William W. Rader

William W. was born on June 15th, 1798.  William W.'s father was Heinrich "Henry" Rader and his mother was Catherine Etter.  His paternal grandparents were Casper Rader and Regina Rachel Gerhardt. He had four brothers and three sisters, named John, Casper, Daniel, Andrew W. s, Mary, Elizabeth and Rachel.  He was the fourth oldest of the eight children. He had two half-brothers and two half-sisters, named Henry, John Peter Richard, Catherine M. and Issabella.