John Andrew Snively was a pioneering citrus grower in Florida

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 and Georgia

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, USA

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. At one point his companies were responsible for one-third of the Florida citrus crop.

Snively was the son of F.B. Snively of Schellsburg, Pennsylvania

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. He settled in Winter Haven, Florida

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 about 1910.

John A. Snively Elementary School in Winter Haven

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, Florida was named after him. He was also the grandfather of musician Gram Parsons

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