Jacob Henton Grider

Brief Life History of Jacob Henton

When Jacob Henton Grider was born on 12 July 1791, in Greenbrier, Virginia, United States, his father, Private Jacob Grider, was 28 and his mother, Rebecca Henton, was 23. He married Mahala Pennington on 21 December 1809, in Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Monroe, Kentucky, United States in 1820 and Putnam, Indiana, United States in 1830. He died on 27 February 1848, in Greene, Missouri, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Wilson Township, Greene, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Henton Grider
1791–1848
Mahala Pennington
1793–1855
Marriage: 21 December 1809
Christopher Grider
1812–1853
Iven Henton Grider
1814–1852
Tobias Grider
1818–1854
John Grider
1820–
William Franklin Grider
1824–1878
Sarah Grider
1827–1898
James Cyrus Grider
1831–1905
Mary Grider
1834–
Jacob H Grider
1837–

Sources (5)

  • Jacob H Grider, "United States Census, 1830"
  • Jacob Henton Grider, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Jacob Hinton Grider, "United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955"

World Events (8)

1792 · Becomes the 15th State

On June 1, 1792, Kentucky became the 15th state. It was the first state west of the Appalachian Mountains

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of South German Greiter, itself a variant or an altered form of South German Greuter and Swiss German Grütter or Grüter (see Grueter ). Compare Greider , Gryder and Kreider .

History: The ancestors of many of the American Griders were Mennonites from Switzerland who, because of religious persecution, fled to the Palatinate in Germany and later, in the beginning of the 18th century, emigrated to PA (see Kreider ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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