Information on individuals buried in the Grider Cemetery
1a William K. Finchum  
1b William E. Finchum  
1c Maudie A. Finchum  
1d Violet L. Finchum  
1e Luther Finchum  
2 Henry Lucas  
3a Thomas Hamilton  
3b Margaret Hamilton  
4a Homer Porter  
4b Lawrence Williams  
5 Illegible Stone  
6 Infant Son Lafollette Probably infant son of Milton and Elizabeth (Grider) Lafollette who are believed to be buried in Boone County. Elizabeth is probably a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Button) Grider, who are buried in this cemetery.
7 Gracie Grider  
8 Illegible Stone  
9 Everett Finchum  
10 Franklin O. Peffley Franklin Olin Peffley. Son of Daniel and Susan Catherine (Stokes) Peffley, who are buried at the Blakesburg Cemetery. Susan was a daughter of Richard C. and Sarah (Grider) Stokes, who are buried in this cemetery.
11 Infant Son Fall Infant son of Daniel and Rebecca Ann (Stokes) Fall, not sure where they are buried. Daniel Fall's grandparents were Jesse and Sarah (Gough) Fall, who are buried in the Fall Cemetery about three miles northeast of here. Rebecca's parents were Richard C. and Sarah (Grider) Stokes, who are buried here.
12 Cornelius G. Stokes Son of Richard C. and Sarah (Grider) Stokes, who are buried here.
13a Richard C. Stokes  
13b Sarah Grider Stokes Probably a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Button) Grider, who are buried in this cemetery.
14a William A. Hicks  
14b Mary J. Hicks  
15a David Smith  
15b Catherine Smith  
16 Rebecca Ann Arnold probably d/o Thomas and Elizabeth Grider
17a Thomas Grider Son of Jacob and Rebecca (Henton) Grider, who are buried at the Skillman Cemetery, which is about two miles west of this cemetery. Jacob Grider served as a private in Lewis' VA Regt in the Revolutionary War.
17b Elizabeth Button Grider Wife of Thomas Grider, not sure who her parents were.
18 J. A. Collins  
19 Elizabeth E. Gardner  
20 William O. Park  
21 Mary E. Williams  
22 Charles M. Williams  
23a Thomas Walter Owens  
23b Lula Dean Hughes Owens  
24 Everett Adkins  
 
 
 
The following was found in the __ newspaper about July 5, 1897 under Raccoon news:
"The infant child of Joseph Sim was brought from Terre Haute and buried by the side of his mother in the Grider burying
ground last Thursday. It had been adopted by a family only a few days."
It is not clear who this child was or who the family was that adopted the child.