Snyder Community
Hale County, Texas
Mennonite Colony Families
George B. (1863-1928) and Fannie (Landes) (1872-1959) Landis
(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.)
James A. Snyder, grandson of Peter B. Snyder, includes George Landis in his list of "early settlers of the Snyder Colony." (article) He stated that they were non-Mennonites, but both George and Fannie's obituaries indicate they were church members. In fact, George was ordained as a deacon in the Spring Valley congregation, near Canton, Kansas, in 1900, and as a minister in the Milan Valley congregation at Jet, Oklahoma, in 1902.
George's obituary - Gospel Herald - Volume XXI, Number 9 - May 31, 1928, pages 190 or 191
Sophia
Elizabeth Evers' obituary
[George's first wife, mother of eight children] - Herald of Truth, Vol.
XLII, No. 46, November 16, 1905 - pg 368
obituary
- Gospel Witness, Volume 1, Number 33 - November 15, 1905
Fannie's obituary - Gospel Herald - Volume LII, Number 25 - June 23, 1959
1900
Federal census - Spring Valley Township, McPherson County, Kansas
George D. - aged 36, married 16 years, born Sep. 1863 in
Indiana, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Ohio, farmer
Sophia - aged 32, mother of 6 children, 6 children living,
born May 1867 in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Melvin - 14-year-old son, born May 1886 in Kansas
Harvey - 13-year-old son, born Nov. 1887 in Kansas
Elmer - 9-ear-old son, born Feb. 1891 in Kansas
Noah - 7-year-old son, born Apr. 1893 in Kansas
Jacob - 5-year-old son, born Mar. 1895 in Kansas
Lawrence - 2-year-old son, born May 1898 in Kansas
1910
Federal census - Emma Township, Harvey County, Kansas
George - aged 47, second marriage, married 4 years, born in
Indiana, both parents born in Indiana, farmer
Fanny - aged 37, first marriage, mother of 1 child, born in
Ohio, both parents born in Ohio
Elmer - 19-year-old single son, born in Kansas
Noah - 17-year-old son, born in Kansas
Jacob - 15-year-old son, born in Kansas
Lawrence - 11-year-old son, born in Kansas
Mildred - 8-year-old daughter, born in Kansas
Raymond - 5-year-old son, born in Oklahoma
Mary - 3/12-year-old daughter, born in Kansas
son Louis C. Landis' obituary indicates he was born July 30, 1914, at Plainview, Tex.
son Vernon Clifford Landis' obituary indicates he was born Aug. 21, 1917, at Plainview, Tex.
1920
Federal census - Emma Township, Harvey County, Kansas
George B. - aged 56, farmer
Fannie - aged 46
Raymond - 15-year-old son
Mary - 10-year-old daughter
Floyd - 7-year-old son, born in Kansas
Louis - 5-year-old son, born in Texas
Vernon - 2-year-old son, born in Texas
Abram - 62-year-old single brother, born in Indiana
1930
Federal census - Hesston City, Emma Township, Harvey County, Kansas
Fannie E. - aged 57, widowed, born in Ohio, both parents born
in Ohio, laundress in her own home
Mary E. - 20-year-old single daughter, born in Kansas, father
born in Indiana, mother born in Ohio, servant in hospital
Floyd M. - 18-year-old single son, born in Kansas, laborer on
state highway
Louis C. - 15-year-old son, born in Texas
Vernon C. - 12-year-old son, born in Texas
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