1906-08-09 |newspaper=The Democrat-Sentinel |page=4 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-09-28}}{{Open access}}
Snyder then started the T. C. Snyder & Company in Waynesburg to manufacture sheet iron roofing. In January 1880, he moved his business to Canton. In Canton, he founded the business Canton Steel Roofing Company.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-elmore-tribune-once-wealthy-he-died/132591975/ |title=Once Wealthy, He Died a Pauper |date=1906-08-09 |newspaper=The Elmore Tribune |page=7 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-09-28}}{{Open access}} He was also director of the Ohio Building, Loan & Investment Company.
Snyder was a Republican. While in Waynesburg, Snyder served as justice of the peace for four years. He resigned that post when he was elected to the state legislature. He served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing Stark County from 1880 to 1884. He served as a member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 21st district from 1888 to 1890.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/OhioStatesmenAndHundredYearBookFrom1788To1892/page/n389/mode/2up |title=Ohio Statesmen and Hundred Year Book |last=Taylor |first=W. A. |year=1892 |pages=385–386, 390 |publisher=The Westbote Co., State Printers |access-date=2023-09-28 |via=Archive.org}}{{Open access}} While a member of the state legislature, he helped pass revised laws for mining and a vitriol law.
Personal life
Snyder married Edith Holbrook, daughter of Ohio state legislator George W. Holbrook, in June 1886.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/telegraph-forum-auglaize-county-democrat/132593088/ |title=Auglaize County Democrat... |date=1886-06-11 |newspaper=Telegraph-Forum |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-09-28}}{{Open access}} They later divorced. They had one son and daughter, Thomas C. Jr. and Lucile.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-stark-county-democrat-t-c-snyder-d/132592796/ |title=T. C. Snyder Dead |date=1906-08-07 |newspaper=The Stark County Democrat |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-09-28}}{{Open access}}
On October 6, 1883, Snyder was in a buggy accident that caused injury to his hip that required him to use crutches for the remainder of his life.
Snyder died on August 5, 1906, at the city hospital in Cleveland. He was buried in Canton.
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Category:People from Trumbull County, Ohio
Category:People from Stark County, Ohio
Category:People of Ohio in the American Civil War
Category:American Civil War prisoners of war
Category:American justices of the peace
Category:Republican Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives
Category:Republican Party Ohio state senators
Category:19th-century American businesspeople