Lewis Rader and Margaret Stewart

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Husband Lewis Rader ¹

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           Born: 15 Aug 1858 - Petersville, Butler Co, PA 2
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         Father: Peter Rader (1823/1831-1905) 2 3
         Mother: Caroline Sheaver (Abt 1832-1900) 2

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       Marriage: 8 May 1882 2

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Wife Margaret Stewart ²

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         Father: Thomas Stewart (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Mary Ann McBridge (      -      ) 2

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1 F Mabel Rader ²

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2 F Harriet Rader ²

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         Spouse: Albert Spithaler (      -      ) 2

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3 U Precious Rader ²

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4 F Anna Rader ²

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General Notes: Husband - Lewis Rader

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He spent his boyhood days on the home farm in Forward Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, and when a young man learned the carpenters' trade, which he followed for eight years. He also worked in the oil fields for a time, and prior to his marriage lived for one year at Akron, Ohio. He purchased a farm of 145 acres from Jacob Galbach, and engaged in general farming. In connection with his brother, William H. Rader, he was the owner of 640 acres in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. He had eight producing wells on his home farm, from which he derived a good income, and he and his brother were owners of the Rader Gas Company of Petersville.
The family belonged to the Reformed Church. Mr. Rader was a Republican in politics.

1 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1044, 1478.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1044.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 798, 1193.