James Madison University - Bluestone Schoolmaam Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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Adolph H. Snyder

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linriraplitral krtrli • . V ADOLPH HELLER .SNYDER was born in the historic town of Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia, on the 22d of October, 1863. His father, Rev. J. A. Snyder, D. D., still living at a venerable age, was a prominent minister of the Lutheran Church; his mother, Theresa Heller Snyder, a young woman of lovable character, died on the day of his birth — her own twentieth birthday- Until the age of eight he lived in Woodstock with his grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Hel- ler ; the next four years were spent in New Market, another historic town of Shenandoah County, where his father was pastor of St. Matthews Church. At the age of twelve he was sent to school in Staunton, where he remained two years, receiving instruction at the hands of Rev. J. I. Miller and a Professor Ide — the latter an expert teacher of music. From 1878 to 1882 he was a student under the famous teacher, Joseph Salyards, in the New Market Polytechnic Institute, graduating from that school in May, 1882. One year later he graduated from Roanoke College, where, during the succeeding year, he was an instructor. In the fall of 1884 he entered the Mt. Airy Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, with a view to entering the gospel ministry; but, suffering from a weakness of the throat, he followed the advice of his physicians, and abandoned this purpose. After a winter spent in teaching at Wichita, Kansas, and a brief sojourn in other parts of the West, he returned to Virginia, and entered upon his distinguished career as an editor and journalist. First at Strasburg, then at his native town of Woodstock, and finally at Harrisonburg, he gave his versatile talents to the work of civic, social, and educational uplift and progress, through the medium of the public press. Mr. Snyder located at Strasburg in the spring of 1886, and there became the editor and owner of the Strasburg (weekly) News. At the end of a year he effected the consolidation of the News and the Virginian, the latter being a weekly published at Woodstock. He then became the editor of the Virginian and News, published at Woodstock, and continued work in this capacity until September, 1889, when he came to Harrison- burg, where he became an associate of the late Giles Devier in the publi- cation of the Rockingham Register. From 1889 until his death, January 18, 1910, he was editor of the Register, and was individual owner of the