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SNOOK, J. C, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. West Point; a son of John Snook, who was born in Sussex Co., N. J., Aug. 17, 1776; when a young man, he removed to Union Co., Penn., where he married Elizabeth Christ, who was born in Union Co.. Penn, Sept. 25, 1778; he died in Union Co., Penn., Dec. 9, 1834, his wife in Lee Co., March 13, 1863, leaving a family of four sons and three daughters, but three now living; the second son and fourth born, the subject of this sketch, was born in Union Co., Penn., June 5, 1809; he was raised a farmer. In the 27th year of his age, he married Jane, daughter of James Cornelius; she was born in Union Co., Penn., Feb. 18, 1836; in 1853, they emigrated to Lee Co., and settled where they now reside, and own eighty acres of land, valued at $30 per acre. They have ten children — Mary, born in Pennsylvania, Jan. 11, 1837, the wife of Wm. Bronson, of Clark Co., Iowa; Sarah J., born in Pennsylvania, Nov. 8, 1838, the wife of Thos. Moore, of Montrose; Lucy Elizabeth, born in Pennsylvania, May 21, 1841, married James Thornton, a soldier in the late war, now deceased; Julia A., born in Pennsylvania, June 17, 1843, the wife of E. M. Stewart, of this county; John W., born in Pennsylvania, Oct. 30, 1845, of Idaho, engaged in freighting; Isaac N., born in Pennsylvania, Feb. 20, 1848, a resident of Henry Co., Iowa, a farmer; James H., born in Pennsylvania, Nov. 20, 1850, a farmer of this township; Christian G., born April 5, 1853, a farmer of this township; Lewis C., born in Lee Co., March 12, 1856; Ella, born in Lee Co., Oct. 9, 1860. Mr. Snook was formerly a member of the German Reformed Church. Has held various township and school offices; is a Jackson Democrat.