ANGOLA'S LAST CIVIL WAR VET PASSES AWAY
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Robert H. Snowberger Died Tuesday Morning - Only One Veteran Remains
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Angola's last surviving veteran of the Civil War, Robert H. Snowberger, passed away at an early hour Tuesday morning at his home on North Wayne Street from repeated heart attacks with which had been afflicted for the past two weeks. His death leaves only one surviving Civil War soldier in Steuben County - Daniel Weisel, of Salem Township, aged 99.
Mr Snowberger, who was 92 years of age, was born in Ashland County, Ohio. He served with Company D of the Seventh Indiana Calvary for two years and seven months. His service was with the western army in Western Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas, his organization being engaged in subduing guerrilla warfare and outlawry in the territory passed over by the main army. He was engaged for six months after peace was declared, under General Custer, of later Indian warfare, in effecting order in Texas. His life after the war was spent in Steuben County, in farming, and later as a retired citizen in Angola. He was quite active until recent weeks and took pride in representing the remnant of "the old guard" in public occasion.
He is survived by his wife and two sons by a former marriage.
Funeral services for Mr. Snowberger will be held at the Klink Funeral Home on Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, Rev. J. O. Rose officiating. The burial will be in the Pleasant Lake cemetery with military honors by the Angola Post of the American Legion.
