Adie Clifford Snellenberger was born April 18, 1896, in Harrison Twp, Payne, Ohio. He was the son of Benjamin Snellenberger, born May 27, 1871, in Paulding County, and Atta A. (Pever) Snellenberger, born November 1, 1873, in Wyandot County, Ohio. The couple was married in 1895. Adie came along in 1896. They were farmers.
By 1900, the family was living in Harrison Township and still farming. Russell Frank Snellenberger was born January 4, 1898. Benjamin’s mother, Sarah A. Snellenberger, was living with the family. On November 25, 1903, Atta Snellenberger passed away. She was buried in St. John’s Methodist Cemetery in Defiance, Ohio.
At the age of sixteen, Adie quit school. On November 21, 1906, in Defiance, Benjamin married Anna Caroline Linebrink, who was born March 24, 1878, in Defiance, Ohio. She passed away on May 5, 1907. Her last words were, “The cord will soon be broken.” She was laid to rest in St. John’s Methodist Cemetery in Defiance, Ohio…