John Ross Read and Mary "Polly" Reed

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Husband John Ross Read ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 12 Jul 1789 - Cecil Co, MD 2 3
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           Died: 30 Jun 1858 or 1861 - Lawrence Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 4
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         Father: Alexander Read (1752-1826) 2 5 6
         Mother: Jemima Alexander (Abt 1756-1840) 2 7 8 9

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       Marriage: 26 Dec 1816 2

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Wife Mary "Polly" Reed ^{2 3 10}

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           Born: 4 Feb 1793 - Lancaster Co, PA 2
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           Died: 6 Dec 1873 - Lawrence Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 11
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         Father: William Reed (      -      ) 2 3 10
         Mother: Rebecca [Unk] (      -      ) 2 3

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Children

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1 M William A. Read ^{2 11}

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           Born: 22 Oct 1817 2
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           Died: 1890 - Coalport, Clearfield Co, PA 11
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2 F Eliza Read ^{2 11}

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           Born: 19 Mar 1819 2
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           Died: 1878 11
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3 F Martha Read ^{2 11}

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           Born: 21 Dec 1821 2
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           Died: 30 Jun 1840 11
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4 F Jemima Read ²

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           Born: 24 Mar 1823 2
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         Spouse: Robert Porter (      -      ) 11

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5 F Louisa Read ^{2 11}

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           Born: 10 Jul 1825 2
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           Died: 18 Aug 1896 - Clarion Co, PA 11
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6 F Jane Read ²

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           Born: 7 Oct 1827 2
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           Died: 30 Apr 1871 2
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         Spouse: Garry Bishop Caldwell (1826-1904) 12 13
           Marr: 14 Dec 1853 2

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7 M Miles Read ^{2 14}

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           Born: 24 Jul 1830 - Lawrence Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 2 11
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         Spouse: Ellen Blair (      -1897) 11
           Marr: 15 Jan 1856 - Milesburg, Centre Co, PA 11

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General Notes: Husband - John Ross Read

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He was born in Cecil County, Maryland, in 1789, but the greater part of his life was spent in Lawrence township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. He purchased, in 1815, a farm which then comprised one hundred acres of timbered land. This he cleared and cultivated, making it his perma-nent home. In his politics he was Democratic and in religion a Presbyterian.

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

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

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

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 647, 904.

5 —, 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.

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

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

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

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

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

11 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 904.

12 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 727.

13 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 810.

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