Snyder Community
Hale County, Texas
Snyder Community Families after 1923
Ben M. and Creola (McAnelly) Harris
(These are the basic facts I have for this family, listed here to help guide the research process. As photos, family stories, and other data are submitted, I hope to develop a narrative.)
Ben Harris arrived in Hale County in 1923 as a single young man; he lived with the John P. McGarrs and worked for them for the next few years. Creola McAnelly came in the fall of 1928 and taught at the Snyder school, living with the W. C. Buntins, whose land adjoined the McGarrs. On December 22, 1928, Ben and Creola were married in the First Methodist Church, Plainview. From 1932-1938, they were away from Snyder but returned and lived on the Milton H. Near farm, having bought it earlier. Ben died May 1, 1976.1
1930 Federal census -
Justice Precinct, Hale County, Texas [same page as Henry J. Ellis]
Bennie M. - aged 25, married at age 24, born in Texas,
parents both born in Texas; farm laborer (stock farm)
Creolia M. - aged 23, married at age 22, born in Texas,
parents both born in Texas; rural school teacher
Footnote
1. Gladys Rastetter Mason, compiler and Dorothy Watters Jamar, editor, "Growth of the Snyder Mennonite Colony of Hale County Texas," Hale County History Vol. VII (May, 1977): pp. 25-27.
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