JOHN READER was born in June of 1851. was a member of the Camden Police Department for at least 19 years, beginning with his appointment by Mayor Cooper B. Hatch on Aug. 1, 1898. His abilities were soon recognized, and he was promoted to Sergeant on July 1, 1901, with a salary of $500 per year. He had been working as an acting sergeant for several months prior to that date, but only received patrolman's pay. 

In 1911 he made 63 arrests, and was 1 of 10 sergeants 
In 1914 he made 6 arrests, and was 1 of 11 sergeants 
In 1915 he made 6 arrests, and was 1 of 11 sergeants
In 1916 he made 4 arrests, and was 1 of 11 sergeants    

John Reader and his family were known through the 7th and 13th Ward of Camden.  He and his wife, the former Lillia Grindle, and sons Addison, Aaron, Lawrence, moved back to Camden from Nebraska in 1890. Lillia Grindle Reader died in 1916, and John remarried to WillAnna Graham  June 5, 1917. John Reader's lat address was at 749 Walnut Street. John Reader died on February 

26, 1919  in Camden, and was buried at Harleigh Cemetery on Haddon Avenue

John Reader's son Addison was a doctor in Camden. Dr. Addison B.G. Reader was born October 16, 1876 in Camden. He died on October 22, 1922 in Camden. Aaron Reader was born on August 29, 1880 in Minden NE. He was in business and moved to Ocean County NJ where he died on December 25, 1957. Lawrence Reader was also born in Minden NE, on February 16, 1886. He became a lawyer and served on Camden's city council. Lawrence Reader died in Camden, a victim of the influenza epidemic, on October 10, 1918. The Reader sons all rest with their parents, at Harleigh Cemetery.