Dr. Harvey Leon Snyder, son of Leon L. Snyder, was born in Upper Milford. Feb. 1, 1868. He attended the local schools and the preparatory school of Muhlenberg College, after which he took: a course of study in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and was regularly graduated. After a preliminary practice of his profession at the Frankford Asylum, in Philadelphia, for a time, he then embarked in business for himself at Zionsville. Subsequently he also practiced at Macungie, Quakertown, and North Wales. While on his way to see a patient at North Wales in a heavy rainstorm, he was accidentally killed in crossing the railroad. He was married to Mary Bleim, and they had three children Henry Leon, a student at Muhlenberg College; Mary Estella, and Harvey Joseph.