He went to public schools and then to Bethany and Schylo Academy and Yadkin College, all in North Carolina.

They had one child, Ross Snyder, who was killed in World War I at the Battle of Chateau-Thierry in France.

[1] In 1923, Ross Snyder’s body was returned to Los Angeles, and lay in state for a day in Pershing Square before burial at Hollywood Cemetery.

[1][3] He died at the Jonathan Club on April 7, 1937, at the age of 78, and his body lay in state in the City Hall, with interment at Hollywood Cemetery.

[1][3][4] In 1990, the city of Hermosa Beach, California, included Pinxton's "extensively remodeled home", at No.

His last appointment was Governor James Rolph's naming him to the State Industrial Accident Commission, from 1931 to 1935.

During his mayoralty, the Third Street Tunnel was bored through Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, in 1901, and the water system became municipally owned.

[8]Snyder was arrested and taken to the police station in May 1907 when his car, driven by a chauffeur, was pulled over on Broadway; it had been clocked by two officers on bicycles at 16 miles an hour crossing Third Street whereas a city ordinance limited the speed to 4 miles an hour at intersections.