STRADER-Sherman Silas - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Well and favorably known as an enterprising farmer and public spirited citizen, with the greater part of his life before him, Sherman Silas Strader has already gained an honorable standing among his neighbors and fellow citizens and fills no inconsiderable place in the agricultural community of his township. He is a native of Fountain County, Indiana and was born on the old Strader homestead in Shawnee Township, Feb 18, 1879 being a son of Daniel and Frances Matilda (Leath) Strader, a notice of whom will be found elsewhere in this chapter. In the district school not far from his home he received his prelimary education and later attended for some time the Normal School at Veedersburg, where he acquired a knowledge of the higher branches of learning and laid the foundation for his subsequent career as an intelligent and public spirited man of affairs. Reared to agricultural pursuits and having a natural liking for the same, he chose it for his vocation and his series of successes since beginning life for himself have won for him an influential place among the leading farmers of Shawnee Twp, as his present solid financial standing abundantly attests. Mr. Strader owns a small though splendid farm and the house which his family occupy is one of the landmarks of Shawnee Twp and among the oldest private residences in Fountain County having been erected in the year 1836. It has been remodeled and improved from time to time and notwithstanding its great age, the hosue is both comfortable and commodious, and with its equipment of modern conveniences and attractive surroundings, it is one of the reallyl beautifula nd attractive old home sof this party of the country. Not only as a tiller of the soil has Mr. Strader been succesful and forged to the front among his fellow citizens, but he has also been a prime factor in the public affairs of his township and a leader in all that tends to its material development and progress. He served two years as supervisors, aside from which he neither held nor desired office, although his influence has been generously exercised in behalf of his friends seeking public honors and preferment. In politics he votes with the Republicans and in religion subscribes to the plain, simple teachings of the Christian Church, holding at the present time the position of trustee of Union Cemetery near the local church with which he is identified. Mr. Strader and Anna Olive Barker daughter of Thomas Barker were united in marriage on the 4th day of October 1905 the marriage being bleed with two offspring: Naomi Christine born Sept 29, 1906 and Daniel Thomas whose birth occurred August 27, 1908.

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