Bio of Henry William RADER (b.1862), Yellow Medicine Co., MN

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HENRY WILLIAM RADER (1889)

Henry William Rader owns and farms the northwest quarter of section 4,
Burton township, his farm adjoining the little village of St. Leo.  He has a
fine home and well improved farm and is one of the successful men of the St.
Leo neighborhood.

Mr. Rader is of German descent.  His father, Peter Rader, was born at
Cologne, Germany, came to the United States at the age of 18 years, and
settled in Wisconsin.  He located in Scott County, Minnesota, in 1856; later
he came to Yellow Medicine county and died the year following. The mother of
our subject, Annie (Thomas) Rader, was born in Thrier, Germany, in June,
1829, Came to America when twenty years of age, was married in Wisconsin in
1855, and died in Yellow Medicine county November 17, 1913.

To these parents while living in Scott County, Minnesota, Henry William
Rader was born April 14, 1862.  There he was brought up on a farm and
educated in the district schools, living with his parents until 1889.  That
year he came to Yellow Medicine county and secured from his father the
northeast quarter of section 31, Omro township, which he owned and farmed
ten years.  In 1899 he sold his Omro farm and purchased his present place
adjoining St. Leo, where he has ever since resided.  Mr. Rader was chairman
of the Burton township board three years, and he and his family are members
of the St. Leo Catholic Church.

Mr. Rader was married at St. Leo November 26, 1889, to Mary Baierl, a
daughter of Anton Baierl, who lives with his daughter, and Mary (Braierl)
Braierl, who died in January, 1891.  Mrs. Rader was born in West Newton,
Nicollet county, Minnesota, February 26, 1872.  Their seven children are
named Anton, Susanna, Annie, Theresa, Mary, Clara and Agnes.

Source: A History of Yellow Medicine County by Arthur P. Rose. Published
1914