1892 Biography - Jacob A. Snider

Hon. Jacob A. Snider, one of the leading members of the Bossier parish bar, as well as one of the solid men of Bellevue, was born in Albemarle county, Va., October 18, 1826, a son of Dr. Jacob and Celia (Hart) Snider. Dr. Snider was surgeon on board a privateer in the war between Spain and Buenos Ayres, in the service of Buenos Ayres in her contest for liberty. The subject of our sketch was the third of eight children born to his parents, and his early education was received in Grenada, Miss., and in Maryville college, Tenn., his education in the law being obtained in the Transylvania Law School of Lexington, Ky., from which institution he was graduated in February, 1847. Prior to this, however, he had been admitted to the bar in Kentucky, but his first practice was done in Grenada, Miss., where he also edited a paper from 1851 until 1855. In the latter year he was married to Cordelia Lake, who was born in Dorchester county, Md., and died in 1859 at Grenada, Miss., having borne two children, one daughter now living. His second marriage was in 1871, to Mary E. Roes, a daughter of Dr. John B. Ross, a Presbyterian minister of considerable prominence who was born and died in Maryland. Mrs. Snider was born in Albemarle county, Va., and died December 21, 1889, having become the mother of eight children, four of whom survive her. Since 1861 Mr. Snider has resided in Bossier parish and has been a resident of the town of Bellevue since 1866, where he has practiced his profession with success, being one of the leading lawyers of northwestern Louisiana. He has always been an active and prominent politician, and has served two terms in the state legislature, having been first elected in 1863. He also served at one time as parish treasurer, and has tilled other local positions of honor and trust. He was for ten years president of the democratic parish committee, and is well and favorably known throughout the state. He was president of the convention in 1876 that nominated Governor Nicholls. He is a member of the A. F. & A. K., Bellevue lodge, No 95, and has been master of the same many years.

Contributed 2021 Nov 04 by Mike Miller, from Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, published in 1892, Volume 2, page 500.