| He built first a cabin of logs, 10
by 15 feet in dimensions, which was supplanted by
a larger cabin having a board roof, and this in
turn was followed by a hewed-log house, two a half
stories in height, its dimensions being 30 by 20
feet, and his fourth house and the last one which
he erected was also of logs, framed about, 24 by
10 feet in dimensions, with a kitchen attached which
was 10 by 12 feet.
Jost Snyder was a man of pioneer
robustness and was reasonably proud of his prowess
in hunting bear, and frequently shot wolves and
deer on the very land on which Akron now stands.
He never forgot the friends of his youth, and
during his subsequent residence in Ohio, walked
the distance of 500 miles back to Pennsylvania
to visit those left behind, on three occasions.
He was welcome wherever he went, being a man of
kindly nature, jovial spirit and great native
intelligence.
He married Salome Baughman (actually
Bachman) and they had fifteen children, namely:
Joshua, Elizabeth, George M., Peter, Joel, Isaiah,
Jacob, Daniel, Paul, Ezra, Jonas, Abraham, Nathan,
Jonathan and Sophia, all surviving to a good age
except two, one of these being an unnamed infant
born next to the youngest. They grew up resembling
their father, large, fine appearing men and women.
The survivors are: Nathan, residing in Brimfield
Township, Portage County; Paul, residing in West
Township, Marshall County, Indiana, and Abraham
of Springfield Township.
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