Born August 26m 1857 in Somersetshire, England. His education was limited, for he only attended the pay schools for a short time but acquired an education in the great school of
experience.
Mr. Snook was admitted to citizenship at Auburn, in 1890, . . .considered one of the pioneer fruit growers of Placer County, for when he came here in 1884, there were very few places developed to orchards. With limited means to start with, he has developed a fine paying fruit industry. . . In 1922 he started irrigating his ranch and has installed an electric plant on his place
which supplies power for lighting and other purposes. His ranch home is the only one within a radius of several miles to be supplied with this modern convenience. From 1900 to 1904 he was the County Horticultural Inspector with territory from Clipper Gap to Towle. . . . In 1892 he helped organize the Colfax Mountain Fruit Company. This company shipped twenty carloads of fruit that season. Mr. Snook attributes his success to persistency of purpose and a careful working-out of well-laid plans.