Posted on: Loudon County TNGenWeb<br>Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tn/Loudon?read=251 Surname: Gryder, Grider, Guider ------------------------- I don't think this is the same Joseph, but this is what I know: Joseph Guider is my 2nd great-grandfather. Information Obtained from Census' of 1850, 1860, and 1870. Continuing information on 2nd wife, Harriet, from Census' of 1880 and 1900. 1850 Blount Co., TN. 3rd Civil District. Farmer. Age 35, Lives with wife, Ann Eliza Tuck, 25; daughter, Sarah, 2; daughter, Lucinda, 5/12. Joseph and his family lived with John Harmon, 25; wife, Mary, 23; daughter, Nancy, 3; son, James, 1. Spelling of sur name is Guider. 1860 Blount Co., TN. 4th Civil District. Farmer. Age 54, Head of house. Lives with wife Ann Eliza, 36; daughter, Sarah, 13; daughter, Lucinda, 10; son, James E., 8; son, Joseph Huston, 4; son, John W., 2; son, No Name (Francis), 1. Owns real eatate valued at $1,800, personal estate valued at $1,000. Joseph's age evidently transposed, he should be 45. Spelling of sur name is Gider. 1870 Blount Co., TN. 3rd Civil District. Farm Laborer. Age 55, Head of house. Lives with wife, Harriet Jane Lambert, 25; daughter, Sarah, 22; son, James E., 17; son, Joseph Huston, 14; son, Francis, 11; son, George Washington (my great-grandfather), 9; son, Henry Clay, 6. Has fought in Civil War, Union, A Company, 3rd Tennessee Infantry. Was a recruiter, and Prisoner of War. (see military records). Owns no real estate, personal estate vaued at $400. Joseph's age back on track. 1st wife, Ann Eliza has died. Lucinda has married Boldon E. Schrimpshire and moved out. John W. should be 12 years old, but is missing from Census. I have been unable to find him in any Census after 1860; I believe he died? Spelling of sur name is Gider. Harriet Jane Guider, Widowed. 1880 Loudon Co., TN. 7th Civil District. Keeping House. Age 37, Head of house. Lives with son, John Sherman, 8; step-son, George Washington, 28. Joseph died February 14, 1880. John Sherman is Joseph's only child by 2nd wife Harriet. Sarah has moved out, possibly with Lucinda and Boldon E. Schrimpshire who she lived with in the 1900 and 1910 Census'. James E. is not listed and I have been unable to find him after 1870. He evidently died or, more likely, moved to another state. Joseph Huston married Margret A. Fuller and had 7 children. I found Joseph Huston in Census of 1880 Loudon Co., then 1900 - 1920 Hamilton Co. Francis is missing, he left and went to Alabama where he re-married. Henry Clay should be 16 years old, but is missing from Census. I have been unable to find him after 1870; He did not die however, because my father, Edward Glen Guider, Sr. remembers him. Note that the family now lives in Loudon Co. I don't believe they moved, I think the county was formed around them when it was established in 1870. Spelling of sur name is Gryder. 1900 Loudon Co., TN. 7th Civil District. No occupation given. Age 55, Head of house. Lives alone. Owns House, Free. John Sherman married Eliza (?) and had 8 children. I found John Sherman in Census' of 1900, 1910, and 1920 in Loudon Co. George Washington married Sarah E. Worley and Had 5 children. Spelling of sur name is Gyder.