Family of Francis Marion GRIDER/GUIDER/GRYDER born in Blount County. Tennessee. Tombstone says he was born in 1857 BUT according to the census of Tennessee he would have been born around 1859. His parents were Joseph GRIDER (Joseph says he was born in Rockbridge Co., Va.) and Ann Eliza TUCK from Blount Co. Tn. He married Martha Louisa GOLD in Winchester, Tennessee but they lived in Jackson County. They still have one living daughter Dorothy GRIDER Brandon Talley. She is about 95 years old. Martha GOLD's parents were Frances WININGER and Elijah GOLD. A lot of this family is buried at Skyline in the GOLD cemetery. The COOLEY family started with James William COOLEY born 1883 in Tennessee (may have been Bledsoe Co.) His parents were Jessie COOLEY and Martha ? COOLEY. James William COOLEY married 1905 in Hollywood, Lucinda Jane SMITH born 1886 in Tennessee. Her parents were Isaac SMITH and Mary Jane HICKS SMITH. I would love to know where Mary Jane HICKS SMITH is buried. She was suppose to have come to Jackson County Alabama with her four children: Jim, Isaac, Martha and Lucinda Annie Jane. I don't think Jim or Isaac ever married but Martha may have married a Ellis or Elliot. Isaac married a second time in 1890 to Angeline GOINS in Bledsoe Co., Tennessee. Regina GRIDER Pipes regina.pipes@prodigy.net