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Husband Henry Rader

         Born: 17 Feb 1829 - Dulaney, Greene Co, TN
         Died: 25 Jul 1864 - Camp Douglas, Unon Prison, Chicago, Cook Co, IL
       Buried:  - Chicago, Oak Woods Cem, , Illinois

       Father: William W. Rader (1798-1880)
       Mother: Barbara Hauff (1803-1883)

      Married: 3 Oct 1850 - , , Greene, Tennessee

2. Alt Birth, 17 Nov 1828 - , , Greene, Tennessee

3. Alt Birth, 17 Feb 1829 - Dulaney, Greene County, Tennessee

4. Military Service, 1863 - Cumberland Gap, Tennessee

Henry Rader Regiment Name 64 North Carolina Infantry Side Confederate Company I Soldier's Rank_In Sergeant Soldier's Rank_Out Sergeant Film Number M230 roll 32
CONFEDERATE NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS

64th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (Allen's)
64th Infantry Regiment, organized during the summer of 1862, was anticipated to be a legion containing thirteen companies, of infantry and three of cavalry. However, the command was reduced to ten companies and designated the 64th Regiment. Its members were from the counties of Madison, Henderson, and Polk. The unit served in North Carolina and Tennessee, then in July, 1863, was attached to General Gracie's Brigade and stationed at Cumberland Gap. Here most of the regiment was captured in September, but some did escape. The records show that 288 men of the 64th were prisoners at Camp Douglas. Continuing the fight with about 100 effectives, the unit served under Generals Breckinridge, Vaughn, and Williams in East Tennessee, then became part of Colonel J.B. Palmer's Brigade at Asheville in March, 1865. Later it disbanded near the French Broad River. Its commanders were Colonel Lawrence M. Allen, Lieutenant Colonels William N. Garrett and J.A. Keith, and Major Thomas P. Jones.

5. Alt Death, 25 Jul 1864 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

6. Alt Death, 29 Jul 1864 - Camp Douglas, Pow, , Illinois   Rader, Henry SGT. co I 64th NC

          AKA: "Pollyan" Bowers
         Born: 15 Feb 1831 - Greene Co. TN
         Died: 7 Dec 1895 - Dulaney, Greene Co, TN
       Buried:  - Timber Ridge, Greene Co, TN

       Father: Joel Bowers (1803-1853)
       Mother: Elizabeth Freshour (1810-1873)

1. Alt Birth, 15 Feb 1830

2. census, 1880 - District 25, Greene, Tennessee

Census Place: District 25, Greene, Tennessee
Source: FHL Film 1255258 National Archives Film T9-1258 Page 77C
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Mary A. RADER Self F W W 49 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN
Ruben RADER Son M S W 23 TN Occ: Carpenter Fa: TN Mo: TN
Lafayette RADER Son M S W 21 TN Occ: Laborer Fa: TN Mo: TN
Mary E. RADER Dau F S W 18 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN
Martha BAWERS Other F W 25 TN Occ: Servant Fa: TN Mo: TN
Jennie Mc. AMIS Other F S W 16 TN Occ: Servant Fa: TN Mo: TN

3. Alt Birth, 15 Feb 1830 

2. Alt Marriage, 2 Oct 1850 - , , Greene, Tennessee

3. Alt Marriage, 2 Oct 1850 - , , Greene, Tennessee

         Born: 1 Jul 1852 - Greene Co. TN
         Died: 13 Mar 1937 - Salem Eub, Dulaney, Greene Co, TN
       Buried:  - Dulaney, , Greene, Tennessee

       Spouse: Margaret Louise Bowers (1853-1923)
         Marr: 1 Mar 1877 - Greene Co. TN

2. Alt Birth, 11 Jul 1852 - , , Greene, Tennessee

3. census, 1880 - District 25, Greene, Tennessee

Census Place: District 25, Greene, Tennessee
Source: FHL Film 1255258 National Archives Film T9-1258 Page 77C
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Andrew RADER Self M M W 28 TN Occ: Farmer Fa: TN Mo: TN
Uisa RADER Wife F M W 26 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN
Nettie M. RADER Dau F S W 1 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN
Sarah BAWERS Other F W W 63 TN Occ: Servant Fa: TN Mo: TN

4. census, Jun 1900 - 25 District, Greene County, Tennessee

Andrew Rader found in:
Census Microfilm Records: Tennessee, 1900
Lived in: 25 District, Greene County, Tennessee
Series: T623 Microfilm: 1573 Book: 2 Page: 68

Tennessee, Greene County, Page 68a alive
Name Relationship Birth age births
Rader, Andrew Head W M July 1852 47 M 21
Margaret Wife W F Aug 1853 46 M 21 9 8
Estella daughter W F July 1880 19 S
Henry R Son W M Feb 1882 18 S
Cora E daughter W F Nov 1883 16 S
Philip E Son W M Aug 1885 14 S
William N Son W M July 1887 12 S
Charley R Son W M Sep 1889 10 S
Roy F Son W M July 1892 7 S

5. census, 2 Apr 1930 - District 12, Greene, TN

1930 United States Federal Census
Year: 1930; Census Place: District 12, Greene, Tennessee; Roll: T626_2249; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 30; Image: 0728.
Andrew Rader 77 1852 Tennessee Head White District 12, Greene, TN
Mercer, Cora daughter F W 45 M 43
King, Mildred adopt dau F W 16 S

6. census, 8 Jan 1920 - District 25, Greene, Tennessee

Rader, Andrew Age: 66 Year: 1920 Birthplace: Tennessee
Roll: T625_1742 Race: White Page: 2B State: Tennessee ED: 94
County: Greene Image: 0182 Township: District 25

Rader, Andrew Head M W 66 M
Margrett L wife F W 65 M
Cora dau F W 34 S
Stella dau F W 38 S

         Born: Abt 1855 - , , Greene, Tennessee

          AKA: "Lee"
         Born: 10 Aug 1854 - Dulaney, Greene Co, TN
         Died: 23 Mar 1916 - Greene Co. TN
       Buried:  - Timber Ridge, Greene Co, TN

       Spouse: Margaret E. 'Myrtle' Huff (1853-1905)
         Marr: 18 Jan 1877 - Greene Co. TN

       Spouse: Margaret E. Hauff (          -          )
         Marr: 18 Jan 1877 - Greene Co. TN

Census Place: District 5, Greene, Tennessee
Source: FHL Film 1255258 National Archives Film T9-1258 Page 73D
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Lee RADER Self M M W 26 TN Occ: Laborer Fa: TN Mo: TN
Margret RADER Wife F M W 22 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN
Montgomery RADER Dau F S W 2 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN

         Born: 27 Oct 1856 - Dulaney, Greene Co, TN
         Died: 19 Jan 1932 - Knox Co, TN
       Buried:  - Lynnhurst Cem, Knoxville, Knox Co, TN

       Spouse: Martha Francis Hughes (1863-1923)
         Marr: 4 Nov 1886 - Greene Co. TN

Census Place: District 25, Greene, Tennessee
Source: FHL Film 1255258 National Archives Film T9-1258 Page 77C
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Mary A. RADER Self F W W 49 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN
Ruben RADER Son M S W 23 TN Occ: Carpenter Fa: TN Mo: TN
Lafayette RADER Son M S W 21 TN Occ: Laborer Fa: TN Mo: TN
Mary E. RADER Dau F S W 18 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN
Martha BAWERS Other F W 25 TN Occ: Servant Fa: TN Mo: TN
Jennie Mc. AMIS Other F S W 16 TN Occ: Servant Fa: TN Mo: TN

2. 1900 Census, 1 Jun 1900 - 23 District, Greene County, Tennessee

Ruben Rader found in:
Census Microfilm Records: Tennessee, 1900
Lived in: 23 District, Greene County, Tennessee
Series: T623 Microfilm: 1573 Book: 2 Page: 322

235 322 ED 52 sheet 11 A Holston Symtecmb College 1 Jun 1900

Rader, Ruben Head W M Oct 1856 43 M 14
Mattie W F May 1863 36 M 14 5 5
Guy H W M Aug 1887 12 S
Lois V W F Sept 1889 10 S all Tennessee
Ray B. W M July 1892 7 S
Rosell m W M Apr 1897 3 S
Boneto w f Apr 1899 1 S

Hughes, Sue M Head W F May 1845 55 5 4 Tn Tn Tn

3. census, 1910 - Franklin, Williamson Co, TN

4. Land, 1 Nov 1913 - Franklin, Williamson Co, TN

traded Lot #6 box 56 Fountain City, Knox Co TN Deed book 256 page 332 plus 7 notes for $500 due 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7 years
 

5. census, 7 Jan 1920 - Franklin, Williamson Co, TN

6. Land, 2 Oct 1922 - Franklin, Williamson Co, TN

Judgements of $8,970.44. June Term 1922 against Reubin Rader +wf Mattie F. Rader
Transfer title of 8 acres containing "Boyd's" or "Short's mill"
Vacate by Nov 2, 1922

7. Alt Birth, 31 Jan 1860 - , , Greene, Tennessee

8. Alt Death, 25 Feb 1895

9. Alt Buried - , St. James Cem, Greene, Tennessee

         Born: 5 Apr 1859 - Dulaney, Greene Co, TN
         Died: 15 Jan 1937 - Dulaney, Greene Co, TN
       Buried:  - Timber Ridge, Presbyterian Cem

       Spouse: Janette Abigail 'Nettie' 'Mollie' Mcamis (1864-1926)
         Marr: Abt 1883 - Greene Co. TN

2. census, 9 Jan 1920 - District 25, Greene, Tennessee

Rader, Layfaydte Age: 61 Year: 1920
Birthplace: Tennessee Roll: T625_1742
Race: White Page: 2B State: Tennessee ED: 94
County: Greene Image: 0182 Township: District 25

Rader, Layfaydte F. Head M W 61 M
Nettie wife F W 54 M
Mary Daughter F W 26 S teacher public schools
Lucy Daughter F W 23 S teacher public schools

         Born: 23 Mar 1862 - Dulaney, Greene Co, TN
         Died: 28 Aug 1934 - Greene Co. TN
       Buried:  - Pine Grove

       Spouse: Alfred Alonzo Roberts (1855-1939)
         Marr: 7 Oct 1880

2. Alt Birth, 26 Mar 1862 - , , Greene, Tennessee

         Born: Abt 1859
         Died: WFT Est 1860-1953

by Harry Roberts Civil War Legends

During the Civil War some soldiers, whether Union or Rebel is not known, camped in the woods back of the Harry Rader home. They built their fires against trees, some of which, when recently cut, bore old burn marks from these bivouacs.

Major Lister, who was born in 1868, remembers his mother telling him of seeing a group of Union Soldiers pass by the old Henry Rader home, where she was staying with her sister. The soldiers passed at night and we could see the sparks flying from their shoes as they struck rocks on the roadway. They rode by the house on past where the church now stands and disappeared into the night, later to surprise General Morgan in Greeneville. Henry Rader (1829-1864)

Henry Rader left Dulaney on horseback and rode to Rader's Sidetrack where he boarded the train for joining the Confederate Army. He and his cousin Daniel Rader had no special concern for the Confederacy but were influenced by some other men of the area. This according to what Mr. Wilmer R. Rader told me.

Uncle Andy, a 12 year old boy, rode another horse and went to the sidetrack with his father to bring the horse back home. Wouldn't you like to have heard their conversation on the way to the sidetrack. I doubt if Uncle Andy ever told anyone what was said.

I do not know any dates regarding his service except the date of capture and his death. He died of dysentery in Camp Douglas just outside of Chicago, Ill. I have read of the neglect and unsanitary conditions which existed there.

Henry Rader was stationed at Big Creek Gap which is north west of Knoxville, Tenn., in the Cumberland Mountains. The reason for that camp was to guard one of the passes through the Cumberland Mountains . To prevent the invasion of a Union Army which was stationed in Kentucky from early in the war waiting until it was safe to bring an army into East Tennessee.

That opportunity did not present itself until the summer of 1863. The Confederates had a Knoxville based army in East Tennessee guarding the railroad, and rich agricultural area as long as they were able.

In the summer - early August - the Confederates under Gen. Buckner were ordered to move toward Chattanooga to help protect the army of Gen. Bragg. Gen Buckner left one brigade to defend Cumberland Gap and another along the railroad east of Knoxville - and marched his main army toward Chattanooga.

Gen Burnside was in command of the army in eastern Kentucky. He marched toward Knoxville, but not by the way of the Cumberland Gap which was heavily fortified to withstand an assault from the north (Kentucky). Instead he entered Tennessee by some very rugged passes through the mountains west of he Gap.

Burnside and part of the XXlll Corps of the Dept. of the Ohio, arrived in Knoxville on Sept. 2 and immediately sent a part of his army to capture Cumberland Gap, from the poorly fortified south (Tenn.) side.

The Confederate garrison of some 2,500 men was under the command of Brig. Gen. John W. Frazier. He surrendered with very little resistance, losing in addition to his small army 3,000 stands of small arms. (A stand consisted of a complete outfit for a soldier, rifle, bayonet, cartridge & belt. Or sometimes the rifle belt of ammunition alone) and 36 cannon.

I presume that the prisoners were taken to Knoxville and then sent to Camp Douglas. Reports on whether Henry Rader was able to come home after he joined seemed to be indefinite. Since he evidently was stationed in the Knoxville area it is most probable that he did come home for a visit before being captured.

The home of HENRY and POLLYAN RADER is a landmark in Dulaney Community and probably one of the oldest structures in the county. It was built long before HENRY bought it for his family in 1858.

 It is vacant and used for storage at present, but we were impressed by the fine craftsmanship revealed in the brickwork of the chimney and the solid log construction. It stands near the crest of a hill. A descendant, MARGARET RADER, remembers it as being a very inviting spot with a wide veranda and shaded by large oak trees. A spring once gurgled at the foot_ of the hill. She said a constant stream of visitors came to the home in the olden days.

HENRY was a farmer and he actually established a blacksmith shop in Dulaney, which is a village off the Warrensburg Road about twelve miles southwest of Greenville. The bellows and blacksmithing tools are still intact and have been used by succeeding generations.

HENRY joined the Confederate Army, was captured by Union forces and later died in a prison camp in the Chicago area. A comrade brought his sword back to the family which remains a treasure among descendants. Condition Camp Douglas from Am. Heritage Magazine Aug. 1959

Filth, poor drainage, over crowding created a horror at Camp Douglas on the edge of Chicago. The Pres. of the U. S. Sanitary Commission after inspecting the place asserted that the conditions were "enough to drive a sanitarian mad". In the fall of 1864 the colonel who commanded this camp reported that 984 of his 7,402 prisoners were sick, said that there had been a lack of efficiency in the management of the medical affairs of the post and complained that many prisoners had scurvy because no vegetable or any antiscorbutics were available. part of a conversation with CHARLES P. RADER JULY 22, 1990 2457 Greenhaven, Akron OH 44313 - (216) 836-6940

The Civil War split the Rader family right down the middle. Henry's branch was affluent because they owned slaves so they went with the South. Henry spoke a little german and was probably the last. They settled in Lickcreek in Green County. Henry and Jacob, who were brothers, each had a son named William and they were born within a year of each other. I think one in 1798 and the other 1799. Henry son of the 1798 William died in the Civil War. I found his grave in Chicago. It's on the south side of Chicago, and that isn't the nicest neighborhood. It's a city block, it has a twelve foot concrete wall around it. It's an old cemetery that's been there since the civil war. They even told me where the grave was, they had a record of it and I was able to go right to it. He died there in 1864, he was a sergeant in confederate army. Of coarse, after the war the family was destitute, they had no means of bringing him back for internment in Tennessee. It was a mass grave, they strung them along in a chain. You can say within a few feet, this where he is buried. They have all their names engraved on a plate there.
Died in Camp Douglas, Union Prison.

She continued to live in the log cabin home Henry bought
before going off to war. Her oldest son Andy built his home
across the street from her. She lived there until her death.