Sixth Generation

276. Benjamin Franklin REIDER Jr.²⁶ was born in 1888 in Philadelphia, PA. He died on 2 Jan 1963 in Schuylkill Haven, PA. He was buried in Schuylkill Haven Union Cemetery, Garfield Avenue, PA. A former resident of Kutztown, Frank opened the Reider Shoe Factory in Schuylkill Haven, PA in 1915. He managed the factory till he retired in 1955 and turned business over to his three sons. He was a member of St. John's UCC Church in Schuylkill Haven and a charter member and past president of the Schuylkill Haven Rotary Club. Frank was also affiliated with the Page Lodge Free & Accepted Masons, Reading Consistory, Rajah Temple, and a member of the board of directors of the Citizen's Bank and Loan Association. He was buried in the Union Cemetery.

Benjamin Franklin REIDER Jr. and Jennie A. KOONS were married about 1910. Jennie A. KOONS²⁶ was born in 1891 in Royersford, PA. She died on 5 May 1974 in Schuylkill Haven, PA. She was buried in Schuylkill Haven Union Cemetery, Garfield Avenue, PA. Jennie was a past worthy matron of the Order of Eastern Starr and a member of Schuylkill Haven Library Board. She was buried in the Union Cemetery. Benjamin Franklin REIDER Jr. and Jennie A. KOONS had the following children:

+583	i.	Thomas F. REIDER.
+584	ii.	Robert Warren REIDER.
585	iii.	Richard REIDER was born in 1920 in Pennsylvania.