Grider

Grider is a surname that is generally thought to be of Germanic or Swiss descent. It could be a misspelling or translation error from spellings like Krider, Kyrder, or Crider.

People

George W. Grider, United States Navy submarine captain of World War II, later a United States Congressman for Tennessee's 9th congressional district
Henry Grider, U.S. Representative from Kentucky during the 19th century
John MacGavock Grider, World War I aviator whose diaries and letters provided the source material for the novel War Birds: The Diary of an Unknown Aviator'^[1]
J. Kenneth Grider, Christian theologian
Rufus Alexander Grider, artist who created scenes of the Mohawk River Valley in New York state during the 1800s

Places

In the United States:

Grider, Arkansas, unincorporated community in Mississippi County
Grider, Kentucky, unincorporated community in Cumberland County
Grider Field, airport in Pine Bluff, Arkansas

References

^ "War Stories" by Katharine Beutner, Humanities, November/December 2002, Volume 23/Number 6. http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2002-11/warstories.html

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