Families of Mary Almira Huston
MARY ALMIRA HUSTON, daughter of MARY ALMIRA HORHAM and THOMAS WETHERSBY HUSTON, was born June 24, 1855 in Illinois,8726 and died November 10, 1925 in Los Angeles County, California.3893
She married (1) JOHN QUINCY STULTZ on February 26, 1874 in Rock Island County, Illinois.8892 He was born in 1850 in Crawfordsville, Montgomery, Indiana,11832 and died December 13, 1907 in East Moline, Rock Island, Illinois.11832
She married (2) AARON HERBERT SNYDER on September 12, 1882 in Henry County, Illinois.8892 He was born in 1838, and died August 27, 1911 in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California.3893, 9268 He is buried in Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.456
Children of MARY ALMIRA HUSTON and JOHN QUINCY STULTZ:
- HARRY A. STULTZ, b. April, 1876, Rock Island County, Illinois;10715 d. October 24, 1891, Sebastian County, Arkansas.10715
Military Service
Civil War
Aaron H. Snyder
- Served in 19th U.S. Infantry, Company C, 1st Battalion
- enlisted in Pennsylvania and served throughout the war and was then garrisoned for a considerable time at Fort Gibson, Ind., remaining in the army altogether six years.9268
Obituaries
Los Angeles Times, August 28, 19119268
GRIEF KILLS AN AGED MAN
Brother Seeks Brother for Half a Century
Death Prevents Reunion by a Few Weeks
PASADENA, Aug. 28.—After having searched the continent since the Civil War for a lost brother, only to locate his family a few weeks after his death, Aaron H. Snyder, a Grand Army veteran, died yesterday afternoon at his home, No. 872 North Raymond avenue, of asthma, brought on largely by grief and disappointment. He was 73 years of age and a hero of many battles, and was held in high esteem by residents of the city.
The life story of the old soldier and his unyielding search for his brother, William Snyder, to whom he was greatly attached, reads like a romance.
Aaron Snyder lived in Pennsylvania when the war broke out and was one of the first to enlist. He served throughout the war and was then garrisoned for a considerable time at Fort Gibson, Ind., remaining in the army altogether six years.
Owing to the excitement of the times, and his moving from place to place, he became separated from his brother, William, and when his term of service at Fort Gibson expired he determined not to rest until he had found the man. He made inquiries and learned that he had moved to the Pacific Coast and settled in California. So Aaron also crossed the Rockies. He took up his residence in Los Angeles. This was eighteen years ago. There he lived with his wife and family until seven years ago, when he moved to Pasadena.
Letters were written, the newspapers were resorted to, inquiries were made, but no word of the lost William came, until a few years past when Mr. and Mrs. Snyder went to San Francisco to attend the Grand Army encampment. While returning Mrs. Snyder chanced to look from the car wi[n]dow as the train passed th[r]ough the little town of Niles in the northern part of the State and saw a grocery store on which was painted the name "William Snyder."
"Aaron," she said, "I believe that is your brother."
He laughed at her. "Surely," he argued, "if it were we would have heard about him."
Nevertheless, upon their return to Pasadena, Mrs. Snyder insisted that her husband write the groceryman. The reply came from the latter's wife stating that her husband was indeed the lost brother, who had been trying equally hard to locate Aaron, but that he had died several weeks before.
The intelligence coming thus late and the keen disappointment which crowned his efforts of a score of years were a severe blow to Aaron Snyder. Mrs. Snyder said last night that she believed her husband had never recovered from it, but brooded over it constantly.
Snyder will be mourned by many in this city and Los Angeles who were his staunch friends. Several years ago he retired from active business and recently has been feeble. Nevertheless, he maintained an active interest in affairs and for the past nine years had been Chaplain of Chapter No. 9 of the Fraternal Brotherhood.
Snyder leaves, besides his widow, one daughter, Mrs. J. E. Bardens of Oakland, and two sisters who live in Pennsylvania. The funeral services will be held at the home at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The G.A.R. and Fraternal Brotherhood will take an active part in the ceremony. Interment will be made in Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| September 5, 18608612 | Western, Henry, Illinois | |
| August 12, 18708615 | Western, Henry, Illinois | |
| June 4, 18808616 | Western, Henry, Illinois |
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| June 4, 18809267 | Dodge, Ford, Kansas |
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| June 9, 1900761 | Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California |
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| April 18, 1910352 | Pasadena, Los Angeles, California |
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| January 8, 1920353 | Pasadena, Los Angeles, California |
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