Accoring to what I see in the SNYDER genealogy, the Susanna SNIDER of whom you speak was descended from Adam, my Michael's brother. I'm not surprised that you didn't find anything about the business in Virginia since the SNYDER'S distilling business was in Kentucky not Virginia. There may have been one in VA but I know nothing about it. Google "Snyder's Old Rye Whiskey" and you will get part of the story. It was my ancestor, John b.1898 in VA and his younger brother, William, both sons of Michael and Martha (STIGLER) SNYDER who were in this business and John was klilled in an accident at the mill in Milton, KY in 1844 so his sons continued on. The YAGER involvement would only be that Malevia YAGER was the wife and mother in this family. I know of no other YAGERS in the business but there may have been some. John's brother William was the one who built it into the biggest distillery in Kentucky but the war in 1861 and a fire finished William off financially. John's sons and several SNYDER relatives made it fairly big in the business. Our cousin who is a lineal descendant of William's is writing a book about it. As to where the family scattered to, I only have the first generation after Philemon. It appears that they went all over. Maybe the Illinois branch was involved with the business in Peoria. Sorry..that's all I know. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 10:07 PM, redscorsair <redscorsair@peoplepc.com>wrote: > > Good Evening Suzee, > My g,g,g,g, great grandmother, was Susanna Snyder, she was born in, > 1789, in > Culpeper, Viraginia. She marry my, g,g,g,g, grandfather, Philemon Yager > on July > 31, 1807. She was his second wife, and they had five children, all born > in > Rockingham County. Sometime in the in the early, the left Virginia, and > travel > to west. I was hoping, that you, my have any information, on them, after > they > left Virginia. I am also hoping, that you, may be able to, give me some > information on, the Snyder-Yager Distilling business. No one else, knows > any > thing at all, about this distilling business in Virginia, So I am hoping, > that > you, may be able, to help me. > Yours truly, > Ray Groves > redscorsair@peoplepc.com > > ________________________________________ > PeoplePC Online > A better way to Internet > http://www.peoplepc.com > > > >