Delilia May Reeder, daughter of Jacob Reeder and Sarah Elizabeth Snapp was born in St. Paris, Champaign Co., Ohio 17 June 1869. Her father was born in Germany and fought in the Civil War in the Ohio 113 Regiment. The family moved with her mothers two brothers, Balium and Peter, and her sister Delilia (Wolgamuth) Snapp, along with their children to Lyon Co., Kansas in the same year as her birth. Her mother died withing two years and a short time later, Jacob left his four living children with their older half siblings by their mother, and went to Missouri where he died in Bates Co., Missouri. She was raised by her sister Melinda Noe Campbell. Jacob Reeder was a hard man with really no ties to his family. Delilah was the youngest with Sherman, her brother, had no formal education. I think the other children faired a bit better but not much. There were 5 children by Jacob and 4 half siblings that were older. God says, "Vengence is mine"...but for Jacob it was a bit earlier than death. His second wife murdered him 30 days after their marriage.

Plot D-W 1/2 6-5 (from Becky Doan)

My Grandmother was a good person who had a hard life. She crochet everyone of her Grandaughters pillow cases the Christmas before her death at 91.
ANCESTORS:

1- Jacob Reeder CIVIL WAR 1832-1884
m. Sarah Elizabeth Snapp (widow of Robert Noe)

2-John Snapp 1802-1859
m. Elizabeth Maria Hetzel 1801-1891
d/o Johannes Peter Hetzel WAR OF 1812 1775-1865 & Catherine Margaretha Thomas

3-Reinhard Greef Schnepp (Snapp) 1781-1866
m. Christina Apple 1780-1807 (ancestor of Delilah)
m. Christina 'Elizabeth' Apple 1790-1851
Daughters of Johannes Martin Apple REV WAR 1753-1823
& Maria Catherina Weaver 1756-1829

4-Leonard Schnepp REV WAR 1753-1825
m. Catherine Straub 1760-1838
d/o Andreas Matteis Straub REV WAR & Catherina Delong

5-Joseph Schnepp 1731-1786 PATRIOT
m. Maria Christina ---? (ancestor of Delilah)
m. Elizabeth ---?

The difference between REV WAR and PATRIOT is...if they were regular soldiers, they received land grants. If they contributed food, shelter, clothing and ect, they were PATRIOTS. Both are regonized by the Daughters of the American Rev. Patriots did not receive land grants.

REV WAR GRANDFATHERS
Joseph Schnepp 1731-1786 Rev War Patriot
Leonard Schnepp 1753-1825 Rev War
Andreas Matteis Straub 1735-1805 Rev War
Johannes Martin Apple 1752-1823 Rev War
John Peter Hetzel 1742-1810 Rev War
Johann Enoch 'Enoch' Weaver 1725-1806 Rev War Patriot
Col. Abraham VanCampen 1693-1767 Rev War Patriot
ALL ABOVE ARE REGISTERED WITH THE DAR AND REGONIZED BY THE DAR

researched solely by Linda Doile Morris over the course of 32 years.