When Anna Belle Ryder was born on 2 October 1860, in Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States, her father, Simeon Ryder, was 39 and her mother, Lucy Ann Door, was 36. She married George Lorin Cross in 1878. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Canton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1900 and Waldo, Maine, United States in 1920. She died on 20 April 1959, at the age of 98, and was buried in Morrill Village Cemetery, Morrill, Waldo, Maine, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
English and Irish: variant of Rider .
Americanized and Flemish form of Dutch Rijder: occupational name for a mounted warrior or messenger, Middle Dutch rider ‘horseman, rider’.
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