Thomas Crum Snyder (March 19, 1843 – August 5, 1906) was an American politician from Ohio.
[2] Snyder enlisted as a private with Company A of the 41st Ohio Infantry Regiment on August 18, 1861.
After a few months, he became sick with pneumonia and was hospitalized in Louisville, Kentucky, and was moved to Nelsonville, Ohio.
He served 120 days, and was taken prisoner at the Battle of Cynthiana and subsequently released.
He remained with the 177th until the end of the Civil War, participating in the engagement at Shelbyville Pike, Siege of Nashville, and Battle of Town Creek.
[1][2] After returning to Vienna after the war, Snyder farmed and continued teaching.
He operated coal lands in Waynesburg under Rich Hill Mining Company until the spring of 1873.
[2][8] On October 6, 1883, Snyder was in a buggy accident that caused injury to his hip that required him to use crutches for the remainder of his life.