Henry Snider

Henry Snider was a very successful farmer and businessman in Bloomingdale, Ontario. His father Jacob (Yoch) Schneider had sixteen children, and on his 3,000 acres of land, much of which bordered the Grand River, he established a school and church for the educational needs of his large family. Henry Snider purchased portions of land from his father, and here developed his farm. He also owned a flour and feed mill at Conestogo, a sawmill in Pilkington Township and had an interest in the Doon Linen Mill. In 1871 he operated a general store in Conestogo with Charles Hendry.

Snider was one of the commissioners who purchased the lot on which the Bloomingdale School was built in 1842. He served as councillor of Waterloo Township and was deputy reeve from 1854-1858. He was one of the first directors of the Waterloo County Agricultural Society.