Sprankle Snyder was born 1831 in Ohio to Samuel Benton Snyder and Elizabeth Sprankle. He married four times during the course of his life. This gets confusing as some people know about two or maybe three of his marriages and, oddly, vice versa.
What may not help, with the confusion, is The Ziegler Family Record, in 1906, listed him as "a Mr. Snyder of California" and then in family trees, for his fourth marriage, mispelt(?) as Spangle, Sprangle, or Spangler - as exampled in the 1990 edition of The Ziegler Family Record by Floyd R. Mason. In contrast when it comes to Ohio, Missouri, and Nebraska biographical sketches, shared about his parents or other family members, plus in a news clippings about one of his marriages, on census reports, and voter registration his first name was spelt Sprankle. I will be using the spelling of Sprankle since that, from his own hand or side, is what appears most often in the paper trail, while saying that if you happen to be researching this gentleman 0 then know in advance to try the variety of spellings shared for his first name.
Elizabeth Allen (Aug 1821), daughter of Rial Easter Allen (1791-1865) and Margaret Moore Evins (1784-1843), became Sprankle Snyder's first wife. She was ten years older than him at the time of their 1853 marriage in Missouri. This confuses people at first, thinking the bride's birth year is wrong, but it has been verified that the birth years are correct. Elizabeth passed away in Aug 1872. There were no children.
In April of 1875 Sprankle Snyder married Martha Christina Sabin (1844 - Ohio) in Andrew County, Missouri. Christina passed away June 3, 1883 in Longmount, Bloulder County, Colorado. No children from this marriage.
July 4, 1883 Sprankle Snyder married Elizabeth (Lizzie) Keyler (Kyler) in Andrew County, Missouri. From this marriage there were three sons: Lee Roy (1884 Missouri), Samuel C. (1886 Missouri), and Myrl Bird (1887 Missouri). Some sources have Lizzie Kyler passing away in 1910 but may have been 1888-1889 when Sprankle became a widower for a third time.
Sprankle Snyder shows up Piatt County, Illinois marriage records when he marries Lydia Wyne in Dec 1889. Lydia was the daughter of John C. Wyne and Elizabeth Ziegler who had moved from Rockingham County, Virginia to Cerro Gordo, Piatt County, Illinois with some of their other children. This was Lydia Wyne's first marriage.
Sprankle and Lydia, and Sprankle's sons, show up in 1900 US Census living in Los Angeles County, California. Sprankle was a fruit farmer. He passed away before the 1910 US Census as Lydia is listed as Head of Household. Sprankle's sons do not appear within the household but Ruth Frances (1898 California), Edna (1902 Missouri), and Elsie (1898 USA) are listed as Adopted Daughters and all three have the last name of Snyder. These three girls do not appear in the 1920 Los Angeles County, California US Censusl Lydia is listed Head of Household with another adopted daughter, Catherine Snyder (1911 California). In 1930 US Census Lydia Wyne Snyder is still in Los Angeles County, California and has two lodgers listed living in her household. Lydia Snyder passed away October 20, 1935.
Sprankle Snyder and Lydia Wyne are listed as the parents of Ruth Frances Snyder when she marries George D. Martin (1888) in September 1913.
.Lee Roy Snyder immigrated to British Columbia, Canada in 1906. He passed away April 30 1957 from an accidental poisoning. Lee Roy married Flora McKeeknie according to his death certificate. Uncertain on if they had any children.
Samuel C. Snyder appears in 1910 US Census as to residing in Redlands, San Bernadino County, California. In 1920 he appears back in Los Angeles County, California with his wife, Laura E., and her brother, Forrest Edwards. Samuel and Laura Snyder are still in Los Angeles County, California when the 1930 US Census was taken. It does not appear that Samuel C. Snyder had children.
Myrl Bird Snyder tried to get himself exempted from the Ventura, California draft for World War I claiming poor eyesight and "slightly nervousness". In 1917 he is a private in Company H 103rd Infantry in Venture, California and was discharged March 10 1918. In 1926 Myrl is in Sawtelle, California where he is in a hospital for soldiers. He passed Aug 13 1948 and is buried in Los Angeles National Cemetery. It appears that Myrl Bird Snyder never married.
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