BIO: Grider, Simon - Adair Co

"CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, INDIANA ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES 
AND INSTITUTIONS" By Warder W. Stevens.  With Biographical Sketches of
Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families.
Illustrated  1916  B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.  Indianapolis, Indiana

Page 1019
SIMON GRIDER

Among the well-known farmers and prominent citizens of Monroe township,
Washington county, Indiana, is Simon Grider, who was born on May 2, 1843, in
Adair county, Kentucky, the son of William and Mary (Bailey) Grider.
William Grider was born in Kentucky, and farmed the greater part of his life
in Adair county, later going to the state of Illinois, where he died.  after
the death of her husband, Mrs. Mary Grider returned to her former home in
Adair county, Kentucky, and when her son, Simon, was sixteen years of age
they came to Washington county, Indiana, in 1860, and settled on Buffalo
creek.  Mrs. Mary Grider returned to Kentucky in 1869, where she died in
1880.  William and Mary Grider were the parents of four children, Elizabeth,
Lockie, Archie and Simon.

Simon Grider lived in Adair county, Kentucky, where he attended school
until 1860, when he came to Washington county and engaged in farming in
Monroe township for some time.  In 1862 he enlisted in company E, Fifth
Indiana Cavalry, for service in the Civil War, serving until June, 1865.
Simon Grider served with General Sherman as far as Jonesboro and then was
returned to Lexington, Kentucky, later going to Louisville, where after
being given new  clothing and equipment, he, with others, was sent to
Pulaski, Tennessee, where they served on guard duty for the remainder of the
war.

After his military service Simon Grider returned to Washington county
and rented a farm which he cultivated for some time and then bought eighty
acres of land in Monroe township, where he now lives a retired life.

During the year 1865 Simon Grider was married to Samiara Barnet, who
was born in Jefferson township, Washington county, the daughter of Rudias
and Nancy (Brandeman) Barnet.  To the marriage of Simon and Samiara Grider
were born the following children:  William, who married Caddie Jackson, to
whom were born three children all of whom are deceased, and after the death
of his first wife, William married, secondly, Gertrude Jackson, and to them
have been born five children, Edward, Elsie, Emmett, Florence and Emma, all
living with their parents in the state of Washington;  Ida, who married
William D. Fleener, a farmer living near Brownstown, Indiana;  Charles, a
farmer of Monroe township, who married Mary Huckleberry and to whom have
been born eight children, Herschel, Ralvey (or Belvey), Versal, Milburn,
Ora, Elmira, Basil and another;  Archie, a farmer of Monroe township, who
married Dora Smith, and to whom have been born seven children, Lewis,
Walter, Bertha, Roy, Ralph, Edna and Lawrence;  Merle, who is deceased.

Simon Grider is one of the highly respected men of Monroe township, his
unselfish life and his public-spirited nature having won for him a host of
friends both in Washington county, Indiana, and in the state of Washington,
where he spends considerable time.  In politics, Mr. Grider is an ardent
Republican, although he has preferred to serve as a private citizen rather
than as office holder.

Transcribed by: Diana Flynn 
<ivie@tima.com>
Date: 21 Jul 1997