Herman G. Snyder
Initially Rev. Herman Snyder's inability to speak Pennsylvania German seemed that it would prevent him from taking over the charge. However, after preaching a trial sermon on April 27, 1913, he was elected.
A native of Williamsport, Maryland, Mr. Snyder took his training at Franklin and Marshall College and the Seminary in Lancaster, PA, graduating in June, 1913. Immediately upon graduation, he and his wife moved into the parsonage at Beaver Springs. There a fourth child, Samuel, was born. He was the only child to be born in the parsonage.
Just like his predecessors, Mr. Snyder made his rounds with a horse and buggy and to his credit he missed no services despite bad roads and inclement weather. He ate his dinners at one of the parishioner's homes on the Sunday he preached at the west end of the charge. In August, 1916, he purchased a Ford car and was the first minister to use an automobile in his work.
He accepted a call to the Red Bank Charge at Hawthorn, PA, Clarion County in 1916 and left Beaver Springs in October of that year. Mr. Snyder died in Middleburg on February 25, 1958, at the age of 75.