When Joseph Cryder was born on 13 September 1881, in Clinton, Illinois, United States, his father, George Sanford Cryder, was 36 and his mother, Delilah C Row, was 34. He married Ada Patton on 1 March 1910, in Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Ward Four, De Soto, Louisiana, United States in 1920 and Sugar Creek Township, Clinton, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. He died on 12 November 1968, in Trenton, Clinton, Illinois, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Trenton, Clinton, Illinois, United States.