Casper Rader

Casper was born in 1774 in East Pennsboro, Cumberland Co. PA.  Casper's father was Casper Rader and his mother was Regina Rachel Gerhardt.  His maternal grandparents were John Conrad Gerhardt and Regina. He had eight brothers and two sisters, named Conrad, Heinrich "Henry", John, William, Jacob, Phillip, Peter, Daniel, Catherine and Anna Marie.  He was the fifth youngest of the eleven children.  He died at the age of 56 in 1830 in Clay Co. IN.