Jacob Strader was born on the Strader family plantation in Mansfield-Woodhouse (now Mansfield Twp., Washington, Warren County), New Jersey. He moved to Cincinnati, Ohio to work for his mother's first cousin John Hooper Piatt's bank in 1817. He later worked for a steamboat company and worked his way up to become a steamboat captain. Jacob Strader became a successful steamboat and railroad magnate. He owned and operated the Strader Steamboat Company in Cincinnati and had a fleet of 23 steamboats. His wharf, Strader's Wharf, was located at the foot of Vine St. between Paul Brown Stadium and the Court Avenue Bridge at the foot of the stadium parking lot overlooking the Ohio River. Jacob Strader was an investor in the banking, finance and insurance industries. Strader was a partner in the prestigious commission merchant firm of Strader and Gorman. He was the president of the Commercial National Bank and presided over the Little Miami and Xenia Railroads. Jacob Strader was an officer for the Equitable Life Insurance Company of America. His stately residence was located at the corner of 4th. and Lawrence Streets in Cincinnati. Captain Strader was the patron for Henry Clay Creveling, his younger cousin from Bloomsbury, NJ. Henry C. Creveling, (Find-A-Grave Memorial #21459181), with help and guidance of Jacob Strader, became a successful entreprenuer in Saint Louis, Missouri. He built a similar mansion to his cousin in the Italiante style in St. Louis.
Jacob Strader was involved in a famous U.S. Supreme Court decision. Strader v. Graham (1851) which preceded the Dred Scott Decision of 1857. Jacob Strader erected a fine gothic style brownstone mausoleum in the Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinatti. After his interment, he had a famous friend temporarily interred within the same structure. John Scott Harrison, (Find-A-Grave Memorial #8624), a notable Cincinnati lawyer, was the only person who was both the son and father of an American President. He was the son of William Henry Harrison and the father of Benjamin Harrison. When John Scott Harrison was buried his body was immediately dug up by grave robbers and sold to the local medical college. His body was discovered hanging inside the medical school. His corpse was secretly transported to the John Strader Family Mausoleum for safekeeping. The Straders and the Harrisons were close family friends. His body was later reinterred in the Harrison family plot. At the time of his passing, Jacob Strader was one of Cincinatti's wealthiest millionaires. His neighbor along Cincinatti's original "millionaire's row" was Nicholas Longworth (find-a-grave memorial number 18989969). Longworth's Federal Palladian Style residence houses the world renown Taft Art Museum collections. Nicholas Longworth, in 1850, was the wealthiest man in all of what was then the "American West."
Jacob Strader was involved in a famous U.S. Supreme Court decision. Strader v. Graham (1851) which preceded the Dred Scott Decision of 1857. Jacob Strader erected a fine gothic style brownstone mausoleum in the Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinatti. After his interment, he had a famous friend temporarily interred within the same structure. John Scott Harrison, (Find-A-Grave Memorial #8624), a notable Cincinnati lawyer, was the only person who was both the son and father of an American President. He was the son of William Henry Harrison and the father of Benjamin Harrison. When John Scott Harrison was buried his body was immediately dug up by grave robbers and sold to the local medical college. His body was discovered hanging inside the medical school. His corpse was secretly transported to the John Strader Family Mausoleum for safekeeping. The Straders and the Harrisons were close family friends. His body was later reinterred in the Harrison family plot. At the time of his passing, Jacob Strader was one of Cincinatti's wealthiest millionaires. His neighbor along Cincinatti's original "millionaire's row" was Nicholas Longworth (find-a-grave memorial number 18989969). Longworth's Federal Palladian Style residence houses the world renown Taft Art Museum collections. Nicholas Longworth, in 1850, was the wealthiest man in all of what was then the "American West."
Jacob Strader was born on the Strader family plantation in Mansfield-Woodhouse (now Mansfield Twp., Washington, Warren County), New Jersey. He moved to Cincinnati, Ohio to work for his mother's first cousin John Hooper Piatt's bank in 1817. He later worked for a steamboat company and worked his way up to become a steamboat captain. Jacob Strader became a successful steamboat and railroad magnate. He owned and operated the Strader Steamboat Company in Cincinnati and had a fleet of 23 steamboats. His wharf, Strader's Wharf, was located at the foot of Vine St. between Paul Brown Stadium and the Court Avenue Bridge at the foot of the stadium parking lot overlooking the Ohio River. Jacob Strader was an investor in the banking, finance and insurance industries. Strader was a partner in the prestigious commission merchant firm of Strader and Gorman. He was the president of the Commercial National Bank and presided over the Little Miami and Xenia Railroads. Jacob Strader was an officer for the Equitable Life Insurance Company of America. His stately residence was located at the corner of 4th. and Lawrence Streets in Cincinnati. Captain Strader was the patron for Henry Clay Creveling, his younger cousin from Bloomsbury, NJ. Henry C. Creveling, (Find-A-Grave Memorial #21459181), with help and guidance of Jacob Strader, became a successful entreprenuer in Saint Louis, Missouri. He built a similar mansion to his cousin in the Italiante style in St. Louis.
Jacob Strader was involved in a famous U.S. Supreme Court decision. Strader v. Graham (1851) which preceded the Dred Scott Decision of 1857. Jacob Strader erected a fine gothic style brownstone mausoleum in the Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinatti. After his interment, he had a famous friend temporarily interred within the same structure. John Scott Harrison, (Find-A-Grave Memorial #8624), a notable Cincinnati lawyer, was the only person who was both the son and father of an American President. He was the son of William Henry Harrison and the father of Benjamin Harrison. When John Scott Harrison was buried his body was immediately dug up by grave robbers and sold to the local medical college. His body was discovered hanging inside the medical school. His corpse was secretly transported to the John Strader Family Mausoleum for safekeeping. The Straders and the Harrisons were close family friends. His body was later reinterred in the Harrison family plot. At the time of his passing, Jacob Strader was one of Cincinatti's wealthiest millionaires. His neighbor along Cincinatti's original "millionaire's row" was Nicholas Longworth (find-a-grave memorial number 18989969). Longworth's Federal Palladian Style residence houses the world renown Taft Art Museum collections. Nicholas Longworth, in 1850, was the wealthiest man in all of what was then the "American West."
Jacob Strader was involved in a famous U.S. Supreme Court decision. Strader v. Graham (1851) which preceded the Dred Scott Decision of 1857. Jacob Strader erected a fine gothic style brownstone mausoleum in the Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinatti. After his interment, he had a famous friend temporarily interred within the same structure. John Scott Harrison, (Find-A-Grave Memorial #8624), a notable Cincinnati lawyer, was the only person who was both the son and father of an American President. He was the son of William Henry Harrison and the father of Benjamin Harrison. When John Scott Harrison was buried his body was immediately dug up by grave robbers and sold to the local medical college. His body was discovered hanging inside the medical school. His corpse was secretly transported to the John Strader Family Mausoleum for safekeeping. The Straders and the Harrisons were close family friends. His body was later reinterred in the Harrison family plot. At the time of his passing, Jacob Strader was one of Cincinatti's wealthiest millionaires. His neighbor along Cincinatti's original "millionaire's row" was Nicholas Longworth (find-a-grave memorial number 18989969). Longworth's Federal Palladian Style residence houses the world renown Taft Art Museum collections. Nicholas Longworth, in 1850, was the wealthiest man in all of what was then the "American West."
