WI BIO - Dodge Co - RYDER, F. C.

History of Dodge County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1880, p 728

F. C. RYDER, farmer, Section 33, P. O. Hustisford [Hustisford Township, Dodge 
County, Wisconsin], was born 15 August 1824 in Erie County, New York. He was 
thrown upon the world at an early age, and his younger life was a constant 
struggle with adversity.

In 1845 F. C. RYDER came to Walworth County, Wisconsin, living there as a 
laborer at $10 and $12 per month for two years. In 1847 he settled in 
Hustisford on eighty acres of Government land, and lived three years with his 
brother-in-law, George BAKER. Mr. RYDER worked at clearing up his farm and 
at thrashing in the summer and fall, and was employed by John HUSTIS as 
sawyer for two winters.

On 01 December 1850 he [F. C. RYDER] married Miss Mary VAN BLARICUM, who was 
born near Belleville [in the Quinte region of the Province of Ontario], 
Canada. They lived for some time in a small, one-story shanty, for which he 
sawed lumber, building it himself. As a result of years of labor and 
management he has a well-improved farm of 258 acres, several large farms, and 
a large and well-built frame house, erected in 1866. He has 250 grade 
Spanish Merino sheep, about twenty native grade cows, Cloud horses, and makes 
a specialty of Poland-China hogs.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly