Jennie E. Brown

Jennie married Albert Wilber Rader, son of Phillip Rader Jr. and Margaret Stradley, on 30 Dec 1880 in Akron, Indiana. (Albert Wilber Rader was born on 19 Jul 1858 in Akron, Indiana and died in Feb 1914 in Des Moines, Iowa.)

  Marriage Notes:

Wilbur and Jennie moved to Huntington, Indiana in 1890

From the family history written by Lucille Rader (daughter of Albert Wilber Rader):
Wilber and Jennie moved to Cincinnati, Ohio after they were married. After a few years, father bouthg a drug store in Oskaloosa, Iowa. I think that living in that community was very pleasant. Father enjoyed the travelling aspect of his Cincinnati connection. I suppose he became a bit restless within the confines of the drug store. In any event, he decided to return to Cincinnati. Evidently he could not be sure that he was making the right decision so it seemed wise that the family should move to Huntington, Indiana, where there were relatives and former Roanoke friends. Roanoke was only ten miles distant and Akron not too far away.
The whole family took a trip to the World's Fair in Chicago. We were there a week, every day seeing the sonders of the Midway and the magnificent cultural and scientific exhibits.
It was probably about 1895 that father went back to Iowa, accepting a position with the Des Moines Drug Company, later the Iowa Drug Company. Then on Labor Day 1904, we moved to Evanston, Illinois. I was a Sophomore at Northwestern University, Allen was ready for college, Kirk could enroll in the Academy. I often think of the sacrifices Wilber and Jennie made so that their children might have every opportunity that the family exchaquer could provide, all given with love, wnating only the best for their children. After my graduation, we moved to Des Moines, Iowa.
In a year or two, father bought a home. 644 West 35th Street became the first home that the family owned. Not long after this, father was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Iowa State Travelling Men's Association. It was a thrilling time for the family as we sat around the dining room table, waiting for telephone calls of election returns. Father was very happy in his new job, which meant he was home with his family. It was sometime, perhaps in the summer of 1913, that father became ill and unable to spend much time at his desk. Mother took him to Hot Springs but during the Fall months he was at home. The end came in late February 1914.