S.W. Snyder


Company Names, addresses, dates: 1
  Samuel W. Snyder, 177 Old, Petersburg VA (1865-1872) 1,2
  Samuel W. Snyder, 190 Old, Petersburg VA (1876-1905)
  Samuel W. Snyder, 190 Grove Ave, Petersburg VA (1907-1911)

Notes:
 Samuel Woodruff Snyder (1832-1912)3 fought in the Civil War. I couldn't find any details about his rank or where he fought, but there were a couple of his letters to home during the war, depicted on ancestry.com.

After the war ended, he opened a drugstore in Petersburg at 177 Old Street, at the corner of Cross Street. 2

According to his obituary in 1912, he had been a druggist on that corner for 55 years, which means he would have opened the drug store about 1857. I couldn't find any evidence of that, but I don't have access to many references before the civil war. 4

It seemed odd to me but the US Census from 1880 as well as some of the Petersburg city directories indicate his home was at the same address as his store. Maybe the drugstore had an upstairs living space or something?

Samuel passed away in 1912, apparently ending his drug store business. His son Samuel S. Snyder was listed in the 1910 US Census as the bookkeeper for the drugstore, but apparently he didn't take over his dad's business.


Bottles:
snyder_02 This is a clear, 6.3" bottle embossed:
horizontal in fancy slug plate: S.W. SNYDER / DRUGGIST / PETERSBURG, VA.
snyder_01 This is a clear, 5.3" bottle embossed:
vertical: S.W. SNYDER / APOTHECARY / PETERSBURG VA
base: W T & CO / B


1 Petersburg VA city directories for years: 1866,70,72,76-77,79,82,86,88,91,93,95,97,99,1901,03,05,07,09,11,13,15,17-18,20-22,24,27,29,31,33,35,37,39,41,43,48,50,52,54-55,57,59
2 Daily Express (Richmond), 1-Nov-1865, p.1 (earliest ad I found for Samuel W Snyder)
3 Find-a-grave entry for Samuel Woodruff Snyder
4 The Times Dispatch, 18-Jan-1912, p.8 (obituary for Samuel W Snyder)


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