Charles Cryder
Charles Cryder, who is now serving in his third term as trustee of Scioto Township, carries on general farming and stockraising on his well-improved property which consists of 156 acres. Mr. Cryder was born April 28, 1863, in Scioto Township, Delaware County Ohio, and is a son of John M. and Mary (McClure) Cryder.
The Cryder family can be traced back to 1710. when John Jacob Cryder (or Kreider) fled from Switzerland to Wurtemburg, Germany, on account of religious persecution, and subsequently—about 1716—sailed from Rotterdam for America, reaching Lancaster County as one of the earliest settlers. His grandson. Michael Cryder. was born at Lancaster, in July. 1742 and was a son of John Jacob Cryder. Jr. Michael Cryder married first Susan Carpenter and they had three sons and three daughters, namely: Israel. John. Daniel, Mary, Susan and Elizabeth. For his second wife he married Salome Carpenter and they had five children. In 1771, Michael Cryder moved to Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, where he acquired a large tract of land. When the Revolutionary War broke out. he was appointed a commissary officer and for the supplies he furnished to the soildiers, he accepted Continental notes, which were never redeemed, and this resulted in his having to sell his property. He was an old man when he came to Ross County. Ohio, in 1797. His son, George Sewirt Cryder, the grandfather of Charles Cryder, was born in Pennsylvania and there married Leah Stattenberg. He settled at White Sulphur Station in 1848. He participated in the Mexican War.
John M. Cryder was a son of George S. and Leah (Stattenberg) Cryder, and the father of Charles Cryder. He was born at Alexandia, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, October 5. 1837, and died in Delaware County, Ohio, March 24, 1894. He was five years old when he accompanied his parents to White Sulphur Station, Delaware County. Early in the Civil War he enlisted in Company G, Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and remained in the service for three years. He was taken prisoner and before being exchanged suffered confinement at Belle Isle, after which he was very ill and it is probable that he never fully regained his former health. His record is that of a brave and efficient soldier. In 1877 he bought a farm situated on what is now known as Klondyke Road. He followed agricultural pursuits during the remainder of his life, and was a man who stood high in the regard of his fellow citizens. In 1859 he was married to Mary McClure. She was a daughter of James McClure and was born in Scioto Township. Delaware County, Ohio, August 3. 1837. She still survives and is a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Cryder came of Scotch ancestry. Her father, James McClure. was born near Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and was a young man when he accompanied his parents to Ohio and settled on what is now the John McClure farm. At that time it was a heavily wooded tract, covered with valuable oak, walnut and maple trees, and it was necessary to clear a spot before a log cabin could he erected. The grandparents of Mrs. Cryder, William McClure and wife, came originally from Scotland. James McClure raised cattle and sheep and became a man of considerable substance. In politics he was a Democrat and fraternally he was a Mason. He married Olive Skinner, who was a daughter of Robert Skinner, of Perry County, Ohio, where the McClures stopped for a short time after reaching Ohio prior to settling in Delaware County. To this marriage the following children were born: William, now deceased; Eliza, also deceased, who was the wife of Isaac Newton Richey, of Scioto Township; Jane, who married J. R. Newhouse. of Scioto Township; Robert, now deceased; Mary, who is the widow of John M. Cryder; Isabella, who married William H. Cutler, of Delaware; James, deceased; John McClure; and Olive, who is the widow of Emory Cutler, and resides at Barnesville, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. McClure joined the oId stone Church at South Radnor, in their later years, but he had helped to build the church at Delaware. James McClure died in 1851, aged sixty-four years. His widow survived until the age of 98 years, dying in January, 1899.
The children of John M. Cryder and his wife were: Charles, born in 1863; George S., born in 1867; Robert, born in 1870; John M., born in 1872; and Louella. born in 1881, who is the wife of Fred Davis, residing at Delaware. Charles Cryder was educated in the local schools and when he was eighteen years of age he rented the home farm and continued to operate it until after his marriage. In 1885 he purchased his present farm of his father and this be has successfully conducted ever since. He carries on a general agricultural line, raises the crops that do best on his land, cultivating seventy acres, and both raises and buys stock, having eighty acres of permanent pasture. He keeps about 100 head of sheep, thirty hogs, twenty head of cattle, all of acknowledged superiority of breed.
October 25, 1891, Mr. Cryder married Elizabeth Cryder, who is a daughter of John Cryder, a remote relative of his own. Mrs. Cryder's paternal grandfather was Emanuel Cryder. Her maternal grandfather was Benjamin Cryder, and the latter was a son of John Cryder, who was a son of .Michael Cryder, who was the ancestor of her husband's family who founded that line in Ohio.
John Cryder, the father of Mrs. Charles Cryder, was born in Ross County, Ohio, February 24, 1834. He married Rebecca J. Cryder, February 5, 1857, who died November 20, 1876. her birth having taken place June 17, 1836. She was a daughter of Benjamin Cryder, a son of John and a grandson of Michael Cryder. The father of Mrs. Charles Cryder was a general farmer. In 1861 he moved to Illinois, for four years previously having been a guard in the penitentiary at Columbus. In politics, he was a Democrat. He had the following children: Helen Adelle, Levi Calaway, Martha Alice, Elizabeth, Henry M., Mary A., James W., Amanda Lillie, Minnie M. and John T. The mother of Mrs. Cryder was a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which religious body her husband gave liberal support.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cryder have four children, namely: Mildred, John. Annabelle and Nellie. In almost every generation of the Cryder family the name of John appears, it being one that is perpetuated as a token of respect and affection for those who have previously born it. Mrs. Cryder is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Warrensburg, of which her husband is an attendant and supporter. Like other members of his family, the latter is a Democrat. He has held township offices and takes an active interest in public affiairs. He is a member of Ruffner Lodge No. 330. I. O. 0. F., at Warrensburg and is a past grand of the order.
From 20th Century History of Delaware County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens by James R. Lytle