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Note: Information provided by Edna Reader Gildersleeve on Nov 4, 1999. (1)Daniel Reader was born in Berlin, Germany. His parents had a family of several boys and one girl. The little girl died and is buried in Germany. At the time the family decided to come to America, Germany required all boys in a family when they reached a certain age to serve in the military at the support of their parents. Daniel's father and brother decided that their boys were not going to serve in the German military so they made plans to sail to America. Each family coming to America had to show a certain sum ($1,000) to the government before they were allowed to leave the country. Daniel's father (name unknown) and a brother decided to borrow from each other to get their $1,000. One brother took the $1,000 and showed it to the government and got permission to bring his family to America. Later the other brother took the same $1,000 and showed it to the government and got permission to bring his family to America. (2) Edna thought the spelling of the name in Germany was RHODER or RHOADER. When they Americanized the name to Reader, the two brothers were being processed in different lines and one brother's name was changed to READER, and the other brother's name was changed to REEDER. So, even though they were brothers, their names were spelled differently. She did not know where they settled at first, but knew Daniel settled in Peoria, Ill. (3) Daniel and Comfort Reader are buried at Parks Chapel Cemetery in Henry County, near Coal, MO. She said that Daniel's grave went unmarked for years. About 1968 A. Ralph Boxell decided to mark his grave and found a stone that had been made for someone else, but there was an error and it was not used. The stone's owner said that since it was a flat stone, it could be turned over and Daniel's information put on the other side. Mr. Boxell had this done and he and Ralph (Edna's brother) went to the cemetery and cemented the stone in place. Information provided by George H.D. Reader: (1) He believes the German spelling for the name was ROEDER. (2) While the Reader families were on their way to America, a severe storm arose and the captain of the ship ordered everyone to go below deck, but George Daniel, a fourteen year old boy decided he was going to stay on deck and watch the storm so he found a place to hide. He recalled later, that it was all he could do to desperately hang on to parts of the ship to avoid being washed overboard. (3) George Daniel Reader had been a widower for nineteen years, so his son, John Charles Reader and his fiancee, Emma Louisa Scheer, who planned to be married on February 8, 1905, invited him to live with them after the wedding. Right after the wedding, he decided to visit three of his daughters before moving in with John and Louisa. He first went to Fort Scott, Kansas to visit one daughter (Josephine) and then to Severy, Kansas to visit the other two daughters (Lizzie & Elnora). While in Severy he died, on February 20, 1905. He had no savings, so John and Louisa scrapped together all of the money they had and paid for his funeral and burial. Marriage record found: Daniel Reeder and Comfort Baylor were married on April 10, 1849 in Tazewell County, Illinois. (On that record their names are spelled REEDER and BAYLOR) 1850 Census, City of Lacon, Marshall County, Illinois enumerated September 5, 1850 NAME SEX AGE OCCUPATION BORN * Daniel Reeder M 26 Cooper Germany Comfort " F 22 Ohio Philip " M 21 Cooper Germany *(On the 1850 Census record the name is spelled REEDER. On later records the name was spelled READER.) Cooper -- One who makes or repairs vessels made of staves and hoops, such as casks, barrels, tubs, etc. 1855 Illinois State Census, Mackinaw Twp., Tazewell County, Illinois Daniel Reeder 1 male under 10 (?) 1 male 10-20 (?) 1 male 20-30 (George Daniel) 2 females under 10 (Amanda & Mary) 1 female 10-20 (?) 1 female 20-30 (Comfort) 1860 Census, Little Mackinaw Twp., Tazewell County, Illinois enumerated July 31, 1860 Roll 232, Page 219, Dwelling #1612, Family #1544, Post Office: Mackinaw NAME SEX AGE OCCUPATION BORN Daniel Reader M 35 Farmer Germany Comfort " F 35 Ohio Amanda " F 10 Illinois Mary F. " F 8 Illinois Elizabeth " F 6 Illinois Elmira " F 3 Illinois Josephine " F 1 Illinois 1863 U.S. City Directory - Peoria, Illinois READER, Daniel, cooper, R. Gregg & Co.'s shop; res. Cor. S. Adams and Cass U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 Name: Daniel Reader Residence Year: 1863 Street address: corner S Adams and Cass Residence Place: Peoria, Illinois Occupation: Cooper -- R. Gregg & Co.'s Shop Publication Title: Peoria, Illinois, City Directory, 1863 U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 Name: Daniel Reader Residence: Peoria, Illinois Class: 2 Congressional District: 5th Age on 1 July 1863: 42 Estimated birth year: abt 1821 Race: White Occupation: Cooper Place of Birth: Germany 1870 Census, Ward 1, City of Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois enumerated June 18, 1870 Roll 267, Page 248, Dwelling #332, Family #324 NAME SEX AGE OCCUPATION BORN Daniel Reader M 44 Cooper Germany Comfort " F 40 Keeping House Ohio Amanda " F 20 at home Illinois Mary " F 18 at home Illinois Elizabeth " F 17 at home Illinois Ellenora " F 13 at home Illinois Josaphine " F 11 goes to school Illinois John " M 4 Illinois Emmie " F 3 Illinois Albert " M 5/12 born in Feb. Illinois U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 Name: Daniel Reader Residence Year: 1870 Street address: Ced res Galla bs 5 a Pecan Residence Place: Peoria, Illinois Occupation: Cooper Publication Title: Peoria, Illinois, City Directory, 1870 1880 Census, Leesville Twp., Henry County, Missouri enumerated June 4, 1880 Dwelling #49, Family #54 READER, Daniel, w/m, 55, Prussia Prussia Prussia, farmer _______, Comfort, w/f, 51, wife, OH PA PA _______, Amanda, w/f, 30, daughter, IL Prussia OH _______, John, w/m, 14, son, IL Prussia OH _______, Emma, w/f, 12, daughter, IL Prussia OH _______, Henry, w/m, 9, son, MO Prussia OH _______, Jessey P., w/m, 4, son, MO Prussia OH 1900 Census Leesville Township, Henry County, Missouri enumerated June 11, 1900 Dwelling #122, Family #122 READER, Henry, head, w/m, Aug 1873, 26, MO Germany IL, farmer _______, Ella, wife, w/f, Nov 1882, 17, MO MO MO _______, Daniel, father, w/m, Dec 1827, 72, Germany Germany Germany, year of immigration=1846, number of years in the US=54, Naturalization= NA Comment: Daniel's year of birth was not 1827, other census records are consistant with him being born in 1824. According to his obituary the year of immigration would have been in about 1839, not 1846. OBITUARY "G. D. Reader died at Severy, Kansas, February 20, 1905 at 8 a.m. He was born in Berlin, Germany, Dec. 18, 1824 and came to America when a boy of 14. He was a cooper by trade and lived in Illinois for several years. He married Miss Williams Comfort Baylor of Ohio in 1849. They had 13 children, four dying while small. Mrs. Reader joined her little ones some 20 years ago. Mr. Reader came to Clinton in 1872. He remained here some time then settled near Coal with his family. Over a year ago, he went to Ft. Scott to visit one of his daughters, then to Severy, to visit the other two daughters that live there. His remains were shipped to Clinton and brought out to Coal and peacefully laid to rest at Parks Chapel. He leaves 9 children to morn his loss -- Mrs. Amanda Ulrich of Kansas City; Mrs. Mary Minich of Washington, Ill.; Mrs. Lizzie Friend and Ella Foster of Severy, Kansas; Mrs. Josie Cole of Malta Bend, MO.; Jasper of Pueblo, Colorado; John of Sprague, MO.; and Mrs. Emma Ballard and Henry Reader of Coal." J. S. Maben Mortuary Records, Severy, Kansas Mr. G.D. READER, 80 Died: 20 Feb 1905 Ship'd to Clinton, MO. Ordered by: W. M. FRIEND CEMETERY RECORDS: READER, George Daniel - b: Dec 18 1824 Berlin, Germany - d: Feb 20 1905 Severy, KS - m: 1849 to Comfort Williams BAYLOR - ch: Amanda, Mary, Lizzie, Ella, Josie, Jasper, John, Emma, Henry Parks Chapel Cemetery, Leesville Township, Henry County, Missouri
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