When George Washington Snyder was born on 26 September 1860, in Ravanna Township, Mercer, Missouri, United States, his father, Hezekiah Snyder, was 35 and his mother, Rosina Lucy Painter, was 35. He married Martha Pheobe Harriman on 11 December 1890, in Mercer, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Ravanna, Mercer, Missouri, United States for about 60 years. He died on 2 April 1935, in Ravanna Township, Mercer, Missouri, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Ravanna Township, Mercer, Missouri, United States.