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'''John Wesley Snyder''' (June 21, 1837 – April 15, 1922) was a pioneer rancher, [[farmer]], and [[business]]man from principally Georgetown in Williamson County, near the state capital of [[Austin]], [[Texas]].
'''John Wesley Snyder''' (June 21, 1837 – April 15, 1922) was a pioneer rancher, [[farmer]], and [[business]]man from principally Georgetown in Williamson County, near the state capital of [[Austin]], [[Texas]].
==Background==
==Background==
Snyder was the second of four children born to [[Pennsylvania]] native Charles W. Snyder and the former [[Kentucky|Kentuckian]] Susan Hale (1816–1892), later Susan Wulfjen,<ref name=fgrave>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8378666|title=John Wesley Snyder|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=November 16, 2019}}</ref> in Yazoo County in west central [[Mississippi]]. Charles Snyder died in 1840, and the three-year-old moved with his mother to [[Missouri]]. In 1856, Snyder and a brother, '''Dudley Hiram Snyder''' (1833–1921), came to Texas as partners in an [[apple]] orchard and [[horse]]-trading business situated between Georgetown and Round Rock in Travis and Williamson counties.<ref name=handbook>{{cite web|url=
Snyder was the second of four children born to [[Pennsylvania]] native Charles W. Snyder and the former [[Kentucky|Kentuckian]] Susan Hale (1816–1892), later Susan Wulfjen,<ref name=fgrave>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8378666|title=John Wesley Snyder|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=November 16, 2019}}</ref> in Yazoo County in west central [[Mississippi]]. Charles Snyder died in 1840, and the three-year-old moved with his mother to [[Missouri]]. In 1856, Snyder and a brother, '''Dudley Hiram Snyder''' (1833–1921), came to Texas as partners in an [[apple]] orchard and [[horse]]-trading business situated between Georgetown and Round Rock in Travis and Williamson counties.<ref name=handbook>{{cite web|url=
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fsn13|author=H. Allan Anderson of [[Lubbock]], Texas|title=Snyder, John Wesley|publisher=''The Handbook of Texas''|accessdate=November 16, 2019}}</ref>
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fsn13|author=H. Allan Anderson of [[Lubbock]], Texas|title=Snyder, John Wesley|publisher=''The Handbook of Texas''|accessdate=November 16, 2019}}</ref>
*Gus L. Ford, ed., ''Texas Cattle Brands'' ([[Dallas]], [[Texas]]: Cockrell, 1936).<br>
*Gus L. Ford, ed., ''Texas Cattle Brands'' ([[Dallas]], [[Texas]]: Cockrell, 1936).<br>
*Richard C. Hopping, "The Ellwoods: Barbed Wire and Ranches," ''Museum Journal'' 6 (1962).<br>
*Richard C. Hopping, "The Ellwoods: Barbed Wire and Ranches," ''Museum Journal'' 6 (1962).<br>
*J. Marvin Hunter (1880-1957), ''Trail Drivers of Texas', 2 vols. ([[San Antonio]], Texas: Jackson Printing, 1920, 1923; 4th ed.}, see also [[University of Texas]] Press, 1985).<br>
*J. Marvin Hunter (1880-1957), ''Trail Drivers of Texas', 2 vols. ([[San Antonio]], Texas: Jackson Printing, 1920, 1923; 4th ed.) and ([[Austin: [[University of Texas]] Press, 1985).<br>
*Clara Stearns Scarbrough, ''Land of Good Water: A Williamson County History'' (Georgetown, Texas: Williamson County Sun Publishers, 1973).<br>
*Clara Stearns Scarbrough, ''Land of Good Water: A Williamson County History'' (Georgetown, Texas: Williamson County Sun Publishers, 1973).<br>
*Snyder Family Papers, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, named for former [[Governor]] [[Dolph Briscoe]] of Uvalde, at the University of Texas at Austin.
*Snyder Family Papers, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, named for former [[Governor]] [[Dolph Briscoe]] of Uvalde, at the University of Texas at Austin.