[Father] Shrader

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Husband [Father] Shrader

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1 M Daniel Shrader ¹

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           Born: 23 Aug 1796 2
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           Died: 28 Sep 1870 2
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         Spouse: [Unk] Henry (      -      )

         Spouse: Elizabeth Eshelman (1811-1887) 2

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2 M David Shrader ³

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         Buried:  - West Newton, South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

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3 M John Shrader ³

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4 F Sallie Shrader ³

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         Spouse: [Unk] Erfley (      -      ) 3

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5 F Barbara Shrader ³

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         Spouse: Daniel Verner (      -      ) 3

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6 F [Unk] Shrader

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         Spouse: John Goodman (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - [Father] Shrader

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When he reached America is not known.

Between the years of 1755 and 1775, in the autumn of the year, as we presume, commonly known as Indian summer, when it was time to raise potatoes, the Indians made a raid in Westmoreland County in the vicinity of Adamsburg, Pennsylvania. They raided a farm house occupied by a family by the name of Davis. They captured Mrs. Davis and three children, one about two years, one about four years and a girl of about nine years; they scalped the two youngest, who were boys; the one about four years old they scalped first, and threw him aside but he crawled into the bushes; they caught the youngest and struck his head against an old oak tree which stood by the roadside, killing him instantly. The father, working in a potato patch, made his escape on horseback, and upon returning found the oldest still alive, though he died four days after being scalped. The Indians took with them the mother and daughter, conveying them to Canada. The only way of travel was by walking and the mother walked the entire distance, and in addition, carried the little girl the greater part of the way. They were absent about two years when the mother was liberated by the Indians, but she would not abandon her daughter, whom the tribe had adopted. The mother conceived the idea that an old trader whom she knew might be able to help her get her daughter, so she confided in him and related her story. He said he would trade some old jewelry he had for her daughter, which he did, after which the mother sailed down the St. Lawrence river and finally reached Philadelphia. After some time the husband and father, learning that they were in Philadelphia, went East and found them and brought them home to old Westmoreland County. In a few years the daughter was married to the Mr. Shrader who fought in the battle of July 9, 1755, known as Braddock's Defeat. It was said that he came from Saxon Germany, and it may be that there were two other brothers who settled in Pennsylvania, since there were three Shraders who fought in the War of the Revolution between the years of 1775 and 1783, but there is no way of tracing their relationship. These three Shraders are given in the census of 1790 as Philip and John, of Philadelphia county, and Michael, of Northampton County.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 902, 1117.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1118.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1117.