John A. Read and Fiana Bloom

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Husband John A. Read ^{1 2}

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           Born: 28 Jan 1829 - Lawrence Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 1
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         Father: Amos Read (1798-1884) 3 4
         Mother: Sarah Ardery (      -1870) 1 4

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       Marriage: 1860 - Clearfield Co, PA 1

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Wife Fiana Bloom ¹

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            AKA: Fanny Bloom 2
           Born:  - Pike Twp, Clearfield Co, PA
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           Died: 1892 5
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         Father: William Bloom (      -1870) 1
         Mother: Mary Rowles (      -Bef 1870) 1

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   Other Spouse: George Condo (      -Bef 1860) 1

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - John A. Read

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He was born in Lawrence township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, on the "Mitchell farm," and was educated in the schools of that vicinity. He remained at home until the age of twenty, and then went to Clarion County, to learn the carpenter's trade, which he followed for more than a quarter of a century. He spent some time in Clearfield County, but also carried on his trade in Stephenson County, Illinois, in Monroe County, Wisconsin, and in Mitchell County, Iowa. For many years he was engaged in agriculture in his native township, and he owned a fine farm of 119 acres not far from Clearfield, with seventy-five acres cleared and under cultivation.
His political allegiance was given to the Democratic party, and he was a leading member and an elder of the Presbyterian Church of Curwensville until the organization of the Pine Grove Bethel Presbyterian Church, in May, 1897, to which he transferred his membership, and of which he was elected an elder.

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

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

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

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

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 616.