Edward A. Strader ^{1 2}

   FamilySearch ID: G995-VD8.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Grant Township, Vermillion, IL. ³ The 1900 census recorded Edward Strader, farmer, 43, born Dec 1857, living with wife Mary E., 40, Sep 1860; son Herman, 5, Mar 1895; and daughter Lois I., 3, Jul 1897. Edward and his parents were born in Indiana. Mary was born in Illinois and her parents in Indiana. The children and their mother were born in Illinois and father in Indiana. Edward and Mary E. were married for 11 years and she had birthed 2 children, both alive in 1900.

2. Census in 1910 in Grant Township, Vermillion, IL. ⁴ The 1910 census recorded Edward Stroder [sic, as indexed], farmer, 51, living with wife Mary E., 49; son Harvey N., 15; and daughter Lois J., 12. Edward was born in Indiana, his father in Ohio and mother in North Carolina. Mary was born in Illinois and her parents in Indiana. The children and their mother were born in Illinois and father in Indiana. Edward and Mary E. were married for 20 years and she had birthed 2 children, both alive in 1910.

Edward married Mary Elizabeth A. Brown, daughter of Noah Brown and Joanna Osborn, on 9 Jul 1889 in , Fountain, IN. (Mary Elizabeth A. Brown was born on 9 Sep 1860 in Ross Township, Vermillion, IL,⁵ died on 26 Mar 1942 in Rossville, Vermilion, IL ^{1 5} and was buried on 28 Mar 1942 in Lovejoy Township: Floral Hill Cemetery, Iroquois, IL ^{1 5}.)