Nicholas Snethen (November 15, 1769 – May 30, 1845) was an American farmer, itinerant preacher, minister, and church leader.

[2] Barak Snethen was an officer in the American militia during the French and Indian War and participated in the Montreal Campaign.

For the next four years, Snethen served the church followers in remote rural areas of Connecticut, Vermont and Maine.

In 1806, the couple moved back to his wife's farm in Linganore, Maryland, Living in Lignanore, Snethen preached in Baltimore, Georgetown and Alexandria, Virginia.

That same year, Snethen ran for a seat in the U S House of Representatives from the Third Congressional District of Maryland on the Federalist party ticket, but lost the election.

In 1829, financial reversals and moral compulsions led Snethen and his wife to sell their farm in Maryland and emancipate their slaves.

He was then named headmaster of the school In 1845, while traveling from Cincinnati to Iowa, he stopped in Princeton, Indiana to visit his two daughters.