Alexander Read, Jr. and Elizabeth "Betsey" Reed

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Husband Alexander Read, Jr. ^{1 2}

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           Born: 27 Jun 1783 - Cecil Co, MD 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Jul 1843 or 1853 - Lawrence Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 4 5
         Buried: 

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         Father: Alexander Read (1752-1826) 6 7 8
         Mother: Jemima Alexander (Abt 1756-1840) 7 9 10 11

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       Marriage: 1815 2

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   Other Spouse: Martha Jordan (      -1814) 2 - 1804 2

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   Other Spouse: Mary "Polly" Ferguson (      -      ) 2 - 1830 2

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Wife Elizabeth "Betsey" Reed ^{2 12}

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         Father: William Reed (      -      ) 2 7 12
         Mother: Rebecca [Unk] (      -      ) 2 7

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Children

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1 F Rebecca Read ¹³

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         Spouse: William Merrill (      -      ) 14

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2 M James Read ¹³

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           Born: 
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           Died: in childhood
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 F Martha Read ¹⁵

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         Spouse: John Dunlap (      -      ) 15

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General Notes: Husband - Alexander Read, Jr.

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He was a county commissioner in the years 1820-1822 and was otherwise active in local affairs. After the death of his first wife in 1814, he married, successively, Elizabeth Reed and Polly Ferguson and had children by his first two wives. He met sudden death while hunting on Clearfield Creek

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2 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 9.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 615.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 615, 647.

5 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 10.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 615, 619, 647, 903, 1002.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 811.

8 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 5.

9 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 211.

10 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 615, 903.

11 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 6.

12 Lewis Cass Aldrich, History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 84.

13 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 11.

14 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 14.

15 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 12.