Rider Cemetery Geauga County, OH 1988 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Submitted by: Mary Giera ************************************************ Reading of the Rider Cemetery 438 North Street Chardon, Geauga County, OH including relationship notes in parentheses added byMary Virginia Schilt Giera, great, great, great, great granddaughter of Deacon Benjamin Rider maryvmusic@comcast.net Jacksonville, FL obtained from genealogical research. Data written from actual reading of the cemetery – MVSG Entries in italics were found on a previous reading found at the Chardon Public Library ca. 1942 1988 Rider Cemetery God’s acre for the family of Deacon Benjamin and Sarah Rider, settlers from Greenwich, Mass., who bought and cleared 800 acres in 1816. Flag and flagpole donated by VFW Post 6519 and Ladies Auxillary Lydia Francelia Adams Born July 12, 1879, died Jan 22,1939 [Lydia Francelia (Rider) Adams was wife of Roy F. Adams; daughter of Franklin Newton & Selinda L. (Burr) Clark Rider] Clara L. Breckenridge Wife of G. A. Breckenridge Died March 12, 1868 Aged 36 years [Clara L. (Rider) Breckenridge was born March 3, 1832; wife of George A. Breckenridge; daughter of Benjamin (Jr.) & his 2nd wife Chloe (Robinson) Rider] G. A. Breckenridge Died Dec 17, 1912 Aged 82 years [George A. Breckenridge born 1830; was husband of Clara L. (Rider) Breckenridge; veteran of the Civil War] Benjamin C. Clark [descendant of William and Selinda L. (Burr) Clark] Clinton Clark [descendant of William and Selinda L. (Burr) Clark] Ellen Clark [Ellen (Collister) Clark was wife of a descendant of William and Selinda L. (Burr) Clark] Franklin Clark, Jr. [descendant of William and Selinda L. (Burr) Clark] Baby Cutts Betsey [Hathaway] Daughter of Edward & Charlotte Hathaway of Vermont died June 1, 1838 aged 29 years [born in Dover, Windham Co, VT] Chauncey [Osborn] Son of Daniel & Mary Osborn Died Oct 15, 1844 Aged 13 days Daniel Osborn Died Oct 22, 1858 Aged 60 years [husband of Mary (Hathaway) Osborn] Mary Osborn Died Dec. 12, 1858 Aged 55 years [Mary (Hathaway) Osborn was 2nd wife of Daniel Osborn; daughter of Edward & Charlotte (___) Hathaway] Morier [Osborn] Consort of Daniel Osborn Died Aug 31, 1838 Aged 37 years [1st wife of Daniel Osborn] William H. Osborn Son of Daniel & Mary Osborn Died March 7, 1844 Aged 3 years & 6 months C. Morse(probably the engraver) Sarah E. [Phipps] Only child of T. L. & Lovina Phipps Died Oct. 12, 1849 Aged 7 years & 2 months [daughter of Theodore L. & Lovina (Hathaway) Phipps; Lovina was daughter of Edward & Charlotte (___) Phipps] Aurelia B. [Rider] Died March 24, 1872 Aged 30 years [Aurelia B. (Covey) Rider was born Dec 22, 1841; 1st wife of Leonard Samuel Rider; Leonard was son of Benjamin (Jr.) & his 2nd wife Chloe (Robinson) Rider] Dea. Benjamin Rider Died March 20, 1854 Aged 91 years 3 months & 17 days [born Dec 3, 1861 in Provincetown, Barnstable Co, MA; husband of Sarah (Pratt) Rider; son of Benjamin & Achsah {Experience} (Crosbe) Rider of Greenwich, MA; served during the American Revolution from MA – Mary Giera’s DAR N’tl # 687329. His father Benjamin Rider also served] Benjamin [Rider, Jr.] Died 1878 Aged 87 years [born March 28, 1791, died Jun1 1, 1878; husband of 1st Chloe (Warner) Stebbins Rider (widow of Flavel Stebbins); 2nd of Chloe (Robinson) Rider; son of (Deacon) Benjamin & Sarah (Pratt) Rider] Benjamin D. [Rider] Died July 21, 1858 Aged 33 years [born Nov. 19, 1825; husband of Mary A. (Hall) Rider; son of Benjamin (Jr.) & his 1st wife Chloe (Warner) Stebbins Rider] Chloe [Rider] Born Oct 11, 1797 Died March 25, 1886 [Chloe (Robinson) Rider was 2nd wife of Benjamin Rider; daughter of Samuel Leonard & Keziah (Willis) Robinson] Daniel Eleazer Rider Born March 17, 1828 Died Aug 1, 1906 [husband of Mary (Wilder) Rider; son of Rufus & Diana (Hathaway) Rider] Diana Rider Died Dec. 1869 Aged 72 years [Diana (Hathaway) Rider was wife of Rufus Rider; Rufus was son of (Deacon) Benjamin & Sarah (Pratt) Rider] Edward Rider Born Oct 6, 1821 Died Aug 8, 1874 [son of Rufus & Diana (Hathaway) Rider] Franklin N. Rider Born Oct. 6, 1841 Died June 1, 1913 Aged 71 years [Franklin Newton Rider was som of Benjamin (Jr.) & 2nd wife Chloe (Robinson) Rider; husband of Selinda L. (Burr) Clark Rider Walters; she was daughter of Calvin & Lydia (Hooper) Burr] My husband Rev. Isaiah Rider Died Aug. 16, 1869 Aged 26 years [born May 9, 1833; husband of Eunice Caroline (Brewster) Rider; son of (Elder) Rufus & Diana (Hathaway) Rider] Eld. Isaiah Rider Died Feb. 18, 1886 Aged 86 years [born Sep 19, 1799; died in Painesville, Lake County, OH; husband of Sarah (Hathaway) Rider; son of (Deacon) Benjamin & Sarah (Pratt) Rider; Sarah was daughter of Edward & Charlotte (___) Hathaway] Lennie [Rider] [Leonard Samuel Rider, Jr. was twin of Harry Angevin Rider; born Oct 3, 1884, died July 31, 1885; son of Leonard Samuel (Sr.) & Florence L. (Wescott) Rider; Harry died June 20, 1953 in Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN; found Lennie’s footstone only] Leonard S. Rider Died Aug. 8, 1885 Aged 49 years [Leonard Samuel Rider, Sr. was born Sep 15, 1835; husband of 1st Aurelia B. (Covey) Rider. Aurelia was daughter of Peter H. * Malissa C. (Barrell) Covey; husband 2nd of Hannah L. (Wescott) Rider. Hannah was daughter of Hiram & Hannah (Hosford) Wescott; Leonard Sr. was son of Benjamin (Jr.) & 2nd wife Chloe (Robinson) Rider] Lucy A. [Rider] Died March 2, 1850 Aged 16 years 4 months 13 days [born Oct 17, 1833; daughter of Benjamin (Jr.) & 2nd wife Chloe (Robinson) Rider] Maria E. Rider Died Sept. 11, 1876 Aged 37 years 6 months [adopted daughter of (Elder) Isaiah & Sarah {Hathaway} Rider; she was Sarah (Hathaway) Rider’s niece] Mary Rider Died Feb 28, 1880 [Mary (Wilder) Rider was wife of Daniel Eleazer Rider] Richard Ronald Rider Died March 25, 1941 Eld. Rufus Rider Died Aug 1870 Aged 77 years [born March 15, 1795; husband of Diana (Hathaway) Rider; son of (Deacon) Benjamin & Sarah (Pratt) Rider] Sarah [Rider] Daughter of Benj. & Chloe Rider Died April 16, 1839 Aged 16 years [born Sep 3, 1822; daughter of Benjamin (Jr.) & his 1st wife Chloe (Warner) Stebbins Rider; she has a tombstone all her own and also listed on a 4-sided monument] Sarah [Rider] Wife of Benj. Rider Died Sept. 23, 1860 Aged 96 years 3 months 23 days [Sarah “Sally” (Pratt) Rider was born June 1, 1764 in Hardwick, Worcester Co, MA; wife of (Deacon) Benjamin Rider; daughter of Rufus & Hannah (Ball) Pratt. Rufus Pratt died a week after the Battle of Bennington, VT (1777) from wounds sustained in service of his country] Sarah Rider Wife of I. Rider Died May 27, 1878 Aged 72 years [Sarah (Hathaway) Rider was wife of (Elder) Isaiah Rider; daughter of Edward & Charlotte (___) Hathaway; Isaiah was son of (Deacon) Benjamin & Sarah (Pratt) Rider] Selinda L. Rider Walters Born Aug 5, 1850 Died May 12, 1925 [Selina L. (Burr) Clark Rider Walters was married 1st to William Clark, 2nd to Franklin Newton Rider and 3rd to Mr. Walters; daughter of Calvin & Lydia (Hooper) Burr] Warren F. [Rider] Son of Benj. & Chloe Rider Died May 27, 1843 Aged 4 ? years C. Morse(probably the engraver) [born Oct 5, 1838; son of Benjamin (Jr.) & his 2nd wife Chloe (Robinson) Rider; Warren has a tombstone all his own and also listed on a 4-sided monument]