My uncle, Mother's brother.
Middle picture shows Hollis with his scale model of French Valley School, where all the Grider childen went to grade school. It was a one room schoolhouse with grades one through eight. My Grandpa Willie Grider donated the land on which the school was built. When the students were finished with the 8th grade, they had to ride a horse or walk several miles to Russell Springs High School. My mother rode a horse. Also on the table is a scale model of the house where all 12 children were born and raised. See photo of real house on Della Mae Phelps Grider's site.
Bottom picture, all 9 living children, of Willie and Dellie Grider on Dellie's 80th birthday in 1961.
Hollis never married. He lived with his mother, Della Mae Phelps Grider.
While his brothers and sisters were moving away for their marriages, families and homes of their own, Hollis chose to stay with his mother and farm the land Grandpa had farmed.
Without his help, Grandma could not have kept living in the old home place. This home is the only home in which they had ever lived. Grandpa built it. Grandma gave birth to all 12 of her children in that home.
Hollis was a good uncle. When I was a child, Uncle Hollis, used to call me a little human. I would protest and say I am NOT a HUMAN. After someone told me we were all humans, Uncle Hollis would call me a little Hoosier, and again I would tell him I was not a Hoosier. It was a long time before I figured that one out. I had no idea it meant, simply, that I was from Indiana.
My uncle, Mother's brother.
Middle picture shows Hollis with his scale model of French Valley School, where all the Grider childen went to grade school. It was a one room schoolhouse with grades one through eight. My Grandpa Willie Grider donated the land on which the school was built. When the students were finished with the 8th grade, they had to ride a horse or walk several miles to Russell Springs High School. My mother rode a horse. Also on the table is a scale model of the house where all 12 children were born and raised. See photo of real house on Della Mae Phelps Grider's site.
Bottom picture, all 9 living children, of Willie and Dellie Grider on Dellie's 80th birthday in 1961.
Hollis never married. He lived with his mother, Della Mae Phelps Grider.
While his brothers and sisters were moving away for their marriages, families and homes of their own, Hollis chose to stay with his mother and farm the land Grandpa had farmed.
Without his help, Grandma could not have kept living in the old home place. This home is the only home in which they had ever lived. Grandpa built it. Grandma gave birth to all 12 of her children in that home.
Hollis was a good uncle. When I was a child, Uncle Hollis, used to call me a little human. I would protest and say I am NOT a HUMAN. After someone told me we were all humans, Uncle Hollis would call me a little Hoosier, and again I would tell him I was not a Hoosier. It was a long time before I figured that one out. I had no idea it meant, simply, that I was from Indiana.
Family Members
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Frank Ewing Grider
1899–1977
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Herman Lester Grider
1902–1988
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Nellie Grider Dunbar
1904–1944
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William Wallace Grider
1906–1968
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Raymond Upton Grider
1908–1987
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Monte Russell Grider
1910–1999
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Mollie Etter Grider Jones
1913–2003
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Fannie Grider McKinley
1919–2004
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Annie Grider Coffey
1919–2001
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Nannie Grider Campbell
1922–1994
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Nonnie Grider
1925–1927
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