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    LOREN D. SNAPP

    Loren D. Snapp. Both Logan and Miami counties have profited by the agricultural ability and good citizenship of Loren D. Snapp, who since 1905 has been a resident of the latter County, where he owns and operates a well-cultivated and productive farm in Elizabeth township. Mr. Snapp was born on a farm in Auglaize county, Ohio, December 26, 1876, a son of Hamilton and Felena (Rogers) Snapp. His parents were highly respected farming people of Auglaize county, where they resided for some years, but later moved to Logan county and finally to Miami county, where they rounded out their careers. They were industrious and God-fearing people, reared their children to lives of industry and honesty and had the respect and esteem of those among whom they made their home in their several communities. Loren D. Snapp was given the advantages of a public school education in Auglaize, and as a lad was taken by his parents to Logan county, where he grew to manhood and engaged in agricultural pursuits. That community continued to be his home until he was nearly thirty years of age, but in 1905 he came to Miami county, attracted by the opportunities offered in this region, and his home has since been in Elizabeth township, where he is now engaged in farming a valuable and productive tract of eighty acres. Mr. Snapp has installed modern improvements and equipment and has erected substantial buildings, adding value and attractiveness to his property, which he devotes to the cultivation of general crops and the raising of a small herd of cattle of a good grade. His reputation in business circles is that of a man of high principles and proved integrity, and as a citizen his public spirit has been made evident on a number of occasions. During the World war period he was one of the most active workers in Elizabeth township, where he had charge of various committees and assisted materially in raising funds which helped the county to maintain its quota. He married Lola Keesecker, daughter of John and Martha, (Souders) Keesecker. Mrs. Snapp died March 18, 1903, leaving three children: Paul W., who married Lorie Leffel, and they reside in Miami county, the parents of one child, Bettie Louise; Ellena May, the wife of Roy Saylor, who resides in Akron, and Vance, who died at the age of sixteen years. Mr. Snapp married as his second wife, March 25, 1914, Addie, daughter of George and Della (Thompson) Spigelmoyer, of Brown township, Miami county, and the former are the parents of two daughters, Doris Virginia, and Mary Felena. Mr. Snapp is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Grace Reformed Church of Alcony, Ohio.

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