Individual Details

He never married, but with his cousin Blanche Ryder, raised a large family of orphaned Ryder children. The following biography sums up his life:

Chess was the only child of 15 children of Asa Ryder's family who never married. He stayed on the old farm which was known as the George Alward farm before Asa bought it. Both Chess and Blanche worked hard on the farm, after she came there to help raise her brother Walter's and Chess's sister Lillian's children. Many family members also visited in the summer. Chess loved children and would take time to play with them. Chess sold the old farm in the 1950s, and bought a farm in Steeves Settlement. [Dana Ryder]

Birth	21 Oct 1887	Canaan Forks, Brunswick Parish, Queens County, New Brunswick
Death	13 Jun 1961	Steeves Settlement, Salisbury Parish, Westmorland County, New Brunswick
Burial		New Canaan Baptist Cemetery, New Canaan, Brunswick Parish, Queens County, New Brunswick
Burial		Headstone

Father	ASA FILMORE RYDER (1849 - 1924)
Mother	ELIZA LAVINA KIERSTEAD (1861 - 1934)
Sibling	WILLIAM ERNEST RYDER (1882 - 1970)
Sibling	OSCAR WALLACE RYDER (1884 - 1951)
Sibling	ELIZA JANE RYDER (1885 - 1957)
Sibling	ELIJAH COLBY RYDER (1888 - 1962)
Sibling	EVA MILLICENT RYDER (1891 - 1979)
Sibling	ARTHUR PEMBROKE RYDER (1894 - 1958)
Sibling	LELAND REECE "TOM" RYDER (1895 - 1961)
Sibling	DELBERT WARREN RYDER (1897 - 1971)
Sibling	INA HAZEL RYDER (1900 - 1983)
Sibling	LETHA LILLIAN RYDER (1907 - 1932)