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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