Ruth (LaRue) Lambert contributed an article to Mercer County History. David Shrader, Jr., was a soldier in the Civil War. He was wounded in the "Battle of Princeton (WV)." Chloe (Dillion) Shrader, his wife, heard of his condition and went to Princeton to bring him home. Chloe was tending his needs when David decided to get out of bed; his wound opened and out came the wadding from the shot.

Also: Per Ruth (LaRue) Lambert: After Chloe (Dillion) Shrader died David married Elizabeth Coleman and moved from Sandlick to Camp Creek, where they reared their sons, John and Charles.

David Swader (sic) served in the 151 Militia Regiment from Mercer Co., VA/WV., under Capt. John E. Hall.

CIVIL WAR VETERANS SCHEDULE –
SURVIVING SOLDIERS, SAILORS, MARINES, AND WIDOWS
DAVID SWADER, (sic)
23/82
Private
SHOT IN THE LEFT SIDE
Only stated that he served in the VA Inf.-no Company listed
Living at Barns , WV (sic)*
* I , Karen EAGLE Moman, believe that should have been Barnes, Mercer Co., WV

Second Marriage
page 36 (original data pg. 30 # 16)
Mercer Co WV, 14 May 1878
David Shrader ………55 WIDOW , farmer, b. Mercer Co s/o David & Rhoda Shrader.
Elizabeth Coleman.. 43 single b. Mercer Co d/o Jno. & Eiza Coleman.
*Married by Lewis G. Day.
*Lewis Giles Day married Elizabeth Ann Kinzer d/o Michael Kinzer & Anne (Broce) Kinzer. Two of the sons of Michael & Anne Kinzer, John Broce Kinzer and Phillip Kinzer, married daughters of Richard Adam Tabor & Mildred Permelia "Milly" (Shrader) Tabor…a first cousin of David Shrader, Jr

ALL CENSUS RECORDS TYPED FROM MICROFICHE AT THE TUCSON OR PHOENIX, AZ MORMON FAMILY HISTORY CENTER
(All original records typed as found)
1850 MERCER CO VA/WV CENSUS
# 308
DAVID SHRADER....24 farmer b. VA (All b. VA)
.....Cloe …………….…20
.....Electra ……………1
.....Rhoda………………..5/12= 5 months

1860 MERCER CO VA/WV CENSUS
# 7
DAVID SHRADER,JR.,.36 FARMER B. VA (ALL B. VA)
.....Chloe ………………….28 wife
.....Lectra …………………11
.....Rhoda …………………….9
.....Mary Ann…………………7
.....Ralph ………………………5
.....Sarah J. ………………3
.....Lydia ……………………..6/12 = 6 months

1870 MERCER CO WV CENSUS
# 97 Beaver Pond Dist.
SWADER, DAVID .....50 farmer ($900, land value-$290 personal property value)
.....Cloe age…(SIC.39
.....Lectra age ………22
.....Mary A. age ……17
.....Ralph H. age…14
.....Sarah J. age …13
.....Lydia age …………10
.....Rufus J. age…….7 RUFUS JACKSON SHRADER
.....Milly F. age ……4
.....Martha E. age……2
.....McHenry age ……1/12 (April) = ONE MONTH

1880 MERCER CO VW CENSUS
# 26, read 24 & 25 June 1880, image 26 of 38
DAVID SWADER (SIC).….59 farmer b. VA
.....Lizza age ………………45 keeping house b. VA (SECOND WIFE-Elizabeth Coleman)
.....Ruffus (sic.....16 farm laborer b. WV
.....Milley age ……………14 b. WV
.....Martha age ……………12 b. WV
.....Henry age ……………….8
.....Delilah age ……………6 b. WV
.....John age ………………….11/12 b. WV= 11 months

Regarding the first wife of David ‘Dave" Shrader, Jr.:
Chloe Dillon may also have been known as "Martha". My Grandfather, Samuel Henry Shrader, 1891-1979, told his daughter, Frances Ocie (Shrader) Sadler, 1926-1995, that his grandmother's name was Martha. There is also the possibility that he may have meant Elizabeth "Lizzie" Coleman (if part of her name was Martha? We know Elizabeth Coleman was the second wife of David Shrader, Jr., but not the mother of Rufus Jackson Shrader, 1862-1954, who is the father of Samuel Henry Shrader)

1910 TAZEWELL CO VA CENSUS
# 252, 257,Clearfork Dist, image 33of 67, read 3 May 1900 by Allie C. Sheppard
JOHN SHRADER….....…30 , head, married once for 8 years, he and his parents were b. WV. miner/coalmines
Mary E. Shrader……..28, wife, married once for 8 years, had had 2 children with 1 living in 1910, She and her parents were b. VA
William Shrader………..4, son, b. Virginia as were his parents
LOUISA SHRADER…....82, MOTHER/ WIDOW had had 2 children 2 were living in 1910. She was b. WV. Her parents were b. VA.*
* THIS IS ELIZABETH ‘LIZZIE” COLEMAN SHRADER THE SECOND WIFE OF DAVID SHRADER , JR