Text from Haynes, Nathaniel S. History of the Disciples of Christ in
Illinois 1819-1914, Cincinnati:  Standard Publishing Company, 1915. Page
524.  This online editiion (c) 1997, James L. McMillan. Used by
permission.

Biographical Sketch of Tobias Grider.
Born: Monroe County, Ky., 1800.
Died: Shelby County, Ill., 1880

At the age of twenty he married and moved to Indiana, where he soon became
a Christian and began to preach.  He came to Illinois in 1836, and settled
on Sand Creek in Shelby County, where he died.  As a proclaimer of the
gospel, he labored under many disadvantages, but by persevering industry
he supported his family from his farm and gained a good knowledge of the
Scriptures.  His life was filled with self-sacrifices for others' good. 
He was never called an eloquent preacher, but his sermons were full of
Bible truth, logically stated, and he was a powerful exhorter.  Many
hundres were won to Christ by his ministry, in which he continued faithful
unto death.

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