Jacob Buehler Snider, Jr. was born on June 17, 1886, in
Grenada, Mississippi. He was the son of Jacob Buehler Snider Sr. (who was of
German descent) and Susie Virginia Still, and had two sisters. Snider attended the public schools of Grenada. He then owned and printed newspapers in
Arkansas,
New Mexico, and
Colorado, before returning to Mississippi in 1909. He died on March 15, 1966, in
Pascagoula, Mississippi. == Personal life ==