Daughter of George & Angeline Sears
Married Robert W Snyder - 12 Sept 1886
Parents of Ronald L Snyder &
Ona Marie Snyder
The Organizing Regent of Mary Wade Strother was Grace Lesta Snyder, she was a lady of unusual charm and intelligence, a lady highly respected by other organizing Charter members.
Mrs. Snyder was a descendant of John and Mary Willis Wade Strother, early settlers in Virginia's Rappahannock Valley, where they built their home "Wadefield." John Strother served as an officer during the American Revolution. He held his wife in high and tender esteem and exacted from all his household that they treat her with the deference due a woman of such noble character. When Mary Wade married, she brought a tiny pear tree to her new home, and from a branch of this same tree was carved the gavel used by the Regents of Mary Wade Strother Chapter.
Grace Lesta Sears was born on July 19, 1863 in Hancock County, Illinois. Her parents were George Washington and Arminta Angeline Yates Sears.
She married Robert Snyder of St. Joseph, Missouri on September 12, 1886 in the Presbyterian Church of Cawker City, Kansas. Robert was a well known traveling salesman for Northwest Kansas and Grace was a teacher of Mitchell County, Kansas. In the 1890's Grace was an editor for the Beloit Gazette in a section called the Cawker Dept. In 1913 she was a member of the Kansas State Board of Examiners appointed by Gov. George H. Hodges. She was the president of the sixth district federation of clubs. She was active in the Northwest Kansas Editorial Association, State Board of Education and was State Rural School Supervisor and a member of the State Parent Teachers Association and of the Business and Professional Woman's Club.
In 1911, Grace joined the DAR and was issued National Number 84795.
Grace was widowed on October 6, 1916. She and Robert were the parents of two children, Ronald Wayne and his wife lived in Ness City and Ona Marie Drake and her husband, Clarence lived in Mankato. She was the grandmother of Grace, Louis and Robert Snyder and Duane Drake. At the time of her death, her father was living as were 3 brothers and a sister all living in Olancha, California. There was another brother, Charles who lived in Maryville, Montana.
In 1922, Grace was the Organizing Regent for the Mary Wade Strother Chapter in Salina, Kansas.
After the successful start of Mary Wade Strother, Grace attended a meeting on December 20, 1923 to help organize the Desire Tobey Sears Chapter for her daughter, Ona Drake.
Grace was the descendant of:
John Strother, A111748
Charles Browning A016024
Benjamin Sears A101040
Knowles Sears A101083
Thomas Sears A101134 and
John Yates A129437
Grace died at the home of her daughter in Mankato, Kansas on January 21, 1925 after a year of an illness and was buried in Prairie Grove Cemetery in Cawker City, Kansas. She was made honorary regent of the Mary Wade Strother Chapter on January 15 1925.
She had served as our first Regent from October 9, 1922 through 1924.
Contributor: Melissa & Quentin Stuchlik (46875918)
Married Robert W Snyder - 12 Sept 1886
Parents of Ronald L Snyder &
Ona Marie Snyder
The Organizing Regent of Mary Wade Strother was Grace Lesta Snyder, she was a lady of unusual charm and intelligence, a lady highly respected by other organizing Charter members.
Mrs. Snyder was a descendant of John and Mary Willis Wade Strother, early settlers in Virginia's Rappahannock Valley, where they built their home "Wadefield." John Strother served as an officer during the American Revolution. He held his wife in high and tender esteem and exacted from all his household that they treat her with the deference due a woman of such noble character. When Mary Wade married, she brought a tiny pear tree to her new home, and from a branch of this same tree was carved the gavel used by the Regents of Mary Wade Strother Chapter.
Grace Lesta Sears was born on July 19, 1863 in Hancock County, Illinois. Her parents were George Washington and Arminta Angeline Yates Sears.
She married Robert Snyder of St. Joseph, Missouri on September 12, 1886 in the Presbyterian Church of Cawker City, Kansas. Robert was a well known traveling salesman for Northwest Kansas and Grace was a teacher of Mitchell County, Kansas. In the 1890's Grace was an editor for the Beloit Gazette in a section called the Cawker Dept. In 1913 she was a member of the Kansas State Board of Examiners appointed by Gov. George H. Hodges. She was the president of the sixth district federation of clubs. She was active in the Northwest Kansas Editorial Association, State Board of Education and was State Rural School Supervisor and a member of the State Parent Teachers Association and of the Business and Professional Woman's Club.
In 1911, Grace joined the DAR and was issued National Number 84795.
Grace was widowed on October 6, 1916. She and Robert were the parents of two children, Ronald Wayne and his wife lived in Ness City and Ona Marie Drake and her husband, Clarence lived in Mankato. She was the grandmother of Grace, Louis and Robert Snyder and Duane Drake. At the time of her death, her father was living as were 3 brothers and a sister all living in Olancha, California. There was another brother, Charles who lived in Maryville, Montana.
In 1922, Grace was the Organizing Regent for the Mary Wade Strother Chapter in Salina, Kansas.
After the successful start of Mary Wade Strother, Grace attended a meeting on December 20, 1923 to help organize the Desire Tobey Sears Chapter for her daughter, Ona Drake.
Grace was the descendant of:
John Strother, A111748
Charles Browning A016024
Benjamin Sears A101040
Knowles Sears A101083
Thomas Sears A101134 and
John Yates A129437
Grace died at the home of her daughter in Mankato, Kansas on January 21, 1925 after a year of an illness and was buried in Prairie Grove Cemetery in Cawker City, Kansas. She was made honorary regent of the Mary Wade Strother Chapter on January 15 1925.
She had served as our first Regent from October 9, 1922 through 1924.
Contributor: Melissa & Quentin Stuchlik (46875918)
Daughter of George & Angeline Sears
Married Robert W Snyder - 12 Sept 1886
Parents of Ronald L Snyder &
Ona Marie Snyder
The Organizing Regent of Mary Wade Strother was Grace Lesta Snyder, she was a lady of unusual charm and intelligence, a lady highly respected by other organizing Charter members.
Mrs. Snyder was a descendant of John and Mary Willis Wade Strother, early settlers in Virginia's Rappahannock Valley, where they built their home "Wadefield." John Strother served as an officer during the American Revolution. He held his wife in high and tender esteem and exacted from all his household that they treat her with the deference due a woman of such noble character. When Mary Wade married, she brought a tiny pear tree to her new home, and from a branch of this same tree was carved the gavel used by the Regents of Mary Wade Strother Chapter.
Grace Lesta Sears was born on July 19, 1863 in Hancock County, Illinois. Her parents were George Washington and Arminta Angeline Yates Sears.
She married Robert Snyder of St. Joseph, Missouri on September 12, 1886 in the Presbyterian Church of Cawker City, Kansas. Robert was a well known traveling salesman for Northwest Kansas and Grace was a teacher of Mitchell County, Kansas. In the 1890's Grace was an editor for the Beloit Gazette in a section called the Cawker Dept. In 1913 she was a member of the Kansas State Board of Examiners appointed by Gov. George H. Hodges. She was the president of the sixth district federation of clubs. She was active in the Northwest Kansas Editorial Association, State Board of Education and was State Rural School Supervisor and a member of the State Parent Teachers Association and of the Business and Professional Woman's Club.
In 1911, Grace joined the DAR and was issued National Number 84795.
Grace was widowed on October 6, 1916. She and Robert were the parents of two children, Ronald Wayne and his wife lived in Ness City and Ona Marie Drake and her husband, Clarence lived in Mankato. She was the grandmother of Grace, Louis and Robert Snyder and Duane Drake. At the time of her death, her father was living as were 3 brothers and a sister all living in Olancha, California. There was another brother, Charles who lived in Maryville, Montana.
In 1922, Grace was the Organizing Regent for the Mary Wade Strother Chapter in Salina, Kansas.
After the successful start of Mary Wade Strother, Grace attended a meeting on December 20, 1923 to help organize the Desire Tobey Sears Chapter for her daughter, Ona Drake.
Grace was the descendant of:
John Strother, A111748
Charles Browning A016024
Benjamin Sears A101040
Knowles Sears A101083
Thomas Sears A101134 and
John Yates A129437
Grace died at the home of her daughter in Mankato, Kansas on January 21, 1925 after a year of an illness and was buried in Prairie Grove Cemetery in Cawker City, Kansas. She was made honorary regent of the Mary Wade Strother Chapter on January 15 1925.
She had served as our first Regent from October 9, 1922 through 1924.
Contributor: Melissa & Quentin Stuchlik (46875918)
Married Robert W Snyder - 12 Sept 1886
Parents of Ronald L Snyder &
Ona Marie Snyder
The Organizing Regent of Mary Wade Strother was Grace Lesta Snyder, she was a lady of unusual charm and intelligence, a lady highly respected by other organizing Charter members.
Mrs. Snyder was a descendant of John and Mary Willis Wade Strother, early settlers in Virginia's Rappahannock Valley, where they built their home "Wadefield." John Strother served as an officer during the American Revolution. He held his wife in high and tender esteem and exacted from all his household that they treat her with the deference due a woman of such noble character. When Mary Wade married, she brought a tiny pear tree to her new home, and from a branch of this same tree was carved the gavel used by the Regents of Mary Wade Strother Chapter.
Grace Lesta Sears was born on July 19, 1863 in Hancock County, Illinois. Her parents were George Washington and Arminta Angeline Yates Sears.
She married Robert Snyder of St. Joseph, Missouri on September 12, 1886 in the Presbyterian Church of Cawker City, Kansas. Robert was a well known traveling salesman for Northwest Kansas and Grace was a teacher of Mitchell County, Kansas. In the 1890's Grace was an editor for the Beloit Gazette in a section called the Cawker Dept. In 1913 she was a member of the Kansas State Board of Examiners appointed by Gov. George H. Hodges. She was the president of the sixth district federation of clubs. She was active in the Northwest Kansas Editorial Association, State Board of Education and was State Rural School Supervisor and a member of the State Parent Teachers Association and of the Business and Professional Woman's Club.
In 1911, Grace joined the DAR and was issued National Number 84795.
Grace was widowed on October 6, 1916. She and Robert were the parents of two children, Ronald Wayne and his wife lived in Ness City and Ona Marie Drake and her husband, Clarence lived in Mankato. She was the grandmother of Grace, Louis and Robert Snyder and Duane Drake. At the time of her death, her father was living as were 3 brothers and a sister all living in Olancha, California. There was another brother, Charles who lived in Maryville, Montana.
In 1922, Grace was the Organizing Regent for the Mary Wade Strother Chapter in Salina, Kansas.
After the successful start of Mary Wade Strother, Grace attended a meeting on December 20, 1923 to help organize the Desire Tobey Sears Chapter for her daughter, Ona Drake.
Grace was the descendant of:
John Strother, A111748
Charles Browning A016024
Benjamin Sears A101040
Knowles Sears A101083
Thomas Sears A101134 and
John Yates A129437
Grace died at the home of her daughter in Mankato, Kansas on January 21, 1925 after a year of an illness and was buried in Prairie Grove Cemetery in Cawker City, Kansas. She was made honorary regent of the Mary Wade Strother Chapter on January 15 1925.
She had served as our first Regent from October 9, 1922 through 1924.
Contributor: Melissa & Quentin Stuchlik (46875918)
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