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Phillip Hinkle Rader by Grayford Rader Lowrance His Grandson Phillip Hinkel Rader was born Ja. 28, 1858 in Greene Co, TN., near the St. James community about ten miles southwest of Greeneville. He died in Jan of Feb of 1935. He was married Sept. 14, 1884 to Mariah Elizabeth Cafey, born Dec. 16, 1865 in Webster Co., MO, and died Dec 18, 1951. Both are buried in the Morgan Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery. A church which both helped establish, and were charter members. My records indicate (page 179 volume III) Philip Henkel Rader born 28 Jan 1858 Cocke or Greene co, TN died 5 Mar 1935 Springfielf, Greene Co., MO He married 14 Sep 1884 to Miriah Elizabeth Caffey born - 16 Dec 1865 Webster Co., MO died 18 Dec 1950 or 1951 Springfield, Greene Co., MO Phillip came to Mo. With his family when he was about 13 years of age. Alledgelly the group of about sixty East Tenn immigrants made up mostly of Raders, Freshours, and Renners, rode the Frisco from St. Louis to the end of the line at Old Brush Creek Station between Lwbanon and Phillipsburg, arriving on/about March 20, 1871. The were supposedly met by Uncle Billy Martin with wagons to haul the group and their earthly goods to their destination. It is said that earlier immigrants of these families considered lands near what is now the Bear Thicket Community. But they decided against settling in this area because of the "sink hole" just across the road, east of the Bear Thicket Church. They traveled south from the Brush Creek Station to the upper reaches of the Osage Fork of the Gasconade River to lands which had been obtained by the earlier settlers, about 10 miles southeast of Conway, Mo. Philip owned the first store in what is known today as Radertown, where the group settled, but later sold it. In 1896 he moved his family across the river into Laclede Co., about 10 miles due east of Conway, MO having obtained land there. As he had been a merchant, and liking it, he opened a store and Post office, naming the Post Office "Morgan" after his second son, Floyd Morgan Rader’s middle name. A son, which he and Miriah wanted very much to become a minister, which was never realized because Floyd never did feel a sense of calling to this vocation. Phillip and his family, along with the Freshours, and the Jonathan Peters family established the Morgan Trinity Lutheran Church not too long after moving to this area. They met for worship over Phillip’s store until they were able to erect a building in 1901 It was in this church that my mother, Evia, Phillip an Mirah’s third child, learned to play the old time pump organ without anyone teaching her. She was given the task of cleaning the church, but was not allowed to loiter in the building. So she would "accidently" leave a window unlocked, returning later to play to her heart’s content. She did this until she was able to fill in at worship services when no one else was available. It is said that the farm which Phillip had bought was a rocky hillside. But he kept his children busy picking up rocks until there were none left. And even today few rocks can be found on this place owned by Ralph and Helen Indermuehle Dennis. After Philip and Mariah reared their children, they retired to Springfield, MO, where some of the children had moved after beginning their own families. (the article goes on to detail their children’s statistics) return to Rader home page |