EMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES AND SETTLED IN COOPER TWP CLEARFIELD CO PA NEARTHE GREMAN SETTLEMENT OF DRAIN LICK LATER NAMED DRIFTING. ACCORDING TO FAMILY IMFORMATION HE FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR. I LOOKED BUT THERE WERE SO MANY JOSEPH SCHNEIDERS THAT FOUGHT ON BOTH SIDES I COULD NOT DETERMINE WHICH ONE HE COULD BE. I IMAGINE LIVING IN THE NORTH HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE UNION ARMY.WAS A FARMER AND WOODSMAN AND THE FATHER OF TEN CHILDREN ONLY FIVE MADE IT TO ADULTHOOD.