Charles Pinder Snow
In a comparatively brief span of years the late Charles Pinder Snow lived a life of usefulness and prominence that have made an indelible impress on the community and City of Huntington. He was one of the most loyal friends of that city, and never neglected an opportunity to advance its wholesome prosperity as represented in its commercial, religious and social institutions.
Mr. Snow was born at Dayton, Ohio in 1872, and was fifty-three years of age when called by death in October, 1925. He acquired his early education in his native city and began work there in the offices of the Big Four Railroad. Later he went to Lexington, Kentucky, and for two and half years was in the service of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company, and for a little more than two years was located at Ashland. Mr. Snow in 1905 was transferred to Huntington, and continued with the Chesapeake & Ohio Company there until 1911, when he resigned. He became associated with Mr. Prichard in the organization of the Huntington Banking & Trust Company, and served as vice president and cashier of that institution up to the time of his death.
Outside of the bank his two chief hobbies were the Chamber of Commerce and his church. He served as president of the Chamber of Commerce six different terms and was head of that body when he died. He was vice president of the Foster-Thornburg Hardware Company. In the Presbyterian Church he was president of the Men's Club and for five years president of the Bible Class. He served two years as president of the Credit Men's Association and for one year was president of the Huntington Clearing House Association. He was a Republican in politics, and a Knight Templar Mason.
Mr. Snow married, February, 1898, Miss Josephine Brink, who was born at Covington, Kentucky. She survives her honored husband and resides at 347 Sixth Avenue, Huntington, and is a very active member of the Presbyterian Church. her parents were Joseph and mary Brink. her mother died in December, 1926, and her father was a retired railway man living at Covington when he passed away in 1927.
From West Virginia In History, Life, Literature and Industry, The Lewis Publishing Company 1928 - Volume 5