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Dudley Snyder had gone to work at the age of seven. At fourteen, he was earning $3 per week splitting rails. In 1854, he was acquitted of [[murder]] in a case of self-defense. Thereafter, he committed himself to leading an exemplary life, and his family never again spoke of the trouble that he had faced in his early years.<ref name=hope>"The Snyder Brothers," West Texas Historical Association, annual meeting and seminar, [[Lubbock]], Texas, April 1, 2011.</ref> Dudley Snyder was a devout member of the [[Methodist]] Church.<ref name=atwell/> He was the founder of the board of Georgetown High School.

Dudley Snyder had gone to work at the age of seven. At fourteen, he was earning $3 per week splitting rails. In 1854, he was acquitted of [[murder]] in a case of self-defense. Thereafter, he committed himself to leading an exemplary life, and his family never again spoke of the trouble that he had faced in his early years.<ref name=hope>"The Snyder Brothers," West Texas Historical Association, annual meeting and seminar, [[Lubbock]], Texas, April 1, 2011.</ref> Dudley Snyder was a devout member of the [[Methodist]] Church.<ref name=atwell/> He was the founder of the board of Georgetown High School.

==Pioneer cattleman==​

==Pioneer cattleman==

 

With the outbreak of the [[American Civil War]], both brothers enlisted in the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] Army. Dudley reached the rank of [[colonel]]<ref name=hope/> and served as a conscription officer in Williamson County. He moved herds across the [[Mississippi River]] to deliver beef to the Confederacy.<ref name=atwell>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fsn08|author=W. H. Atwell|title=Snyder, Dudley Hiram|publisher=Texas State Historical Association: ''The Handbook of Texas''|accessdate=November 16, 2019}}</ref> The Snyders sold and shipped cattle to the Confederacy's Trans-Mississippi Department. After the hostilities ceased, John Wesley sold [[cotton]] in [[Brownsville]], Texas, and Matamoros, [[Tamaulipas]], [[Mexico]]. He married the former Catherine Jane Coffee (1844–1928),<ref name=fgrave/> the daughter of John T. Coffee of Georgetown. The couple had eight children.<ref name=handbook/> Dudley Snyder married the former Mary Oatts of Round Rock and was the father of nine children.<ref name=atwell/>

With the outbreak of the [[American Civil War]], both brothers enlisted in the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] Army. Dudley reached the rank of [[colonel]]<ref name=hope/> and served as a conscription officer in Williamson County. He moved herds across the [[Mississippi River]] to deliver beef to the Confederacy.<ref name=atwell>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fsn08|author=W. H. Atwell|title=Snyder, Dudley Hiram|publisher=Texas State Historical Association: ''The Handbook of Texas''|accessdate=November 16, 2019}}</ref> The Snyders sold and shipped cattle to the Confederacy's Trans-Mississippi Department. After the hostilities ceased, John Wesley sold [[cotton]] in [[Brownsville]], Texas, and Matamoros, [[Tamaulipas]], [[Mexico]]. He married the former Catherine Jane Coffee (1844–1928),<ref name=fgrave/> the daughter of John T. Coffee of Georgetown. The couple had eight children.<ref name=handbook/> Dudley Snyder married the former Mary Oatts of Round Rock and was the father of nine children.<ref name=atwell/>