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Jacob Reider is a native of Warren County, Ohio, and is the son of John and Elizabeth (Wetmen) Reider, both natives of Pennsylvania. The parents immigrated to Wayne County, Ohio, at an early day, and here the father tilled the soil until his death, which occurred in 1879, at the age of seventy-nine years. The mother died in 1863, at the age of fifty-six years. They were members of the Baptist Church, and took an active part in church matters. They reared a family of nine children, Jacob Reider being the sixth in order of birth. He was reared to manhood on his father’s farm, educated in the district schools, and at the age of twenty-two he enlisted in the Sixteenth Ohio, Company I, and served three years as a private, participating in the following battles: Cumberland Gap, Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas Post, Black River Bridge, Vicksburg, Jackson, and numerous others. He was also in the Red River campaign. He was mustered out in November, 1864, and then returned to Wayne County, Ohio, where he remained until 1865, after which he immigrated to Moniteau County, Mo., purchased 270 acres of partially improved land, and made it his home until the spring of 1886, when he moved to Tipton, where he has some town property. He was married in 1867 to Miss Clara Henry, a native of Wayne County, Ohio, and the daughter of James and Sarah (Douglas) Henry. Mr. and Mrs. Reider are members of the Baptist Church, and he is a liberal contributor to church and school enterprises. He is also an active worker in the cause of temperance, and was Grand Chief Templar of the I. O. G. T. of the State of Missouri. He has organized many lodges in Moniteau, Miller, Morgan and Cooper Counties, and is a man who has the courage and determination to say what he thinks is right, and to defend the cause of temperance. He was one of the representatives to the I. O. G. T. from the State of Missouri, and went with his wife to Saratoga, N. Y., in 1887. Mrs. Reider is the local president of the W. C. T. U. at Tipton, and is one of the most active workers. Mr. E. is also a member of the A. O. U. W., is liberal in his political views, and is one of the prominent citizens of the county.