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Note: James Snyder was in the Civil War on the Union side. Company C, 12th Regiment, Indiana. He was in many battles. He pulled the artillery wagon and he had two sets of mules shot out from under him. His ear was shot off in a battle. His regiment was involved in the seige of Atlanta. He was 22 years of age when he went to war.
Here is a story that is told back in Indiana. When the corner stone of the court house in Rensalaer, Indiana was laid, James was in jail for drinking. He had to get out of the jail while they put the corner stone in but they were having trouble laying the corner stone so James, being drunk, said stand back I'll do this and he supposedly did it. But this is myth..and a story... probably told by James himself..
The truth is the corner stone was huge and he could not have laid it by himself...because the corner stone was laid November 12, 1896 and the Prairie Lodge No. 125 assisted the grand master of the Masonic lodge in laying the corner stone. (From the History of Jasper County).
Also in the Book: History of Jasper County it said that James Snyder and Daniel Snyder came from Ohio into Indiana and settled near what was known as Walker School, a little south and west near what was known as Manna Marsh, very seldom dry but was quite often covered with water deep enough to run a canoe on. They were great men with the axe, made rails for our fences, clap boards to cover our barns and sheds, and made cross ties, trapped and hunted, date unkown but as early as the 1860's. (written by Anna Kennedy Meyers in 1937)
In the 1880 Indiana Census, Jasper County it is written that James is born in Ohio.
James was supposedly full blooded German. His father was from Germany. In 1729, Germans migrated to America.
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