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

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