My Genealogy Hound

GEORGE RADER, one of the oldest residents of Carthage, was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, in 1829. His father, Henry, was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother, Nancy (Black) Rader, a native of Richmond, Virginia. George Rader was reared and educated in Indiana and engaged in farming. In 1860 he removed to Kansas, and in 1861 enlisted in the army serving about eighteen months, and afterwards served in the commissary department until the close of the war. In 1805 he came to Carthage, Missouri, and in 1866 was appointed postmaster of Carthage and served continually for twelve years, during which time he also performed the duties of county treasurer. He was chosen mayor of Carthage in 1879. He owns a good farm three miles from Carthage, and is also engaged in mining in Webb City, Missouri. His eldest son is mail agent between St. Louis and Kansas City, and his second son, John, is a salesman in Carthage. In the history of Jasper county Mr. Rader figures prominently as one of the oldest settlers in the second epoch, or the period after the close of the war when civilization was resumed in this part of the Southwest. The post-office in which Mr. Rader performed the duties of postmaster for the long period mentioned, was also a settlers’ supply store, concerning which many interesting stories are told which call to mind many incidents connected with the troublesome times of the “early days.”