Joseph Benjamin Snider
Reverend Joseph Benjamin Snider
Joseph Benjamin Snider was born in southeast Collin County near the Winningkoff Community on April 22, 1868. His parents were Aaron Harrison and Ruhama Elizabeth Scott Snider. His paternal grandparents, William and Mary Sandusky Maxwell Snider, had settled in Collin County on a Peter's Colony land grant in 1845 and after having lived in Fayette County, Kentucky and Greene County, Illinois. Adam and Nancy Elizabeth O'Bannon Scott were his maternal grandparents. The Scott family arrived in Collin County ca. 1853 after having lived in Pettis County, Missouri.
Ben Snider was the fifth of ten children born to Aaron and Ruhama Snider.
On November 6, 1892, the Reverend J. B. Faulkner married Ben Snider and Lillian Gertrude Brown. Lillian was born August 18, 1872 in Chester District, South Carolina. She was the daughter of Charles Madison and Fielder Ann Robbins Brown. The Brown family had moved to Collin County in the late 1880s.
On November 16, 1893, the Snider's first son Herman Lorenzo was born. A second son, Hester Alonzo was born on January 15, 1900.
Ben's grandparents, William and Mary Snider, started the Forest Grove Christian Church in 1847. His other grandfather, Adam Scott, was the pastor of the Orchard Gap Primitive Baptist Church. Ben was saved at the age of 21 during a revival held by Reverend Levi Dunn and Reverend Charles Morgan. He was ordained in to the ministry at the Lucas Missionary Baptist Church on June 1, 1902 by J. W. Foster, W. T. Newsom and G. M. Cook.
Joseph Benjamin Snider was born in southeast Collin County near the Winningkoff Community on April 22, 1868. His parents were Aaron Harrison and Ruhama Elizabeth Scott Snider. His paternal grandparents, William and Mary Sandusky Maxwell Snider, had settled in Collin County on a Peter's Colony land grant in 1845 and after having lived in Fayette County, Kentucky and Greene County, Illinois. Adam and Nancy Elizabeth O'Bannon Scott were his maternal grandparents. The Scott family arrived in Collin County ca. 1853 after having lived in Pettis County, Missouri.
Ben Snider was the fifth of ten children born to Aaron and Ruhama Snider.
On November 6, 1892, the Reverend J. B. Faulkner married Ben Snider and Lillian Gertrude Brown. Lillian was born August 18, 1872 in Chester District, South Carolina. She was the daughter of Charles Madison and Fielder Ann Robbins Brown. The Brown family had moved to Collin County in the late 1880s.
On November 16, 1893, the Snider's first son Herman Lorenzo was born. A second son, Hester Alonzo was born on January 15, 1900.
Ben's grandparents, William and Mary Snider, started the Forest Grove Christian Church in 1847. His other grandfather, Adam Scott, was the pastor of the Orchard Gap Primitive Baptist Church. Ben was saved at the age of 21 during a revival held by Reverend Levi Dunn and Reverend Charles Morgan. He was ordained in to the ministry at the Lucas Missionary Baptist Church on June 1, 1902 by J. W. Foster, W. T. Newsom and G. M. Cook.
