FOURTH GENERATION

8. Reuben H. Rader was born on 27 Oct 1856 in Dulaney, Greene Co, TN. He appeared on the census in 1910 in Franklin, Williamson Co, TN. He appeared on the census in 1910 in Franklin, Williamson Co, TN. He appeared on the census on 7 Jan 1920 in Franklin, Williamson Co, TN. He appeared on the census on 7 Jan 1920 in Franklin, Williamson Co, TN. He directory listing in 1925 in Fountain City, Knox, TN. residence Jacksboro pike He died on 19 Jan 1932 in Knox Co, TN. He has reference number RUBEN. He was buried in Lynnhurst cem, Knoxville, Knox Co, TN. Reuben worked for his brother Andrew running the mill at Dulaney.
In 1893 Andrew Rader and wife gave a deed for land to build a church.
Rhuben Rader with Jimmy and Cal Lister cut the wood, milled it there
at Dulaney, and built the church. It was first called Rader's Chapel,
then Salem.
Reuben then worked at the mill in Mosheim. His home was there
when his first child was born, Guy. He started purchasing land north
of Knoxville March 8, 1900. He bought 76 acres and lot 463. December
9, 1910 they purchased another lot.
Reuben then, about 1905, moved across the state of Tennessee to
Franklin. This is about 10 miles south of Nashville. He had a
sizeable complex which had been owned by the Boyd family. It was on
the Little Harpeth river, which drove the water wheel for the mill
when the river was up. He had a steam engine to operate the mill the
rest of the year.
It was the old Boyd mill. They had a Republic truck and they
would take their sacks of flour and meal to town to Franklin and ship
them or sell them to the stores. It was a pretty good sized milling
operation, it just wasn't something that people had custom milling
done. And they had a Maxwell car in their garage. They had a horse
and buggy, the cars didn't get used much. They weren't running most
of the time but they had a maxwell car.
Mildred Rader Chapman remembers that it was about 6 miles out of
Franklin, TN. I remember driving in the buggy with dad's youngest
sister into franklin. It took about an hour to go that 6 miles. I
think he lost the mill, but I'm not sure. I know that dad (Guy Hughes
Rader) went down and worked with him at the mill for a while. I can
remember living in this house, not too far from the family home.
Mildred Rader Chapman was about 9 or 10 years old when they went
down to the mill, from Knoxville, in a Ford touring car. As she
related the story:
We camped out or stayed different places at night. I guess there
weren't any
hotels or we didn't have any money, I don't know. I was little
enough that I could
sleep on the back seat. I remember staying in a couple of places
on the way down.
One night dad pulled into this, what I guess he thought was
abandoned, anyway in
the middle of the night it turned out to be a negro church.
Scared my mother to
death, but we didn't move, we stayed there the rest of the night.
Another time we
camped in an abandoned house which was scary, as I remember.
Another time we
camped out in the woods. Those are just fragments that I
remember.
The mill was on the river. Part of the year it ran by water
power, when the water was up, and the rest of the time it ran on wood
powered steam. The mill at mosheim was on the same order as the mill
in Franklin.
Rozell Rader was an adult when they moved from halls crossroads
to Franklin TN. They bought the Boyd's mill from an estate sale or
bankruptcy sale about 1905. The mill was in worse shape than they
thought it was when they bought it. His son James R Rader was born
there at Rubin's house in 1919.
Kenneth Metcalf says:
But I think what happened , this is conjecture but, this was
about the time
World War I ended and I think he had this mill. He probably
bought too much he
may of speculated in corn and wheat or maybe he was just buying a
supply ahead
and he bought too much ahead and the bottom fell out of the wheat
and corn
market. When the war was over he lost the mill and came back up
to Knoxville.
The mill was old then and they were the last people to run that
mill. They ran it until about 1923.
Rubins wife died several years before rubin, I sort of remember
them telling us she died of sugar diabetes or of a kidney disease, I
think they called it Wright's disease. Pictures from James Rubin Rader
April 29, 1991
My thoughts as I look at these pictures.
Pictures marked 1 + 2.
The happiest years of their lives. They traveled around
together, ate drank a respectable amount of booze. The house they
happened to be at was filled with good conversation and laughter. I
am consoled and pleased that they are buried in the same plot as they
should be. Bless Nona, Jimmie and Guy Rader
Picture 3
Aunt Annie - Grandma - Aunt Sallie
Merrill - Lummy
Aunt Annie is the only one I can remember.
Picture 4 1) Depot, 2) Mill, 3) Cloyds Store, 4) Humphreys, 6) old
School, 7) Boughards, 8) Goodwins, 9) Smiths, 10) Price, 11) Cloyds,
12) where Guy was born, 13) Store, 14) Church
I am not sure but I think this is the community of Mosheim, TN.
It is not boyds mill.
Picture 5
This is Boyds later known as Raders' Mill. The mill had not
operated for many years when this picture was made. I visited it
twice when it was in this state it collapsed shortly after. The
opening to the left is where the water turbine set. The stream is the
West Harpeth River. The dam was up stream and had washed out many
years prior to the picture. The building to the left was the granary.
The Raders bought wheat at harvest time and stored it to mill
flour during the year. In the year 1920 wholesale price of flour was $
8.75 per cwt. Bankers applying the screws to borrowers rigidly and
that is when the Rader's mill closed for ever. Also about this time
store bought bread was available at 5 cents a loaf, so small flour
mills slowly disappeared. He was married to Martha Francis Hughes on 4 Nov 1886 in Greene Co., TN.⁽³²⁾

9. Martha Francis Hughes was born on 5 May 1863 in Baileyton. She died on 3 Mar 1923 in Lynnhurst cem, Knoxville, Knox Co, TN. Children were:

4 i. Guy Hughes Rader.
ii. Boneta Rader was born in Apr 1899. She died about 1973 in Chatanooga, TN. Bonita married a Seventh Day Adventist minister and the family
moved to Signal mountain. They had a farm where the Rev. Bee died.
The church brought the boys to one of it's schools and educated them.
She lived near her son Donald in her last 10 or so years. First
she lived across the street and when he moved 2 miles down the road
she lived in his basment apartment.
iii. Lois Velma Rader was born on 13 Sep 1889 in Greene Co., TN. She died on 17 Mar 1979 in Lynnhurst cem, Knoxville, Knox Co, TN. Lois was a school teacher in Fountain City, TN. Her husband Ken
died young.
iv. Rozelle Merrill Rader was born in Apr 1897. He appeared on the census on 8 Jan 1920 in Boyd's Mill Pike, Williamson Co, TN. He appeared on the census on 8 Jan 1920 in Boyd's Mill Pike, Williamson Co, TN. He died in Jul 1978. He worked in his father's mill in Franklin Tennessee.
He is listed in the household of Allie Ezell (age 76) on
Murfreesboro Pike in the 1920 cunsus. His wife is listed as the
foster daughter (age 25) and he is listed as a son (age 23). His
profession is a Miller in a Flour mill. His son James R. is age 3+.
Annie Turner (age 70) is also living there, she is a black servant.
Rozell was a draftsman then took the International Correspondence
Course in Engineering and got a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He
worked for the U. S. Corps of Engineers. He also worked for Alcoa
Aluminum, Armco Steel, The rivers and Harbors div. of the Federal
Government.
"James" and "Zell" traveled quite a bit in later years. Their
house was filled with good conversation and laughter. They are buried,
together, in the same cemetery as his brother Guy in Los Angeles, CA.
Central High 1927
Zell
Franklin
Chatanooga
Alcoa
Nashville bridge co
Corp of Engineers to CA
Ray
Oil & Grease salesman
Reubin
Garden Ave.
v. Raymond B. Rader was born in Jul 1892. He died in Montgomery, AL. James Rubin Rader remembers his uncle Ray. "When we lived in
Huntington WV he spent a good amount of time with us. He was an old
oil salesman. He married twice, Josephine Martin around the mill in
Franklin, second Mobile Alabama.
Kenneth Metcalf thinks his second wife was Annie Mae. He also
says that they are buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Montgomery, AL. He
doesn't think they had any children.