West Virginia Pioneers
James Rader
1782 - 1839 (57 years)-
Name James Rader Born 28 Jan 1782 [1] Gender Male Died 12 Jun 1839 [1] Buried Smith & Rader Cemetery, Gay, Jackson County, WV 
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JCWR, Appraisal of personal property, 10/9/1839, sale 4/17/1840
Smith & Rader Cemetery, Gay, Jackson Co, WV
In memory of James Rader
who was born Jan 28, 1782
and departed this life June 15, 1833
age 51 years 4 mo 15 days
Person ID I12890 WVPioneers Last Modified 14 Dec 2007
Father Michael Rader, b. 8 Mar 1751, Shenandoah Valley, VA , d. Bef 16 May 1840 (Age < 89 years) Mother Catherine Long, b. 1750, d. BY 16 May 1840 (Age 90 years) Married 25 Dec 1769 [1, 2] Notes
This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Upper Mill Creek".
Rader Family
Michael Rader lived on the first farm up Elk. He owned at one time several thousand acres of land, including the lower part of Elk Fork and Mill Creek, up to above where Hamp Parish now lives, all lower Station Camp, and a large part of Frozen Camp.
He lived at the Mackintosh farm, about a mile up from Mill Creek, where he moved from Mason County before 1810, probably 1808.
He was born in the Shenandoah Valley, of Pennsylvania Dutch stock. It is related of him that he talked a very broken English.
The house Michael Rader lived in was just below where the Mackintosh house now stands, the latter is the Joesy Rader house.
He built a mill on Elk, the first excepting Thomas's mill, on the creek above Ripley.
Rader was wealthy and kept several negro slaves, as did his sons after him.
One of these, Adam by name, was mostly employed in hunting, and kept up the supply of meat for the family. It was he who found the elk from which the stream received its name.
Michael Rader went from the Shenandoah Valley to Greenbrier County, thence to Mason, and to what is now Jackson County.
Michael Rader was a member of the first County Court of Mason County, a the time of its organization in 1804.
In 1835, Michael Rader was receiving a pension from the State of Virginia, as a Militia man. County and date of enlistment not given.
While I have not the date of his death, he was eighty three years old in 1835, which makes the year of his birth about 1751.
Rader Family Record, copied from the family Bible in 1903:
Michael Rader, born March 8th, 1751, married to Catharine Long December 25th, 1769. Their children:
Elizabeth Rader, born December 28th, 1771.
Catharine Rader, born December 29th, 1773.
Susannah Rader, born December 23rd, 1776.
Abraham Rader, born January 20th, 1779.
James Rader, born January 28th, 1782.
Philip Rader, born March 26th, 1784.
Polly Rader, born February 18th, 1786.
Michael Rader, Jr., born February 12th, 1788. He had a pension for service in the War of 1812.
Joseph Rader, born October 21st, 1790. (Died in 1880.)
History of Ritchie County gives the name of Joseph A. Rader.
Family ID F4425 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Hannah Canady Allen, b. 19 Jan 1781, d. 27 Apr 1861 (Age 80 years) Married 6 Jun 1805 [1] Notes
1840 Jakcson, VA
1m 5-10
1m 15-20
2m 20-30
1f 15-20
1f 50-60
John House, "Pioneers of Jackson Co"
Copy of Family Record of James Rader's Family:
James Rader, born January 28th, 1782, died June 12th, 1839. Married Hannah Allen on June 6th, 1805. She was born January 19th, 1781, and died April 27th, 1861. Their children were:
William Allen Rader, born April 8th, 1806, died June 23rd, 1860.
Lizzie Allen, died April 3rd, 1860.
Michael Campbell Rader, born November 29th, 1807, and died April 14th, 1880.
John Rader, born November 26th, 1810, died April 15th, year not known.
Robert Rader, born November 18th, 1812, died unmarried.
Miriam Rader, born August 1st, 1816, died June 4rh, 1850.
Edward Hart Rader, born April 14th, 1819, died October 31st, 1909.
Emily Rader, born March 20th, 1822.
James Miller Rader, born 1824, died 1842.
James Rader married Hannah Allen, a daughter of William Allen, of Mason County. The latter is buried at the Rader graveyard, as is James Rader and his wife.
Possibly the Lizzie Allen on the family record is the wife of William Allen.
James Rader was wealthy and a man of influence in the county. He was a Justice of the Peace, and held other positions of trust.
Of his children, there is no record of any marriage of William A., the oldest son.
Robert and James M. died unmarried.
Miriam married John A. Hyre. He was born December 20th, 1812, and died January 29th, 1852, aged thirty nine years.
They lived on the Allen farm, and John Hyre of Frozen Camp is their son. Both are buried at the old Rader burying ground.
Emily married Pleasant H. Thomasson, son of John P. Thomasson, and lived on Left Reedy.
Dr. John Rader was a physician. He married Polly Ruddle, and lived on Frozen Camp, at the Sam Parsons place, afterward moved to Elk Fork.
Some of his children, and probably his wife, are buried with him in the old graveyard on the Mackintosh farm.
Children 1. William Allen Rader, b. 8 Apr 1806, d. 23 Jun 1860 (Age 54 years) 2. Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Rader, d. 3 Apr 1860 3. Michael Campbell Rader, b. 29 Nov 1807, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia , d. 14 Apr 1880 (Age 72 years)4. Dr John Rader, b. 26 Nov 1810, d. 15 Apr 1885 (Age 74 years) 5. Robert Rader, b. 18 Nov 1812, d. Yes, date unknown 6. Miriam Rader, b. 1 Aug 1816, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia , d. 4 Jun 1850 (Age 33 years)7. Edward Hart Rader, b. 14 Apr 1819, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia , d. 31 Oct 1909, Sandyville, Jackson Co, WV (Age 90 years)8. Emily Rader, b. 20 Mar 1822, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown9. James Miller Rader, b. 1824, d. 1842 (Age 18 years) Family ID F4428 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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