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Harry B. Snaman
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HAEEY B. SNAMAN, of the firm of Snaman Bros., complete house furnishers, at Butler, is one of the city's enterprising and successful young business men. He was born in
1871, in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and is a son of George W. and Ellen Jane (Dunlap) Snaman. The father of Mr. Snaman is a retired merchant of Allegheny, where he was in business for forty-three years. He married a daughter of Capt. Hance W. Dunlap, who commanded a boat
on the Ohio River for many years and was an early settler at Allegheny in the year 1817. Harry B. Snaman went to school until he was fourteen years of age and then entered his father's store, where he continued for seventeen years. When his father retired from business, Harry B., in association with his brother, Walter H., came to Butler, in 1903, and established the present business under the firm name of Snaman Bros., on North Main Street. Here they occupy 17,500 square feet of floor space and handle a complete line of house-furnishing goods. They are both capable business men and their honorable methods have won them a large trade. In 1895 Harry B. Snaman was married to Miss Elizabeth Fink, a daughter of John B. Fink, a prominent oil man, who has been identified with the industry ever since the first well was drilled (the Drake well). Mr. and Mrs. Snaman have two children: Elizabeth and Catherine. They are members of the First Presbyterian Church. He has long been identified with the Odd Fellows and is also secretary of the Odd Fellow Club. Mr. Snaman is an active citizen and has served both as president and as treasurer of the Butler Board of Trade, and he is also connected with both the Butler and Sterling Clubs. Walter H. Snaman, member of the firm of Snaman Bros., was born at Allegheny, Pennsylvania, graduated from the High School and then attended the Western University at Pittsburg. For the last twelve years he has been identified with his brother in business. Mr. Snaman was married at Pittsburg, to Miss Blanche Kelly and they have three children: Marie, Neville and Dorothy. Mr. Snaman is a member of St. Paul's Catholic Church. Fraternally he is an Elk, a past grand knight of the Knights of Columbus, and a member also of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association and of the Young Men's Association. Source: 20th century history of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and respresentative citizens, McKee, James A., 1909, page 635-636. |
