| READ (Soundex
R300)
— See also
ALLREAD,
BREAD,
CREAD,
DAERR,
DARE,
DEAR,
DREA,
EDRA,
NEAD,
RADDE,
READE,
READER,
READING,
READMON,
READY,
REAT,
RED,
REDA,
REDD,
REED,
REID,
RHEAD,
RIED,
RUDSTON-READ.
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See also
Bailey
Frye Adams —
Daniel
Read Anthony —
Daniel
Read Anthony Jr. —
Paul
Carrington —
Read
Fletcher —
Benjamin
Franklin —
Donald
Read Heath —
Clifford
Chesley Hubbard —
Luther
Alexander Johnson —
Read
King —
John
Armand Lafore Jr. —
Robert
Dudley Longyear —
John
Read Magruder —
Read
Matheny —
Lowerry
Read McCloskey —
Richard
McIlwaine —
William
Read Miller —
E.
Read Myer —
George
Read Riddle —
George
Read Sage —
Henry
Franklin. Sarman —
William
W. Touvelle —
Nathan
A. Warren |
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Read, Alexander Ross —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Postmaster at Akron,
Ohio, 1913-19 (acting, 1913-14).
Burial location unknown.
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Read, Alice —
of Richland Center, Richland
County, Wis.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1972.
Female.
Still living as of 1972.
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Read, Almon Heath
(1790-1844) —
also known as Almon H. Read —
of Montrose, Susquehanna
County, Pa.
Born in Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt., June 12,
1790.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1827-32; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 11th District, 1833-37; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1842-44 (17th District 1842-43,
12th District 1843-44); died in office 1844.
Died in Montrose, Susquehanna
County, Pa., June 3,
1844 (age 53 years, 357
days).
Interment at Montrose
Cemetery, Montrose, Pa.
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Read, Arba —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Mayor
of Troy, N.Y., 1858-60.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, Benjamin —
of Swanzey, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate 9th District, 1867-69.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, Carl E. —
of Chenango
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1919.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, Carl H. (1898-1980) —
of East Ann Arbor (now part of Ann Arbor), Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Dexter Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, October
27, 1898.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; merchant;
mayor
of East Ann Arbor, Mich., 1949-53.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died, from acute
congestive heart failure and diabetes,
in Saline Community Hospital,
Saline, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
25, 1980 (age 82 years, 29
days).
Interment at Washtenong
Memorial Park, Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Read and Carrie (Partlow) Read; married, September
27, 1923, to Linda L. Hoelzel. |
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Read, Carlton W. (b.
1834) —
of Addison, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Charlotte, Chittenden
County, Vt., October
21, 1834.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Vermont
state senate from Addison County, 1882.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, Catherine E. —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2000,
2004.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
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Read, Charles —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1726-28.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, Charles —
Chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1764.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, Charles C. (b.
1867) —
of Ocean City, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., August
6, 1867.
Republican. Hardware
business; president, Ocean City National Bank;
director, Flanders Hotel;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Cape May County, 1925-27;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Cape May County, 1928-36; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928,
1932.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, Charles D., Jr. —
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1959-61.
Still living as of 1961.
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Read, Clinton H. —
of Mercer
County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1917-18, 1921.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, Daniel —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Postmaster at Lewiston,
Maine, 1799-1839.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, David M. (born
c.1833) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., about 1833.
Democrat. Merchant;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1881; member of Connecticut
state senate 14th District, 1889-92.
Burial location unknown.
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Dwight R. See Edna Findley
Read |
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Read, E. —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1860.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, E. J. —
of Oldham, Kingsbury
County, S.Dak.
Member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 22nd District, 1893-94.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, Edna Findley
(1876-1937) —
also known as Edna Findley; Mrs. Dwight R.
Read —
of Milton, Santa Rosa
County, Fla.
Born November
19, 1876.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Female.
Died in Milton, Santa Rosa
County, Fla., February
11, 1937 (age 60 years, 84
days).
Interment at Milton
Cemetery, Milton, Fla.
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Relatives:
Married to Dwight R. Read. |
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Read, Edward George
(1864-1932) —
also known as Edward G. Read —
of Richland, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Richland Township, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., September
3, 1864.
Republican. Farmer; bank
director; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 2nd
District, 1919-24; defeated in primary, 1924.
Died May 2,
1932 (age 67 years, 242
days).
Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery, Richland, Mich.
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Read, Frederick —
of Newport
News, Va.
Republican. Postmaster at Newport
News, Va., 1901; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1904.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, George (1733-1798) —
of New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.
Born near North East, Cecil
County, Md., September
18, 1733.
Lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1774-77; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate
to Delaware state constitutional convention, 1776; member of Delaware
state legislative council from New Castle County, 1776-79,
1782-83; President
of Delaware, 1777-78; member of Delaware
house of assembly, 1779-80; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1789-93; justice of
Delaware state supreme court, 1793-98.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., September
21, 1798 (age 65 years, 3
days).
Interment at Immanuel
Churchyard, New Castle, Del.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Read, George II
(1765-1836) —
of New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in 1765.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Delaware, 1789-1816.
Died in 1836
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Read, George III
(1788-1837) —
of Delaware.
Born in 1788.
U.S.
Attorney for Delaware, 1816-37.
Died in 1837
(age about
49 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Read, George —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1860.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, George D. —
of Scottsbluff, Scotts
Bluff County, Neb.
Mayor
of Scottsbluff, Neb., 1925-29.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Scottsbluff Daily Star-Herald, April 5, 1925 |
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Read, George S. —
of Woonsocket, Providence
County, R.I.
Republican. Postmaster at Woonsocket,
R.I., 1879-88.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, George W. —
of Yolo, Yolo
County, Calif.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1856
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Burial location unknown.
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Read, Gilbert Ezra
(1822-1898) —
also known as Gilbert E. Read —
of Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Ludlow, Windsor
County, Vt., May 6,
1822.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1861-66 (Kalamazoo County 2nd
District 1861-62, Kalamazoo County 1st District 1863-66); Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1865-66; member of
Michigan
state senate 11th District, 1877-78.
Died in Richland, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., May 16,
1898 (age 76 years, 10
days).
Interment at Prairie Home Cemetery, Richland, Mich.
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Read, Guy C. —
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1954.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, Harlan Eugene
(1880-1963) —
also known as Harlan E. Read —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., May 7,
1880.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1918; author; radio
commentator.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February, 1963
(age 82
years, 0 days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Read, Henry English
(1824-1868) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Larue
County, Ky., December
25, 1824.
Representative
from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Killed
himself, November
9, 1868 (age 43 years, 320
days).
Interment at Elizabethtown
City Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Ky.
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Herbert See J. Herbert
Read |
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Read, Hubert A. —
of Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Postmaster at Marshall,
Mich., 1871.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, I. B. —
of Ashtabula
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Candidate for Ohio
state house of representatives from Ashtabula County, 1897.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, J. Herbert
(1858-1937) —
of Pomona, Manistee
County, Mich.; Copemish, Manistee
County, Mich.
Born in Yates
County, N.Y., 1858.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Manistee County, 1899-1906,
1925-30; candidate for Michigan
state senate 26th District, 1930.
Scottish
and English
ancestry.
Died March 2,
1937 (age about 78
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Read, Jacob (1752-1816) —
of South Carolina.
Born in South Carolina, 1752.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1780-94; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1783-85; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1795-1801.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 17,
1816 (age about 64
years).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Read, James F. —
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, 1893-97.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, Jeffrey —
of Oregon.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 2000.
Still living as of 2000.
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Read, Jess G. —
of Hobart, Kiowa
County, Okla.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma,
1940.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, Joe (b. 1955) —
Born in Ronan, Lake
County, Mont., 1955.
Republican. Member of Montana
state house of representatives 15th District, 2011-12.
Still living as of 2012.
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Read, John (1769-1854) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., July 17,
1769.
Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 1st District, 1817-18.
Episcopalian.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., July 13,
1854 (age 84 years, 361
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Read, John —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born in Virginia.
Register
of U.S. Land Office at Huntsville, Alabama, 1816.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, John —
of Kings
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 5th District, 1895.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, John —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, John B. —
Candidate for Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1918.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, John H. —
of Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo.
Republican. Candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives from Phelps County, 1940.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, John K. —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Mayor
of Norfolk, Va., 1799-1800.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, John Meredith
(1797-1874) —
also known as John M. Read —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 21,
1797.
Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1823-25; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1837-41; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1846; justice of
Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1858-72; chief
justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1872-73.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
29, 1874 (age 77 years, 131
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Read, John Meredith, Jr.
(1837-1896) —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
21, 1837.
U.S. Minister to Greece, 1873-77; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Greece, 1877-79.
Died in 1896
(age about
59 years).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Read, John R. —
of Accomac County (now Accomack
County), Va.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Accomac County, 1870-71.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, John R. —
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1880;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1888-92.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, Joseph S. —
of Atlantic
County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1840-41.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, Joseph W. —
of South Windham, Windham, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Postmaster at South
Windham, Maine, 1893-1901.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, Juan A. —
U.S. Vice Consul in Santo Domingo, as of 1897-98; U.S. Vice Consul General in Santo Domingo, as of 1905.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, Leigh —
of Leon
County, Fla.
Delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Leon County,
1838-39.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, Lena A. —
of Plainfield, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Plainfield,
1948.
Female.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, Marjorie —
of Coffeyville, Montgomery
County, Kan.
Mayor
of Coffeyville, Kan., 1980-81.
Female.
Still living as of 1981.
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Read, Mike —
Libertarian. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 19th District, 1982.
Still living as of 1982.
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Read, Nathan (1759-1849) —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.; Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine.
Born in Warren, Worcester
County, Mass., July 2,
1759.
School
teacher; apothecary;
iron foundry
business; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts at-large, 1800-03; common pleas
court judge in Massachusetts, 1803.
Died near Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine, January
20, 1849 (age 89 years, 202
days).
Interment at Grove
Cemetery, Belfast, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of Reuben Read and Tamsen (Meacham) Read; married to Elizabeth
Jeffrey; great-grandfather of Charles
Kirk Tilden; first cousin twice removed of John
Hill Walbridge and Henry
E. Walbridge; second cousin once removed of John
Adams Dix; second cousin twice removed of Charles
Otis Nason; third cousin of Jabez
Upham and George
Baxter Upham; third cousin once removed of Timothy
Bigelow, Rufus
Heaton, Alexander
Wheelock Thayer, James
Phineas Upham and John
Ogden Bigelow; third cousin twice removed of Cheney
Ames, Leonard
Ames Jr., Edgar
Weeks, John
Wingate Weeks and Alexander
Cook Thayer; third cousin thrice removed of William
Greene Dows, Bernard
Forrest Bemis, John
A. Weeks and Charles
Sinclair Weeks; fourth cousin of Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Albert
Haller Tracy and John
Prescott Bigelow; fourth cousin once removed of Gideon
Hard, Ebenezer
Oliver Grosvenor and Alvarus
Payson Adams. |
| | | Political families: Morris-Ingersoll
family of New York and Connecticut; Upham
family; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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Read, Norman A. —
of Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine.
Delegate
to Maine convention to ratify 21st amendment from Waldo County,
1933.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, O. J. —
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 7th District, 1936.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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See Sylvador Titus Read |
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Read, Sheridan Pitt
(1861-1912) —
also known as Sheridan P. Read —
of New York.
Born in Paris, Edgar
County, Ill., September
14, 1861.
U.S. Consul in Tientsin, 1893-98.
Died, from heart
disease, in London, England,
October
31, 1912 (age 51 years, 47
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Col. Sheridan Pitt Read. |
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Read, Sylvador Titus
(1822-1898) —
also known as S. T. Read —
of Cassopolis, Cass
County, Mich.
Born in Caroline, Tompkins
County, N.Y., January
12, 1822.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1880
(alternate), 1884.
Died in Cassopolis, Cass
County, Mich., January
15, 1898 (age 76 years, 3
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Cassopolis, Mich.
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Read, Thomas —
of Charlotte
County, Va.
Delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Charlotte
County, 1788.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, Thomas —
of Ville Platte, St. Landry Parish (now Evangeline
Parish), La.
Postmaster at Ville
Platte, La., 1871.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, Thomas (1881-1962) —
of Shelby, Oceana
County, Mich.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 28,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oceana County, 1915-20; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1919-20; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1921-24, 1935-36; defeated in primary,
1930, 1936, 1938, 1942; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1924, 1940; member of Michigan
state senate 26th District, 1927-28; defeated in primary, 1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; Michigan
state attorney general, 1939-40; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1950.
Congregationalist.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in 1962
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Shelby, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Read (1841-1911) and Jane (Davidson) Read; married, March
20, 1915, to Ethel Katherine White. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1939 |
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Read, Thomas A. —
of Auburn, Lee
County, Ala.
Republican. Postmaster at Auburn,
Ala., 1881-82.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, Thomas L., Jr. —
also known as Tom Read —
of Hinton, Summers
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Chair of
Summers County Democratic Party, 1949-50.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, Thomas N. —
of Summers
County, W.Va.
Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Summers County, 1923-26.
Burial location unknown.
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See Thomas L. Read Jr. |
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Read, Walter A.
(1842-1918) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Blackstone, Worcester
County, Mass., July 6,
1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant;
member of Rhode
Island state senate, 1889-98; Rhode
Island general treasurer, 1899-1908.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in 1918
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Acotes
Hill Cemetery, Chepachet, Glocester, R.I.
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Read, William Brooks —
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Louisiana.
Still living as of 1972.
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Read, William Brown
(1817-1880) —
of Hodgenville, Larue
County, Ky.
Born in Kentucky, 1817.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1850; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1871-75.
Slaveowner.
Died in 1880
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Red
Hill Cemetery, Hodgenville, Ky.
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Read, William Douglas —
U.S. Vice Consul in Casablanca, as of 1943.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Read, William Thackara
(1878-1954) —
also known as William T. Read —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.; Merchantville, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., November
22, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Camden County, 1912-16; resigned 1916;
New
Jersey state treasurer, 1916-28; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1932,
1936
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1940
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1944;
delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Camden County,
1947.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Union
League; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Tall
Cedars of Lebanon.
Died in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., August
7, 1954 (age 75 years, 258
days).
Burial location unknown.
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