Shrader and Weaver family papers
Collection
Identifier: L316
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, receipts, legal documents, school papers, and other miscellaneous materials from the Shrader and Weaver families of Fayette, County Indiana, ranging from 1798 to 1923. Much of the correspondence is between family members and friends and relates weather conditions, crop prices, and family happenings. Also included are tax receipts, account books, land grants, indentures, stock certificates and other legal documents. Items of note are a 1798 Miami (Ohio) Land Office document; receipts and stock certificates from the White Water Valley Canal Company; 2 letters from Godey's Lady's Book of Philadelphia with handwritten notes from L. A. Godey (1856); instructions for raising a variety of plants, how to make colored theatrical lighting, and cures for illnesses; "The Language of Flowers" written by Charlotte Shrader (1852/02/15); and an 1854 geography book owned by R. H. Smith, husband of Susan Amanda Shrader Smith.
Dates
- 1798-1923, undated
Creator
- Shrader family (Family)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Philip Shrader was born in Pennsylvania in 1792. He moved to Ohio and later married Abigal Maria Woodruff in February 1817 and they had two sons, Aaron (1818-1891) and Elihu (1820-1903). After his first wife's death, Shrader then married Martha Turner (1804-1870) around 1826 and they had seven children: William (1829-1908), Noble (1838-1887), Charlotte (1831-1914), Susan Amanda (1834-1909), Matilda (1836-1850), Julia and Evaline. One of the early pioneers in Indiana, Shrader purchased land in Fayette County in 1823 and lived there until his death on December 12, 1870.
Shrader's daughter, Charlotte, was born August 9, 1831. She married James Weaver (1833-1887), son of George and Catherine Weaver of Fayette County, on August 11, 1859 and they had two sons: Philip Francis "Frank" (1861-1946) and James Albert (1866-1955). Charlotte Weaver died on April 5, 1914.
Members of the Shrader and Weaver families continued to live in Fayette County, Indiana for generations. Frank Weaver's children, Edith (1892-1987), and Laz (1894-1977) donated the family's 108 acres and Philip Shrader's 1830 home to the State of Indiana and the property is now the Shrader-Weaver Nature Preserve.
Sources:
Items in t he collection.
Barrows, Frederic Irving, ed. History of Fayette County, Indiana: Her People, Industries, and Institutions. Indianapolis, IN: B. F. Bowen and Company, 1917.
Findagrave.com. "Charlotte Shrader Weaver." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed May 9, 2016. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148313186/charlotte_weaver.
Findagrave.com. "Philip Shrader." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed May 9, 2016. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63016033/phillip_shrader.
Findagrave.com. "Philip Francis 'Frank' Weaver." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed May 9, 2016. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154141109/phillip_francis_weaver.
Findagrave.com. "Susan Amanda Shrader Smith." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed May 11, 2016. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75118807/susan-amanda-smith.
York, Tamara. "Shrader-Weaver State Preserve Hike." Cincinnati Citybeat. Accessed May 11, 2016. http://citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-21435-shrader_weaver_state_preserve_hike.html.
Shrader's daughter, Charlotte, was born August 9, 1831. She married James Weaver (1833-1887), son of George and Catherine Weaver of Fayette County, on August 11, 1859 and they had two sons: Philip Francis "Frank" (1861-1946) and James Albert (1866-1955). Charlotte Weaver died on April 5, 1914.
Members of the Shrader and Weaver families continued to live in Fayette County, Indiana for generations. Frank Weaver's children, Edith (1892-1987), and Laz (1894-1977) donated the family's 108 acres and Philip Shrader's 1830 home to the State of Indiana and the property is now the Shrader-Weaver Nature Preserve.
Sources:
Items in t he collection.
Barrows, Frederic Irving, ed. History of Fayette County, Indiana: Her People, Industries, and Institutions. Indianapolis, IN: B. F. Bowen and Company, 1917.
Findagrave.com. "Charlotte Shrader Weaver." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed May 9, 2016. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148313186/charlotte_weaver.
Findagrave.com. "Philip Shrader." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed May 9, 2016. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63016033/phillip_shrader.
Findagrave.com. "Philip Francis 'Frank' Weaver." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed May 9, 2016. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154141109/phillip_francis_weaver.
Findagrave.com. "Susan Amanda Shrader Smith." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed May 11, 2016. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75118807/susan-amanda-smith.
York, Tamara. "Shrader-Weaver State Preserve Hike." Cincinnati Citybeat. Accessed May 11, 2016. http://citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-21435-shrader_weaver_state_preserve_hike.html.
Extent
1.2 Cubic Feet (3 manuscript boxes, 1 small manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Family correspondence, 1818-1909
Series 2: Family documents, 1798-1891
Series 3: Miscellaneous materials, 1830-1860
Series 1: Family correspondence, 1818-1909
Series 2: Family documents, 1798-1891
Series 3: Miscellaneous materials, 1830-1860
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Edith Weaver on 1967/04/26.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2016/05/12 by Laura Eliason. EAD finding aid created 2016/05/12 by Laura Eliason. EAD finding aid revised 2025/01/07 by Brittany Kropf.
- Account books
- Agriculture
- Botany
- Correspondence
- Family life
- Fayette County (Ind.)
- Geography
- Home remedies
- Indentures
- Legal documents
- Receipts (Acknowledgements)
- Shrader, Philip, 1792-1870
- Stock certificates
- Weaver, Charlotte Shrader, 1831-1914
- Weaver, James, 1833-1887
- White Water Valley Canal Company
Creator
- Shrader family (Family)
- Weaver family (Family)
- Title
- Shrader and Weaver family papers
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
