History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . pringtownship, then a portion of West Beaver. Hewas reared on the farm and b\ the wise manage-ment of his parents, Emanuel G. and SophiaSnook, he attended school regularly and later at-tended Normal school at Selinsgrove and Free-burg and prepared for the profession of taught school eight terms; the last twoterms, 1901 to 1903, he taught the Grammar gradein the town of McClure, Pa. On the .8th day ofSeptember, 1899, he was married to Emma , daughter of Joseph and Catherine Kline,of McClure. They have one daugh
History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . pringtownship, then a portion of West Beaver. Hewas reared on the farm and b\ the wise manage-ment of his parents, Emanuel G. and SophiaSnook, he attended school regularly and later at-tended Normal school at Selinsgrove and Free-burg and prepared for the profession of taught school eight terms; the last twoterms, 1901 to 1903, he taught the Grammar gradein the town of McClure, Pa. On the .8th day ofSeptember, 1899, he was married to Emma , daughter of Joseph and Catherine Kline,of McClure. They have one daughter, MertieMay, born Jan. 4, 1901. In April, 1901, he movedto McClure, where he resided until , when he moved to Beaver Springs, Pa.,and accepted a position with the First National BUSINESS INSTITUTIONS OF BEAVER SPRINGS. Bank. Since that time he has been employed bythis institution and now holds the office of as-sistant cashier. His ancestors on his fathers sidewere of German descent, which we trace fromhis great-grandfather, John Snook, who emi-. J. F. SNOoK, Assistant Cashier,grated from Lehigh county and became one ofthe first settlers of Ragertown, as this place wasoriginally named. This John Snook was bornJan. 2. 1770; died Oct. 26, 1864, at the age of nearly95 years: he lies buried in the old cemetery inthis town. A sketch and portrait of his grand-father appears elsewhere in this book. We willtrace the ancestry on his side back tohis great-great-great-grandfather, Joseph Has-singer, who was of German descent and emi-grated from one of the eastern counties and tookup a thousand acres of land two miles northeastof Beavertown some years before the Revolu-tion. His great-great-grandfather, son of Jos-eph, named Daniel, erected the first grist mill atthe above named place, commonly known asHassingers mill, and pursued tnis occupationuntil his death in about 1825. His great-grand-father, a son of the second named, was namedDaniel, likewise, and was born
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