- 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.
;Famous People with the surname Grider:
*George W. Grider -United States Navy submarine captain ofWorld War II , later a United States Congressman for theTennessee's 9th congressional district .
*Henry Grider -U.S. Representative fromKentucky during the 19th Century.
*J. Kenneth Grider - Christian Theologian.
*Rufus Alexander Grider - Artist who created scenes of theMohawk River Valley inNew York state during the 1800s.
*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". ["War Stories" by Katharine Beutner, Humanities, November/December 2002, Volume 23/Number 6. http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2002-11/warstories.html];Places:
*Grider Field - Airport located inPine Bluff, Arkansas .
*Grider, Kentucky - Unincorporated community located inCumberland County, Kentucky .
*Grider, Arkansas - Unincorporated community located inMississippi County, Arkansas .;Notes:
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